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Bespoke Nike Air Force 1 By Don Paco Tirona

April 22, 2010 |  By

The bespoke game is getting serious, and the latest to grab a pair is Don Paco Tirona. Tirona wanted something that reflected his favorite sports team, and the result is a a colorful number that will turn a few heads.

The upper uses suede as the dominate material, but switches it up between two different types. The first type, seen in blue over the inner toe box and quarter panel is smooth and resembles the type we normally see, The rest of the shoe, however, ha a more textured green suede like that found on the Nike Dunk Skunk. The midsole, eyelets are tennis ball yellow and do well matching the Nike Swoosh. Finally, a black tongue sits boldly against the white lining which fades into the leather heel tab.

  • http://www.kicksofire.com Germanballa

    not feeling them. Although its opinion.

  • allodmv

    i h8 forces but this is a very nice colorway

  • http://facebook.com/donpaco DONPaco

    just wanted to further elaborate on my bespokes since i usually frequent these blogs on the regular as a fan. first off, thank you all for the positive and negative feedback, i respect everyone’s opinion and remarks but understand that this is a 1 of 1 pair of sneakers i made for myself, and i knew what i was getting into paying such a price for this opportunity; it’s like paying for an art piece designed for one’s tastes and specifications. the experience and process really justifies it and i plan on coming back annually to further express more of my ideas and inspirations, regardless of public opinion. (for the record, i will NOT be rocking these kicks, they’re for my office as a display piece). now for the extra details…

    the white parts of the sneaker and the neon yellow swoosh are actually 3m. i wanted to simulate obviously the white tennis court lines and that when light or flash photography is used, it would reflect brightly, just like the championship trophy won at the u.s. open in queens. the subtle white contrast stitching also helps simulate the lines as well. the white on the tongue tab also simulates the top part of the net, which is why i had the tongue black mesh, to simulate the actual feel of the net. if you notice the top 2 eyelids are dark silver, that is supposed to represent the holes of the net’s attachment to the ground posts of the tennis court.

    the white interior of the sneaker is made of sphere-dri fit material, to represent the performance aspect of the athletes playing the game. i had the laces green because i love having contrasting laces on all pairs of my kicks. my 2nd pair of laces that i’ve chosen (in the little bag between the pair) was the blue you see on the sneaker. i actually have 2 extra pairs of laces at home, both white and neon yellow to further add to this bespoke.

    the reason why i had the material mostly reverse suede was because it had the perfect hue to simulate the color of the tennis court, and that when photographed at different lighting stages, the hue would change as well, either coming off darker or lighter just like playing tennis at different times of the day.

    there were certain materials that i wanted to use but they didn’t have available (yet), so i’ll just save those ideas for another time. peace to everyone at NSW 21 mercer and iz for his valuable consultation and helping shape my ideas to reality. 1love ya’ll

  • YunngFlossyFloss

    Custom Air Forces on Ebay….STRAIT CRAKK….i got some info from my peoples tht do nuffin but rock custom forces..and he put me on to ebay where they got 0FFICIAL custom designed AF1’s page…all u do is let them kno wht u want on themm and they do it for you AND the prices are riiiight….they have pics up too..i bought some ATL Braves ones…SIIIIICK…they have a pic of them up too…wit da matchn fitted…jus go to ebay and type in Custom Painted Air Force Ones..