Written by Evely Tan
To celebrate his completion of the mandatory South Korean National Service, G-Dragon has collaborated with Nike to come out with the Air Force One “Para-Noise” via his brand PEACEMINUSONE.
PEACEMINUSONE, according to G-Dragon refers to his dreams of a peaceful world (Peace), reflecting the reality that the world is a deprived place (Minus), and thus there’s a deviation (One) between the imagined ideal world and the real world.
The Air Force 1 “Para-Noise” is an almost entirely portrayal of his own personality and taste through a canvas that slowly reveals an artwork of his own design the more the shoe is worn. Both the Swoosh and tongue have been constructed in white pebbled leather with other parts of the uppers arrive in premium leather.
The bottom of the outsole, heel and sides of the sneaker feature black smears which appears hand painted while the entire black upper receives a special lacquer coating that will rub off over time, revealing G-Dragon’s hidden artwork. PEACEMINUSONE’s “daisy” logo is embroidered at the tongue replacing the usual Nike label and a crossed out PEACEMINUSONE logo placed on the inside of the collar.
The collaborative pair comes with a special artwork covered shoebox alongside with Hangul Nike wrapping paper, and decorative pins for the top eyelets. The PEACEMINUSONE x Nike Air Force 1 “Para-Noise” will be available 23 November at nike.com retailing at RM815.
