NIKE AIR VAPORMAX OFF-WHITE COLLABORATION SNEAKERS - CIRCA 2017-2018

A NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF THE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER NIKE AIR VAPORMAX COLLABORATION WITH VIRGIL ABLOH'S OFF-WHITE LABEL, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN CONTEMPORARY SNEAKER CULTURE AND LUXURY SPORTSWEAR CROSSOVER DESIGN.

IDENTIFICATION AND ATTRIBUTION:
- MAKER: NIKE X OFF-WHITE (VIRGIL ABLOH DESIGN COLLABORATION)
- MODEL: AIR VAPORMAX
- MODEL CODE: AA3831-001 (BLACK COLOURWAY)
- SIZE: US 9 / UK 8.5 / EU 42.5 / CM 27
- PRODUCTION DATE: OCTOBER 2016 (PRE-RELEASE SAMPLE OR EARLY PRODUCTION)
- ORIGIN: MADE IN CHINA

CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS:
- UPPER: BLACK ENGINEERED MESH KNIT WITH STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED FROM EXTENDED WEAR
- OVERLAYS: BLACK SUEDE WITH VISIBLE SCUFFING AND SURFACE DETERIORATION
- LACING SYSTEM: WHITE CORD LACES WITH FRAYING AT TERMINAL ENDS
- SOLE UNIT: NIKE VAPORMAX AIR CUSHIONING UNIT IN BLACK RUBBER SHOWING COMPRESSION AND WEAR PATTERNS
- INTERIOR: WHITE TEXTILE LINING WITH STAINING AND ODOUR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE
- HARDWARE: OFF-WHITE SIGNATURE ZIP-TIE TAG ATTACHED TO LACES (ICONIC DESIGN ELEMENT)

CONDITION ASSESSMENT:
THE PAIR EXHIBITS SIGNIFICANT WEAR CONSISTENT WITH REGULAR ATHLETIC USE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD. THE MESH UPPER DISPLAYS PRONOUNCED CREASING THROUGHOUT WITH DISCOLOURATION FROM PERSPIRATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE. SUEDE OVERLAYS SHOW SCUFFING ACROSS BOTH LATERAL AND MEDIAL SURFACES. THE HEEL COUNTER EXHIBITS STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN AND COMPRESSION. THE VAPORMAX AIR UNIT SOLE DEMONSTRATES WEAR PATTERNS FROM REGULAR GROUND CONTACT AND SHOWS COMPRESSION IN THE FOREFOOT AND HEEL REGIONS. INTERIOR LINING SHOWS STAINING AND ODOUR. LACES ARE SOILED WITH FRAYING AT THE TERMINAL ENDS. THE OVERALL STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY REMAINS SOUND, THOUGH THE AESTHETIC CONDITION REFLECTS SUBSTANTIAL USE HISTORY.

PROVENANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS COLLABORATION REPRESENTS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN CONTEMPORARY SNEAKER CULTURE, MARKING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH FASHION AND ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR DESIGN. THE OFF-WHITE X NIKE PARTNERSHIP, HELMED BY DESIGNER VIRGIL ABLOH, BECAME HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE UPON RELEASE. THE PRODUCTION DATE OF OCTOBER 2016 SUGGESTS THIS MAY BE FROM AN EARLY PRODUCTION RUN OR SAMPLE BATCH, PREDATING THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELEASE.

NOTE: THIS LOT IS OFFERED AS-IS, REFLECTING AUTHENTIC WEAR HISTORY. THE CONDITION IS CONSISTENT WITH GENUINE USE RATHER THAN STORAGE OR DISPLAY. COLLECTORS OF CONTEMPORARY SNEAKER CULTURE AND OFF-WHITE COLLABORATIONS MAY FIND VALUE IN THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESIGN PROVENANCE DESPITE THE ADVANCED WEAR CONDITION. AUTHENTICITY NOT CONFIRM.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia