The Nike Lebron 10 Cork was one of the most anticipated sneakers we’ve seen in a while and naturally that translates into inspiration for sneaker customizers. The most recent artist to tackle the Cork theme is District Customs with this pair of Air Jordan 3s. Taking the White Cement 3 as a base, District Customs spent 60 long hours engraving and painting the tumbled leather upper to resemble the porous cork material. The tongue, liner and mudguard feature a deep brown while the tongue liner has been dyed a wine-tone, continuing with the classy theme. DC also included reversible cork/gold dubres, designer wooden shoetrees, custom hand tags, and a custom engraved wooden slide box with a golden plate and leather strap.
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Air Jordan VI Grape Custom by El Cappy
Customizers have been ahead of Jordan Brand for a while when it comes to bringing their classic colorways known on a certain model to another. El Cappy created the Air Jordan IV Grape almost two years ago. Now he put the colorway that was first created on the AJ V to the next number with these Air Jordan VI Grapes.
Blacked Out Bred Air Jordan 11 by Noldo Customs
Simplicity can give new life. Noldo Customs revived a worn pair of Air Jordan 11 Retros in the black and red playoff colorway. Or as they are nicknamed “breds” but the now blacked out breds received no more than a painting of their previously white midsoles.
PMK Customs: The Blue Print Video via LifeandTimes.com
He wore them on the sidelines of a Brooklyn Nets game now he shares the custom sneakers’ story via his website LifeandTimes.com. That he is Jay Z and the sneaker is the Air Jordan 1 Brooklyn Zoo by PMK Customs. Released last year in a very limited amount of 10 pairs for somewhere around $2500 each the full decon-recon customs feature the real skin and leather of 9 different animals. Check the video below to see how the idea came about and how PMK Customs works with a company called American Shoes to bring the idea to life.
Air Jordan IV Trinidad James by DeJesus Customs
Inspiration comes from all places. For DeJesus Customs their latest custom work comes inspired by the way of eccentric rapper Trinidad James and his look from the video for his single All Gold Everything along with the work of another sneaker customizer. What started as an all white Pure Money $ AJ IV is now titled T.Jame$ 4 featuring an hand painted upper of bright red for the most part.