Yassir Rais Creations is known for making provocative and thoughtful custom sneakers like the What’s Vintage? Nike Dunks. The designer posted these interesting sneakers at his Customsnkr.com blog linked here. The What’s Vintage? Nike Dunks were designed to challenge the established ideas of what makes a shoe vintage.
Instead of relying on a classic image, logo or color scheme, Yassir Rais used outside elements to make these sneakers look well-worn. The stitched material on the toe box may look like an old door mat but the pattern makes fun of the idea that shoes and clothing can hit shelves with manufactured wear and tear. The spotted laces contribute to the found-art concept of these custom Dunks, looking like a contribution from the family junk drawer that fits the theme in some perverse way.
Yassir Rais finished off the What’s Vintage? Nike Dunks with some fantastic fading from white to black at the middle panels. The designer wrote “What’s Vintage?” in black lettering along the heel to drive his point home. The What’s Vintage? Nike Dunks show what a bunch of disparate design elements can become in the hands of an excellent sneaker artist.
Tags: Custom Sneakers, Dunks, Nike
There nice and creative.
i think the buttons set those shoes off
vintage? more like home made ha ha sweeeet
meh, not my style.
I honestly believe these shoes could really deceive someone into thinking it might be a real animal. These are a very good expression of creativity! Two thumbs up!
I really do love these shoes. Nike dunks are my all time favorites
the toe box looks kinda odd. but the rest of the shoe works pretty good
im loving the white with the like the tiger shoe laces
The cheetah print pattern should have been consistent with the rest of the shoe. I would buy them then.
men i’ll rock those just send them my way and im a cop them hoes……….dats all my swag