Not sure if this should be it's own thread but whatever, here we go.
My open letter to Reebok Classics.
The 3M Magic Shaqnosis looked unfinished but they were still hot, I was gonna buy 'em , these with the patent leather, no way. Unless it's a Jordan 11, stay away from patent leather, looks cheap and ho-ish, and I'm a dude contrary to my user name. I would feel like a real d*ck, if my illustration got these shoes reworked into the garbage you've turned them into, stick with the 3M, that's what made these a hypebeast shoe IMO, hopefully it's not too late and the vomit inducing patent version of this shoe isn't in production yet. If we have to choose between the cool *** royal blue 3M and the black/blue soles then we're crying out for mercy here, JUST KEEP THE 3M! We'll take the white soles, or the white soles with only blue paint like Shaq was standing in front of on the sneakerwatch.com video.
Since Swizz or somebody at the company may actually be reading this, I'm gonna take this time to air out some other ideas:
- Royal Purple with bright orange 3M stripes Phoenix Suns Shaqnosis, black accents, not white.
- Plum with aqua/jade stripes and sparingly used yellow accents Mighty Ducks Kamikaze 2's.
- Kamikaze 2's in Hunter Green with Maroon stripes and some bronze accents (maybe a little yellow, errr athletic gold) to celebrate the Sonics uniforms/colors from when Kemp actually wore this shoe, it's a much more attractive color scheme than green/yellow. A number 40 in the same font in white with the yellow and maroon outlines just like on the jersey would be dope on this shoe too, the 95-96 Sonics didn't use a custom font, the Houston Astros also used it so it's good and legal. The 40 should be placed on the Tongue where "KEMP" normally is or on the back side like the 23 on some retro Jordan 5's.
- Cyan with light brown stripes and red and black accents on a Kamikaze 2 (Vancouver Grizzlies 1st away jersey inspired)
- High top pump Shaqnosis like what Shaq actually wore on the court but were never available for retail.
It should be noted when I say "stripes" I mean the normal secondary color of the shoe, the patterns, I don't mean pinstripes or something.
I really liked the crazy font used on the tongue of the OG's that read "KEMP" so t-shirts to match any Kamikaze 2 would be dope with that Font reading "KAMIKAZE", Imagine a shirt in that yellow/green color that's being used on the glow Kamikaze's with "KAMIKAZE" in glow in the dark screen print, ****zle would be izzle.
BTW, huge fan of the glow and nocturnal colorways, I'd love to see some Galaxies like these consepts actually made, Galaxies may look better in Shaqnosis' though, and if you're gonna go tacky with the silver Shaqnosis, why not make 'em rainbow holographic like those Adidas Star Wars shoes from a few years back? I'd buy that, the silvers, no thanks, I'll wear tacky but only if it's a lot of fun as well.
To avoid any confusion, this is the font I'm referring to, it's retro gold.
