But this is the first time he, or any player postgame, as best we can tell, has worn a kilt which is also, let’s face it, a skirt! Let’s call a spade a spade! But the garment has been percolating for a year at the bleeding edges where fashion and professional sports meet. Thom Browne has dressed a handful of off-duty athletes in his pleated skirts Odell Beckham Jr. wore one to the Met Gala, and the Clippers’ Serge Ibaka attended Browne’s spring 2020 show in a seersucker skirt suit. But on the runway that is the NBA arena tunnel, this is the first time we’ve seen this blessed, free-flowing garment. We’ve come a long way since Kanye West’s Riccardo Tisci–designed leather kilt raised eyebrows ’round the world, back in 2012.
You perhaps have heard that Nike plans on releasing a gathering of new Dunk sneakers in early 2021 Reports of the release were true, and Nike is giving us a complete look of the Dunk models they plan to drop coming in January starting with a retake on the Dunk Low.
This style gets several new iterations including the UNLV with a similar look too its predecessor in a soft gray, university red, and white color combination. Other Dunk Lows come in white/black, and soft gray/red combinations, and the Dunk Low “Coast” the pairs brilliant blue panels, against a white base with University Gold accents.
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This year, everything paled in comparison to Covid-19’s devastating effects. The pandemic’s far-reaching tentacles altered the way we live and likely will live for the foreseeable future. The way we work, the way we spend our free time, what we wear, how we spend our money, and much more was carefully re-examined by the majority of the world’s population over the past 10 months.
That change also befell the sneaker industry. Drops were pushed back, in-store raffles were canceled, and stores had to close. While Covid-19 did not manage to bring the behemoth that is the sneaker community to a complete halt, however, the footwear industry took a double-digit hit on the retail level, according to NPD, who predict that sales trends are expected to recover and stabilize in 2021. StockX data, on the other hand, shows that an incredible amount of money was aga