Meet the Marcus Troy Bespoke AF1
Marcus Troy stopped by 21 Mercer last month to design a bespoke Air Force 1. The turnout was dope, but allow him to take you behind the scenes in the video above. Check out his creation after the jump…
1. Black Outsole
2. Turquoise Air Max Midsole
3. Black Kevlar on the Toe cap, Overlay, Eyestay and Back Tab taping
4. Grey Water proof Denim on the Vamp and Upper
5. Black Leather Rubberized Tongue and Heel Counter
6. Grey Suede Swoosh and Turquoise underlay
7. Metallic Silver Patent on the Tongue Tab and Heel tab.
8. Loopwheeler cotton Lining and Sock Lining
9 Grey waxed laces and black metal eyelets
Job well done!
VERY GOOD SHOE!!!
^Says Mr. Bespoke himself. That says A LOT! xxCoreyxx, you got next!
Those are dope, I’ve always wanted to take a trip to 21 Mercer and create an AF1.
beautiful….well thought out, nice choice of colors and materials….kinda makes me wanna throw my money down and get some done.
Inspired use of materials. Simple, sleek colorway. Release these with a change-up of colors for the highlights,, a fresh white or JB red instead of the blue. Super nice. Great job. Ill take two!
THESE ARE HOTTTTT!!!!!!!!
I need to get my hands on some bespoke af1.. Wish I still had my 255 studio nike ID Force… Got featured on Nike 1thology.
http://www.nike.com/af1/index.jhtml#l=1thology,profile,869
Not personally an avid AF1 fan, but boy oh boy would I wear those daily, very well done sir!
I’m going to keep it “100″. if they released at footlocker or finishline I would copp. that’s one of the dopest af1’s I ever seen. it was reminds me of the uniforms of the old c.w/new b.e.t show ” The Game “.
I think any one who really is a sneaker head can pull off a decent BESPOKE but where the MEN are SEPARATED from the mice is that HEFTY price of $850 a pop. I don’t rock AF1s like that but man… am I a sucker for that premium sole or what????
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If I had 8 bills to drop like that I would do it….. but dropping 2 car notes or 1/2 a mortgage or 800 $1 menu picks from WENDYs and McDONALDS on a pair of kicks……… I DON’T KNOW…. BESPOKE…… 5 PIECE NUGGETS….. BESPOKE…… POTATO W/ CHIVES…. BESPOKE…….. JUNIOR BACON…. BESPOKE… MCFLURRY…I think you get the point….
NO HATE EITHER…. THE KICKS ARE DOPE…. AND THEY ARE WORTH EVERY PENNY ONCE YOU PUT YOUR OWN NAME ON ‘EM.
^^^am95connoisseur… Lol RIGHT!!! THAT $800 CAN GO A LONNNNNNG WAY.
But for my thoughts on the shoes…WOW. I love um. colors and materials are a perfect match in my opinion. Loopwheeler guts??? Just stupid
Sneakers are great but whos Marcus Troy?
what is the cost for one of these. i bet alot of us are wondering
wow man, that whole process was just dope.
and mad props on that cat that drew that AF1 free hand like it wasnt nothin!! that is talent and beyond.
but the actual kicks look fresh man, wow! 1 of 1.
i would love to make my own pair but $820 aint no joke man.
im glad i was at least able to make my own pair of low top dunks a couple years back.
mad props for this feature!
Worth it.
oh shit :O
^^I can see paying this much WHEN THE DESIGN IS THIS NICE….and I guess since it’s always a personal design, it’s almost always worth the money to the guy/girl spending it.
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am95connoisseur like you said somewhere earlier, FOR 2010, I’M ONLY BUYING THE TOP KICKS THAT RELEASE (THAT I ACTUALLY LIKE OF COURSE!)
I’m done buying beaters just for the F#@$ of it…..no more of me walking into a store and saying “oh snap, those are “OK”, and they’re only $120….I’ll get em!!” I’M PLAYIN’ THE GAME A BIT DIFFERENT FOR THIS YEAR….STRATEGIC, CALCULATED STRIKES, LIKE THE AIR FORCE DROPPING ARTILLERY SHELLS ON AFGHAN VILLAGES LOL….
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IN FACT…..I MAY TRY TO LIMIT MYSELF TO 20 TOTAL PAIRS THIS YEAR, AND SEE IF I CAN END UP BUYING/OWNING WHAT ENDS UP JUDGED THE TOP TEN SNEAKERS OF 2010……
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I’M OFF TO A GOOD START WITH THE COPPER FOAMS I THINK……
hottest bespoke ever. better than all of mayor’s
Grey waxed laces… that KILLS it (in a good way)! Sickest Bespoke yet from a “creativity of materials” standpoint and the turquoise drop shadow on the swoosh is sick! The shoe works together so so nice! Well done my man… well done!
TM ~ Yeah bro’, that’s Coppers a lock for top 10 (or top 5… or top 3… or …)!
Damn, I never thought about putting kevlar in a shoe. You can’t deny this shoe is bulletproof!
LOL @ am95… “bespoke or 800 $1 menu picks” that shit funny
TokyoMike – i feel you with that walkin in a store and sayin ‘those are okay and there only 120 dollars” and buyin em i gotta stop doin that myself
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as far as these shoes i like that teal blue and the grey suede used alot!!!
if these came out i might not cop cuz of the air bubble on the back, i really dont like when their is an air bubble on an airforce one. i think it completey KILLS the shoe like a motherrrrrfu***er!!! say no to airbubbles on air force ones!!!
but the materials and colors are so CRACK i would want them!
these with a black mink coat in the winter would be FIRE in nyc!!!!!!!
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and nike will you people please start paying attention to what these people are doing on the bespokes and start releasing HOT CRACK FIRE air forces like these please?? you put out like ONE maybe TWO semi decent airforces a year!!!! and its killin me, i love air forces, and everrrrry year its nothing but ugly wack plain simple ugly wack colors materials and jus plain sucky air forces!!! 1 or 2 pairs that are coppable and decent that i make myself cop come out a year!
start putting out hot sh*t like you see these bespokes bein done. i aint sayin litterally jack the same sh*t but you can look at 20 bespokes and make somethin simalar or a new one but make it look like CRACK!!
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atleast start releasing like 1 or 2 “bespoke inspired” air forces a year!
how bout that, that would be a good idea and make them limited QS
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nike needs to hire me in ther af1 department 4real there sales would go up
one of the best bespokes ive seen,though you can get a lot of nice shoes for $820, but after seeing the process, makes me want to start a lil bespoke fund(or just rob the next armored truck i see)
also just got my hands on another pair of space jams size 13, im trying to trade them for a pair of ds eggplant foams size 11, 11.5 or 12, so hit me up atgbryan@aol.com
^ toykomike has a great theory but typically we have to buy beaters too because most of the kicks on the list a few kicks were beaters. Dope kicks like the sb brain wreck, retro 12’s, or blue lobsters didn’t make the list.
def dope as ish
dope shoe
these are nice, but Bun B’s “SJ” Bespoke and Mayor’s “Strawberry” Bespoke are the best that I have seen.
820 is steep,imo.colors are dope though.
TALK ABOUT GREEDYNESS…. THIS IS REAL MESS UP FOR THOSE WHO COULDNT GET A PAIR OF SPACE JAMS.. GO TO LINK BELOW
http://cgi.ebay.com/2009-Air-Jordan-XI-11-Retro-Space-Jam-Black-Blue-US-11_W0QQitemZ310190711462QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Men_s_Shoes?hash=item4838cea2a6#ht_17263wt_1167
Very nice, & clean cutt colorway. Vey dope, & if these drop let me know I’ll drop money for these!
Man sat. Iwent to athletes foot and they still got spacejams n size 7.djck east hi af1 fo 70 bucks.cherrie 12 n ps for 55 bucks.futura grey n white for 135.and spizikes with a card of all the js mixed n and mars on the back whit dn you know and neon ams come out next moth!!
Man sat. Iwent to athletes foot and they still got spacejams n size 7.djck east hi af1 fo 70 bucks.cherrie 12 n ps for 55 bucks.futura grey n white for 135.and spizikes with a card of all the js mixed n and mars on the back whit “do you know” and neon ams come out next moth!!
fantastic job. not too over the top but very eye catching and striking. If i could make one change, i would have gone with turqoise regular laces because i dont really think wax laces look that good/ are functional. but hey i can say that once i throw down $820!
royal swagness I agree totally…..I want to only buy certain kicks, but truth be told, alot of nice stuff drops that “needs” to be bought…..last year, I did grab the Brain Wrecks, Cherry 12’s, and a few others that didn’t “make the list” but were heat, to me at least…..but we’ll see….I’m gonna try to really stick to my plan lol….
^^ATL_Dunk-Junkie, I 2nd that, pimpin. If I had the means I’d be in NY cookin up my own Bespokes….then I’d rock em to a DXC (dunkxchange) near my area to impress other sneakerheads & prolly won’t even get a complement or much less a “double take look” for that matter….wow, that’s pretty idiotic & gay: dudes dressin up to impress other dudes.
the best one yet i like the combo of colors i actually id some 95 that color in niketown but great job of the af1 too bad is too much money for me to spend on a shoe….. and lets be honest that’s a lot 820 for an af1 and we all know that they don’t even spend that much making them lets be honest
With all the colors and materials offered I wouldnt even know where to start! I bet it’s addicting after the 1st one…that’s how NikeID is and its choices suck so I know with the bespokes it’s gotta be addicting
even tho iHate blue … these are d o p e
This air force 1 is sick…Materials, the process and the experience itself…i was thinking about dropping the dough on a pair of bespokes with my income tax checks BUT I want my car even more…instead of purposely j-walking to break necks in the street i might as well break there HEART and then their NECKS when i step out the whippington and then pull “the heat from under the seat”!!
R.swagg no offense(abbreviation) and TM (same thing) i spent all of last year doing that and trust it saves cash and u still feel like you havent really missed anything, to me the little cops count too but in a time where saving bread is key its the sure fire way to go…so both u dudes go big this year and see how muchh you save
IZZY!!! aka young Papi Shampoo aka Let Me Shoot That I’m Open (pause) aka Coco Water!!!!! Good job on this one…I’m impressed!!!
for those of you that still don’t know Izzy is that dude!!! If you ever get a chance to get to Mercer holla at him just because!!!!