Nike's Vintage inspired Shox return
The divisive shoe is coming back
September 8th, 2018
The iconic, and at the same time very divisive, Nike silhouette of Shox has been slowly making its return to the market, so far with a bit of a revamped edition of the Nike Gravity Shox, but now its going full retro with the coming release of the first silhouette from the lineage, the Shox R4, in the original Metallic Silver/Comet Red colorway.
The Nike Shox were interesting beyond just their bold and brave design, which as many disliked as they admired, in that they attracted various and quite particular types of subcultures to champion the shoe. In an age before Vapormax or more outlandish soles, the Shox was really quite crazy with the piston-like air extensions at the back of the shoe which made them look a bit like football boots for the streets. Taken on quite literally in the United Kingdom where many football lads started wearing the shoe with there tracksuit looks.
In northern Europe, for reasons that are hard to pinpoint certain nefarious countercultures took them on and signified quite often that you were a bit of a bad boy. It will be curious to see who champions this new generation.
An exact release date is still to be confirmed but stay locked to nss for the updates on Nike Shox.