This Friends & Family fragment design x Air Force 1 is a Simple Beauty
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- From the one close-up photo, the shoe shows premium textured white leather across the toe, lace, and heel paneling, with soft black nubuck on the side panel and a black nubuck half-Swoosh peaking out from under the heel paneling
- Keeping with fragment x Nike tradition, the midsole adds FRGMT branding alongside the classic AIR hit
- The fragment design x Nike Air Force 1 Friends & Family is just as the name says, and won’t be available at retail.
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When you’re in Tokyo, you check in with Hiroshi Fujiwara. If you have the privilege, that is. For Infinite Archives founder Easy Otabor, a recent trip to Japan has packed the creative’s Instagram stories full of international intrigue, but nothing more interesting to our eyes than a never-before-seen look at a fragment design x Nike Air Force 1.
The fragment design x Nike Air Force 1 Friends & Family is a study in premium material on a black and white canvas, posted to IG by Otabor alongside the caption “Simplicity, quality, and attention to detail.” Honestly, we couldn’t have said it better.
From the one close-up photo, the shoe shows premium textured white leather across the toe, lace, and heel paneling, with soft black nubuck on the side panel and a black nubuck half-Swoosh peaking out from under the heel paneling. The missing back half of the Swoosh is subtle, but adds everything to the final look. Keeping with fragment x Nike tradition, the midsole adds FRGMT branding alongside the classic AIR hit.
The fragment design x Nike Air Force 1 Friends & Family is just as the name says, and won’t be available at retail. That said, Fujiwara and Nike have been hard at work on a fragment Concept Testing project, with an Air Liquid Max set to hit retailers soon. For all the latest fragment design x Nike collab news, download the Sole Retriever App.
Zach Harris is a writer based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Vice, Complex, High Times, and more. He is obsessed with skateboarding and bowling. He is still looking for his first 300. For tips, reviews, and anything in size 10.5 - zach.h@soleretriever.com
