Nike Drops Coffee-inspired Takes on its Classic Sneakers
Our Editor gives his caffeine-addled thoughts on the Nike Coffee Pack
Words by Will Halbert
The Nike Coffee Pack drapes a selection of Nike’s seminal silhouettes in a host of premium materials inspired by everyone’s favourite go-faster juice. Never one for abstract thought first thing in the morning, our Editor used exactly the time it took him to brew the first coffee of the day to pair said silhouettes with their caffeinated counterparts. Which, if you must know, was at least an hour because he used an eight-cup Chemex. So expect a good roast.
Air Force 1 – The Latte
This one’s easy. The Latte has always been the safe bet, the crowd-pleaser. Nike’s Air Force 1 has long enjoyed a similar role as the tried-and-tested, middle-of-the-road solution to what should cover your socks. There’s a lovely, more-milk-than-coffee vibe to this coffee pack variant, too. That subtle gradation from the roasted brown of the sole to the milky off white of the uppers? That’s a foot-friendly latte if ever I saw one. I dig it.
Air Max 97 – The Mocha
The obvious choice for the sweet of tooth and the short of taste, the mocha is an over-indulgent, over-complicated attack on the senses reserved exclusively for people who don’t actually like coffee. I needn’t labour the metaphor here; the Air Max 97 is a joke that writes itself at this point. Much like the mocha, the Air Max 97 is neither timeless nor enduring – it just refuses to go away.
Daybreak – The Flat White
Let’s be honest, the Daybreak has always been the flat white of sneakers. It’s bold in style, simple in execution, and inherently cooler than you. Like the flat white, Nike’s Daybreak is also the pinnacle of hipster affectation and a coffee-hued harbinger of millennial gentrification. Hark! Do you hear that? It’s the insidious, rubber-soled pitter-patter of your rent going up.
