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Adidas ZX Flux Femme Noir
« on: Jul 17th, 2018, 9:41pm » |
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In 1998, Nike introduced the Tuned 1, also known as the TN. Nike's creative director Sean McDowell came up with the shoe after seeing palm trees silhouetted by a sunset on holiday. In Australia, this sunset gradient was interpreted as a two-tone spray paint fade, over which a series of angry-looking veins gave the TN its characteristic "ribbed" look. To me and my friends, living in Melbourne's Adidas Superstar Mujer outer Nike Air Max 95 Womens suburbs, TNs instantly became the product of our environment.
Whenever my dad took me to his shoe stall in the Dandenong markets, there were always a few rattled-looking customers asking if we stocked TNs. It was the early 2000s, and these grimy customers might have sported weathered faces and ankle monitors, but they also rocked the freshest kits a train station hang-around could dream of. Snap button Adidas trackies, Sergio Tacchini spray jackets, bum bags, and Nike TNs—straight out of the box.
The shoe's hefty $240 price tag and aggressive look instantly placed it on a golden pedestal. I remember chasing the latest colours harder than all of my teenage crushes combined. The first pair I ever bought were black with green swooshes. They were half-price at Footlocker and a size too small, but I told my dad they were a Nike Air Max 95 Mujer perfect Nike Roshe Run Mujer Azul fit. It Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Femme was worth all the pain. The venomous green veins that wrapped around the shoe in hard plastic echoed the sentiment of a poisoned carcass. The shoes were an emblem of thuggish anarchy, a subtle air-raid to your peers that you were "doing well" off the street. When you wore TNs you became part of an underground movement governed by the remnants of DMX, the Slim Shady EP, and graffiti culture.
Before TNs, I don't remember anyone's shoes receiving compliments. The whole sneaker geek movement was incredibly niche, so it was either you stood out with your TNs or you didn't. It was also the only time young larrikins did anything that got them more props from guys than girls. In fact most girls seemed to hate TNs, and thought wearing them was a totally self-indulgent endeavour.
Today, TNs are selling in the suburbs Nike Air Vapormax Damen just as Nike Air Max 90 Dame hard, but their Adidas ZX Flux Femme Noir statement has shifted to something more ironic. These days they're worn by guys re-appropriating 90s sports chic with their dad's Kappa jacket and a Nautica cap. And yet, adoration for the shoes is just as devout as it ever was.
To get inside this love for the Nike TN, I asked people to send me photos of their prized collections. We spoke about the shifting TN culture, and what it felt like to rock their first pair.
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