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The Off-White x Nike Air Force 1 Mid “Sheed” may have sold out last week on the SNKRS app, but that doesn’t mean you need to turn to the resale market in order to get a pair. All sizes from a U.S. mens 4 through 12 are available at the retail price of $205 on Off-White’s website.
This black and white pair AF1 Mid marks Off-White’s fifth version of the mid-cut silhouette and its first tribute to Rasheed Wallace. Nicknamed “Sheed,” Wallace was well known for wearing the Air Force 1 High throughout his NBA career — even though he played from 1995 to 2013, long past the shoe’s debut in 1982. Despite the new technologies that arrived both before and during his playing days, Sheed stayed loyal to AF1 High and often wore it with the strap hanging off unfastened. As he told Complex back in 2013, “If the refrigerator ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Off-White‘s homage to Wallace also takes after a black patent leather Air Force 1 High “Sheed” made in 2001. In addition to the same glossy leather, both pairs feature a silhouette of Wallace and his signature fadeaway jumper. His number 30 is added to the strap, while the sneaker also features the same spiked outsole, wavy midsole, plastic hangtag, Swoosh with exaggerated stitching, and lateral branding as previous Off-White AF1 Mids.
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Following Virgil Abloh‘s passing in late-2021, his AF1 Mid has been one of the most consistent releases as Nike continues the partnership posthumously and in conjunction with his widow. In addition to the five pairs made in collaboration with Off-White, another two came from the landmark Louis Vuitton collaboration ideated prior to his death.
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