today we're gonna be looking at the home colorway of the nike air penny one
there's so much nostalgia behind this sneaker and i'm excited to give you guys a review of this shoe
as well and if you didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show on this channel i
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could be the next one to get us there now let's go ahead and crack this box open and see what they
talking about starting with the outside of the box right here we got nothing special just your
classic nike box all red with the nike branding on the top and the sides with the swoosh and then on
the size tag it reads nike air penny white varsity royal black size 13 just for me retails 170 bucks
now flipping open the lid right here you got your classic white paper and then you got the shoe oh
you got the shoe all right first impression of this sneaker huh might i say perfection
i don't normally do all white sneakers because i'm a size 13 and they just look extremely huge
but these ones i had to make an exception these go crazy so before we start breaking down the
styles cuts and materials and all the details of this shoe we got to talk about the history first
penny hardaway was an iconic basketball player known heavily for playing in the nba during the
90s and back in 1995-96 season we saw this sneaker debut with the penny one and i'm telling you right
now still in current time this is a legendary sneaker even though penny hardaway may have been
overshadowed by michael jordan during that same time with him winning all those championships i
can guarantee you penny hardaway was a legendary basketball player and has played a huge role
in the sneaker community in our culture at the same time we haven't seen this colorway hit the
street since 1996. so i think from a sneaker head perspective we could say these were definitely
overdue but with all that being said let's go ahead and break down this sneaker starting from
the bottom and working our way up looking at the outsole right here you got an all-white outsole
with a huge nike swoosh right here in blue with that wavy traction vibe on the bottom of the
foot and then one thing that i had always loved i remember this when i was a little kid super dope
you've kind of got this see-through element right here in the center of the heel and this actually
looks at the air unit right here so super dope to be able to see that and see that they brought
that steel back to life in current time because i remember back in my childhood days looking at this
type of element or like the hologram on the jordan 13. different stuff like that was a super iconic
to me growing up so it's always nice seeing this little touch as well now going up to the midsole
right here you got your foam wrapping up halfway through the middle of the foot with your jeweled
nike swoosh and the black lines through it and then on the back end you got your exposed air unit
like i was talking about earlier and then on here it looks like it has a blue line on the inside of
that as well now going up to the upper you have a smooth leather it doesn't feel like it's the best
it doesn't feel like it's the worst at the end of the day i don't think they were coming for crazy
quality i think it was just more of like bringing back nostalgia so i can understand why they didn't
put some crazy premium leather unless it were to be like a collab like we've recently seen
now looking at the toe of the foot right here you got your piping that goes around both sides
from the center of the foot and then you got your blue jewel right here with the white nike swoosh
and then one of my favorite elements that orlando magic pinstripe black with the white pinstripes
going up this nylon tongue right here super dope super soft right here these come equipped with
a pair of rope white laces and then on the top of the tongue you have a leather patch with the
embroidered blue swoosh with the silver lining around that and then a black and blue pull tab
on the front end and on the back end of the shoe now going to the heel of the foot you have a
very iconic kit right here and it's the penny one cent logo honestly this logo is always super dope
and it's easy to identify as soon as you see a penny hardaway sneaker typically you're gonna
look for this and you'll be like oh okay that's a pair of pennies i know these might look like some
moon boots from the 90s but at the end of the day these are definitely very iconic and nostalgic and
it's dope to see them coming back to life like i said earlier 20 plus years later so for all
my new sneaker heads out there trust me these hit home for a lot of the ogs out there now going to
the sockliner right here you got a blue material and then a black behind the tongue and then on
the insole you got a royal blue with the white nike air on the center of that so as you guys
can tell i clearly love this sneaker and i'm so excited to be able to add these to my collection
now i'm interested to see what everybody else thinks because i know there's going to be a big
disconnect between the modern day sneakerhead all the og heads the nostalgia the gap between
this was 1996. if you're a sneakerhead and you're under 21 years old no disrespect but you weren't
even born at that time which means you may not know or understand the nostalgia behind it which
could cause you not to like it because you don't have any sentimental memories to it completely
understand so that's why i'm always interested to see the polls on sneakers like this that aren't as
hot that aren't trending as much and i'm sure it might not be what we expect to see so anyways at
the end of the day if you haven't followed me on ig make sure you do so you can participate
in the polls and see all the results here on the channel i asked the people the simple question is
this shoe fire or is this you trash this is what they said 38 of the people said fire and 62 of the
people said trash now i didn't think it was gonna be that bad i was thinking like you know like in
60 40 saying fire but maybe i'm tripping i don't know like let me know what y'all think down below
again we can all like what we want to like and there's no harm or no love lost to anybody like
i'm happy to see everybody's opinions but i thought that was kind of crazy and i understand
there haven't been a bunch of penny ones coming out to raise awareness behind the sneaker to
cause the the consumer to understand the nostalgia behind it and storytelling and all that different
stuff so i get that as well so let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section
when it comes to the sneaker uh is this your first time hearing about the shoe do you now like it do
you still not like it let me know i would love to hear all of your opinions again i didn't design it
i didn't create the nostalgia i'm just telling you guys you know my stories and my memories
of the shoe at the end of the day i love these i think they're fire i'm glad to have them in
my collection and for you to be able to purchase these for retail i think that's a good thing too
and it's kind of interesting because i looked at the resale market i was able to get these
at my local store for 170 bucks and people are already selling for like 225 in the black pair
the black pair is going for like 350 or 400 bucks or something like that those sold out
so everybody wanted those at least i think everybody did i don't know either way let
me know you guys opinion i would love to hear it down below in the comment section
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