Nike x Sacai VaporWaffle Black / Gum

Here comes another Nike x Sacai VaporWaffle! This Nike x sacai Vaporwaffle “Black Gum” edition serves up another banger for the fans. The brand returns once more to team up with NikeLab, working together to craft another vintage model with layers upon layers of style. It has been a signature style for Chitose Abe’s Sacai label.

Nike and Sacai first collaborated in 2015 for a NikeLab apparel capsule. Sacai was founded in 1999 by designer Chitose Abe and quickly rose through the ranks of Japanese fashion brands. It’s not surprising at all as Abe first worked as a key cog in Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons empire. Sacai gained traction in the international fashion scene when it appeared in Paris fashion runways in 2011.

The first sneaker to emerge in the collab was a laceless Air Max 90 in dual color blocking. It wasn’t until 2019 where Sacai finally made a huge breakthrough with the Swoosh. Re-works of iconic models such as the Nike Blazer and a hybrid of the LDV/Daybreak boosted the popularity of Sacai’s one-of-a-kind sneaker aesthetic.

Double everything, double the fun. That’s exactly what happened as the Blazer and LDV Waffle featured double Swoosh, doubles laces, double tongues and double-stacked foam midsoles. Even the sneaker’s tongue is doubled to achieve this sophisticated design.

Come 2020 and the unveiling of another hybrid model including two Nike running classics. The old-school 1983 Pegasus and the modern Vaporfly mashed up to bring the Nike VaporWaffle.

Featuring leather, suede, and mesh on the upper, this colourway utilizes a black and off-noir finish. Double Swooshes, double laces, and dual tongues adorn the shoe.

The entire bottom of the shoe combines both the Vaporfly and the Pegasus 83 soles, for a beefed up finish. It actually looks triple-stacked instead of double-stacked. The Pegasus 83’s traction gum rubber completes this sacai hybrid.

Released around the last week of September 2021, the Nike x sacai VaporWaffle “Black / Gum” launched on the SNKRS app.

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