Nike Air Force 1 - 'Feel Free, Let's Talk'
To celebrate the AF1’s 40th anniversary Nike are coming together to show the collective power of force.
Presenting Feel free, let’s talk, Nike invite you to join forces and celebrate the people and places that make us. For the special release, Nike is also reigniting Gallery on 4th in Melville for a weekend of talks about community with Wanda Lephoto, DBN GOGO and Anthony Bila. Read about it here.
We might have different perspectives, backgrounds and ideas but we are unified in our mission to push culture forward. Grounded in the communities that made us and those who came before us, together we will set the stage for what comes next.
This offering of the Nike Air Force 1 Low features a Pink leather upper highlighted with cracked mismatched Swooshes. Other details includes “Feel Free, Let’s Talk” stamped onto the lateral ankle as well as on the right insole, Black “AIR” text on the lateral midsole with special “Anniversary Edition” tongue tags. “Nike Air” heels atop a two-tone AF1 rubber sole completes the design.
The Nike Air Force 1 - 'Feel Free, Let's Talk' drops Saturday 24 September for R2799 in CPT, JHB and online.
First come first serve. Online at 7am, stores from 10am.
Sizes: UK6, UK7, UK8, UK9, UK10, UK11.
Wanda Lephoto
“Hillbrow to Soweto, uptown Rosebank to downtown Jozi, the people of this city is my community.”
@Wanda Lephoto
Fashion designer, tastemaker and creative entrepreneur Wanda Lephoto finds his unique identity in the many pockets of culture that make up the city of Johannesburg. From his family apartment in Berea, where Wanda grew up, to the street stalls of Soweto and the high rises in Rosebank, Wanda draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of culture and colourful stories.
“All the parts that make up the whole of the city is who I am and what I represent.”
Wanda weaves the city together with his garments, art and design, showing the future generation that creativity overcomes any barrier and brings people together.
Anthony Bila
“As much as creativity saved me, community made me. That's why I feel an obligation to be an uncle, a friend and a collaborator to those I see coming next.”
Award winning photographer, and all round creative force, Anthony Bila took us back to where it began for him as a young kid growing up in his Gran’s house in Tembisa.
“Tembisa wasn't always a safe place but I found safety in my creativity and community, it kept me occupied and inspired”
From learning to draw from his uncle to snapping his first pics on a borrowed cameraAnthony’s familyandthose around him was instrumental in shaping him to be who he is today. And Anthony plans on using his creativity to help the next generation of image makers to be whoever they want.
DBN Gogo
“This is the place where I first touched the decks. Now I am here to give the next in line the same opportunities I had.”
@DBN GOGO
DJ and entrepreneur DBN Gogo uses her music to bring people together. She describes her sound as more than a genre, “a culture, way of life and livelihood, rooted in uniqueness and inclusivity.”
From the decks in Moloko where she first got her break, to the world stage, she is leading the charge in carving out a unique identity for local music.
But for her it doesn’t just stop there; under her guidance as mentor she is giving young musicians the opportunity to use music to change perceptions, break barriers and unite people.