Comme des Garcons Nike Air Max Dolce IQ5171-002 Launch Date

Lengthy earlier than our present period of sneaker-loafers, Nike launched an Air Max mannequin with an identical sensibility that has since been all however forgotten. It’s now coming again in collaboration with Comme des Garçons — with a change in supplies to make it much more loafer-like.

The Comme des Garçons x Nike Air Max Dolce arrives in all-black with a patent leather-based vamp changing the rubber net used greater than 20 years in the past. Its sidewalls, which encompasses a sequence of furrowed arrows pointing to the heel, additionally seem to have been altered with a heartier rubber, whereas leather-based now sweeps across the collar. Protecting with the glossy modifications, the heel Air Max unit is not translucent and as an alternative rendered opaquely in black.

Branding then arrives with “Comme des Garçons Homme Plus” stamped into the leather-based tongue tag and a Swoosh shaped into the shiny plastic heel.

Nike initially launched the Air Max Dolce in 2002 with a molded Phylon higher containing an internal sleeve. Calling it a cult traditional could be an overstatement, but it surely’s sometimes popped up on lists of obscure sneakers or solutions for fashions for Nike to revive. The Dolce remains to be definitely an oddball at the moment, however one which seems higher suited to the second now that sneaker-loafers have had a stable proof of idea.

CDG confirmed its Air Max Dolce in each all-white and all-black colorways throughout Paris Vogue Week final summer time, however official imagery has to this point solely surfaced for the previous.

The Commes des Garçons x Nike Air Max Dolce will doubtless launch within the coming months. Pricing has not been confirmed, however anticipate a excessive price ticket in keeping with the luxurious model.