put up everybody's Joe from complex
we're in Los Angeles a trip with
designer Don see my time every time I
talk to people in power they always see
that passion and what ideas I'm always
pictured gonna browse the shelves see
what he's feeling we're to talk about
his upcoming Jordan collaboration it's
unbelievable just being a kid from
Chicago that's not an entertainer and
then hopefully he's gonna buy some
sneakers all kinds good business let's
do it so Don let's start in Chicago
growing up in the late 80s and 90s what
was it like in terms of style man
Chicago style was always influenced by
the streets and you know the hustlers
had the money so they had the freshest
clothes and by we being in Chicago when
Mike first came here ever since 84 we've
been wrapped in short right talk about
the threes and being in Chicago and when
that hit man this shoe was like its had
a rebirth so many times in popular
culture but it first came to us in
February of 1988 like what is in a dunk
contest yeah and in the all-star game
that he dropped 40 points in which was
only second to Wilt Chamberlain's 42 a
record that still stands in this shoe
right here
Jordan drops a three everyone goes crazy
and then he drops at the black Simon for
yeah and right when you thought MJ and
Tinker could get no better than they
came with this one and then this one he
even had more memorable moments in Game
five against Cleveland that shot on Ehlo
happen with with this in the face of the
Cleveland
doggy y'all pay back now but back in the
late eighties me and my father used to
be stunting though y'all how crazy is it
mayor you to have a shoe with Jordan a
person you idolize them that is we all
idolized unbelievable especially just
being a kid from Chicago that's not an
entertainer but I'll just be on my
hustles I'll have the love that a
genuine love but a culture so every time
I talk to people in power they always
see that passion and what ideas I'm
always pitching so I appreciate them
just giving me the opportunity it's safe
to say you kind of took a risk
you had the sixes the threes the fours
these are short bets in terms of
designing - Jordan you did more of a
sleeper with the Jordan - Jordan bred
and myself we collaborated on a two
because this shoe has a lot of history
behind it when it comes to luxury
sportswear it's the first time that a
sports sneaker brand took a luxurious
approach on a basketball shoe in
February of 1987 when they dropped this
one to me it made sense like Nike first
went into factories in Italy to produce
the original run at ease so these are
similar aesthetics about what my brand
is about I try to use the best material
as possible with the caps and all of our
products so we thought it was a good
story to tell with this particular
Jordan and this was the second project I
did with Brand Jordan I first designed
the Jordan one which was only available
on charity auction right so it made
sense to go to the - and maybe next to
three to four to five
we might just hit them in a row like
this gonna be exciting y'all had me jump
man boys let's talk about where it all
started - Jordan one oh man
you know this is the this is the OG Holy
Grail to really like modern-day sneaker
culture you know did you have those
growing up how resolutely you did yeah
my uncle Stanley used to bless me cuz
he's to sleep with the girl that managed
to footlocker when I was a shorty so we
walk in me on my cousin Skye Jordan's
float my hand I had these the originals
the black and blues so these was like we
want the gangbang one color and then you
did the blues what you want to do the
other color then the story it's too much
it's too many memories red shoe it just
hasn't ever stopped being in my constant
rotation it's always good to like market
products based on the story so when we
chose the two you know when you see the
craftsmanship of the shoe you see what
we sourced the leather the approach on
it with the good hardware with the veg
hand we was inspired by you know brands
that I'm not gonna mention right now
we'll see what el Coco how you feel but
you know it
that's just what inspired me and that's
the approach I want to bring to the
footwear so Don we covered the old
history of Jordans let's take a walk
over here and talk about the new company
that you're in these exclusive
collaborations Jordans doing
so Don you come from a crew of creatives
is there any friendly competition
between you Virgil Kanye when a new
product of yours drops ah okay nobody
Vika Pete we yay you know I'm saying
this man put these shoes out that just
put the world on fire definitely you
guys are controlling a lot of this
industry right now I'm just happy dead
the world goes that way if Jordan was
playing nowadays there's a good
possibility that he would be wearing
your shoes on court as a kid who came up
in Chicago what we got me to you man
that's like one of the most awesomest
things of all time if mike even looked
at my shoe
okay which I'm sure he did yeah I
appreciate my boy Jimmy Butler from
Chicago he could Rock the just ons you
know I'm saying
and speaking of Jimmy Butler we got the
Jimmy Butler pease right here to 29 so
I'll wrap these in the streets wrap
these on the court throwing up you at
Jordan the kids these days have LeBron
and a little older the Kobe is how do
you feel about their lines and what
they're doing oh man I love the LBJ
especially in South Beach two editions
the Kobe's is fresh even the high up
ankle joints I mess with and I think um
like these particular models they don't
connect with me as much as I see they do
with the kids today but I respect it
because I think that 20 years from now
they'll look back on these models and
they'll spark up the exact same
nostalgia the cement three does for me
today
absolutely
was gone you had a chance to look around
what are you feeling to pick up oh man
I definitely need a Patti's white cement
for ten and a half
oh gee 110 and a half yes sir
pre-stretch I think I need these shadows
ten and a half and ease
I need another Patty's even though these
just dropped another ten and a half
please
definitely to Carmine's that first
championship shoot and oh and ten and a
half and infrared sixes should be one in
shooting celebrate it in right
what we doing
so as you guys could see Don came
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we help you help move Seligman thanks
rip boys
you know dj khaled is most definitely
somebody I look up to card that's easy
but you can't you can't do this I mean
how do I do it it's the bad boy - we got
to put a step in breaking down the best
Jordans of 2015 this song is the heart
st. Louis st. Louis don't support no no
but I do no laughing stop it