Rick Owens is allegedly dropping an Air Force One collaboration with Nike

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Rick Owens is allegedly dropping an Air Force One collaboration with Nike. (Read More Here).

The video-essay History of Rick Owens Sneakers by Geocasket was one of the primary sources of many of the notions and opinions reported in this article and it was culpably omitted by the author. The following article is an updated version of the original one, with the correct crediting.

The whole nss magazine’s team is deeply sorry for the serious mistake, as we try to apply journalistic higher standards to the content production by fact-checking and crediting our sources. We are sorry it didn’t happen in this case, and we will make sure to use this inconvenience to improve and get better.    To be a designer who has built a huge part of his fame on sneakers, Rick Owens designs them only because he needs them – the designer has a passion for sports and physical activity. In a 2016 Footwear News interview, Owens said: «Sports shoes were never my thing. The only reason I started making them was because they frustrated me. They were a little too prosaic. I wanted to exoticize them».

To deal with the complex mythology surrounding Owens’ sneakers might not be enough for a book, but for anyone at the entry level there are basic facts to be established to understand its genesis and evolution. That’s why we’ve listed 5 things to know about Rick Owens’ relationship with sneakers.