Trapsoul singer Bryson Tiller and Nike have teamed up for an Air Force 1 facelift. The singer-songwriter built a custom pair of Air Force 1 Low Bespoke after being inspired by his hometown and boxing. The Louisville, Kentucky-native reminisced on his school days when creating the custom design: “I wore a uniform to school, so the white-on-white or black-on-black Air Force 1 Low was the simple sneaker to wear, but it was the standard. You were cool if you had on a pair of Air Force 1s,” Bryson Tiller said. “It’s still a staple for me while on tour.” Tiller’s Nike Air Force 1 Low Bespoke design features a University Red full-grain leather upper and Tour Yellow accents, which is comparable to branding on vintage boxing gloves. “Whenever you fly into Louisville, you see a sign that says, ‘It’s Possible Here.’ I remember my first time seeing it – I think I was coming home from the studio in LA – I was working on my debut album, and I just thought, ‘Wow, it is possible here.’ Everybody always thinks you have to move out of the city and go where the music industry is, but it’s possible in Louisville, and it’s possible anywhere. You just have to believe. So, I put ‘POSSIBLE’ on them as well.” “I’d never seen how shoes are actually put together, but I always like to create my music based on an image. Once I have an image, I start to create the music around it. It was the same with designing a Bespoke Air Force 1. I focused on images that highlight my obsessions – Louisville, and my hometown boxing hero’s rise to greatness – and I built around those.” Read more… Photo credit: Nike
