JBF’s latest custom sneakers posted on Nike Talk (linked here) fell short of my expectations based on his prior designs. The designer wanted to turn a pair of blue/gray Nike Dunks into custom sneakers with black pinstripes. JBF notes in his Nike Talk post that the original design involved a clean set of pinstripes running around the shoe.
The problem is that JBF’s pinstripes weren’t executed effectively. JBF tried turning lemons into lemonade by dubbing his Nike Dunks the “Barbed Wires” because of the little black spots punctuating these stripes.
While I admire JBF’s hard work, I think that the black stripes are too precise to be barbed wire and too sloppy to be pinstripes. My larger complaint about these sneakers is the use of angled stripes running through the front panel. Even if JBF was able to create smooth pinstripes, the angled stripes would look out of place. The designer is capable of producing great custom sneakers but the Barbed Wire Dunks cannot be placed in this category.
Tags: Custom Sneakers, Dunk, JBF, Nike
LOOK! this shoes are very ugly so dont make it look like its off the hook because its not and dont worry im not a hatier!!!.
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dese iz real cute
looks aight but the barbed wire isnt defined enough it just looks like sloppy lines