Yesterday we showed you the Rocstar Spring/Summer 2009 Collection. If you have taken a closer look at the feet, you might have noticed some upcoming Nike Sportswear Cortez styles in the mix. We reworked the images and concentrate ourselves this time on the feet to give you a look at some interesting new styles. We especially like the two-tone colorways, which give the Cortez a bowling shoe look.
Nike Sportswear presents a new feature on the Cortez. In three parts, Nike gives background on the history, adoption and evolution of the iconic sneaker, which sees a strong return this Spring/Summer 2009 season. Interviews with Estevan Oriol, Mister Cartoon and others nicely tell the story of the sneaker.
The Nike Cortez Brothers Pack has released a couple of days ago. For the occasion Tokyoplastic has not only created two characters, but they also made a short animation film, which turned out great. Via Overkill.
Check out the full animation of the Nike Cortez Brothers here above!
After showing you the video animation by tokyoplastic a couple of weeks ago, we can give you a first look at the two sneakers and the toys that are part of the Nike Cortez Brothers Double Pack. The pack consists of a blue nylon Cortez and a silver metallic Cortez Flymotion. The design of the two sneakers is also represented in the two toys, Phil & Bill [based on Nike’s co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman].
Centered around two special characters, Phil & Bill [based on Nike’s co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman], ‘The Cortez Brothers’ and their characters are physical manifestations of the Nike Cortez – pure hybrids of classic style and performance. While Bill shares the classic style of the original 1972 Nike Cortez – he is old school, Phil, Bill’s younger brother, represents 2009 and has a tireless appetite for new things, ideas and experiences.
Overkill will be hosting a pre-release of the sneakers on January 31rst. Worldwide the pack will only be released on February 14th.
Detailed images of the sneakers and the toys follow after the jump.
On February 14th, 2009, Nike Sportswear will release the special Nike Cortez: Innovation to Innovation Pack, featuring the groundbreaking 1972 original Nike Cortez running sneaker along with 2009’s innovative Nike Cortez Fly Motion—a cutting-edge version of the iconic original that puts a premium on reduced weight in the upper by leveraging Flywire technology—both presented in one strictly limited edition box.
A special pre-release will take place on January 20th in Barcelona, followed by second special pre-release on January 31st in Berlin, before and final special release at other select retailers February 14th, 2009.
To celebrate this special moment, Nike Sportswear, in partnership with London-based tokyoplastic, a critically acclaimed directing collective, has created a 30 second animated original film inspired by the story of the Nike Cortez: Innovation to Innovation pack, showcasing this story of innovation from Nike Design.
Centered around two special characters, Phil & Bill [based on Nike’s co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman], ‘The Cortez Brothers’ and their characters are physical manifestations of the Nike Cortez – pure hybrids of classic style and performance. While Bill shares the classic style of the original 1972 Nike Cortez – he is old school, Phil, Bill’s younger brother, represents 2009 and has a tireless appetite for new things, ideas and experiences.
The Cortez Brothers will premier on nikesportswear.com on February 14th, 2009. Today we can show you an exclusive preview of the animation created for the release! Enjoy!
The Nike Cortez MTV Pack, made for the European MTV Awards, that took place in November 2008 in Liverpool, can now finally also be purchased in limited numbers. The pack consists of the Cortez Vintage, inspired by the Cavern Club and the 274 times that the Beatles played there, and of the Cortez Flymotion, inspired by the Liverpool Zanzibar location, produced 72 times worldwide.
The Noke Cortez MTV Multipack is now available at Size?.
The Cortez makes a strong comeback in the Nike Spring 2009 collection. The offering consists of the Cortez Vintage, Cortez Fly (featuring Flywire technology) and some nice and classic color-ups of the Cortez, matching the mid-sole, tongue tag and the Swoosh in terms of color.
The Cortez has always been one of the nicest casual sneakers out there and makes a strong return next year, something we are looking out for.
Detailed images of the complete Nike Sportswear Spring 2009 Cortez line-up follow after the jump.
The Nike “Innovation To Innovation” pack consists of the new Cortez Flywire and the classic Cortez. The pack was created for the MTV European Music Awards, that take place on 6th of November in Liverpool. The box set will only be available from size? in Liverpool and is limited to 72 pairs. Via Crooked Tongues.
The Nike Cortez has always been a favorite and as part of the Nike Sportswear Fall 2008 collection it comes back in premium materials and design. Nike proposes a variety of new colorways and themes for the classic.
Expect the Nike Sportswear Fall 2008 Cortez to be coming to stores very soon.
Images of the other styles after the jump.
During the Beijing events by Nike we already showed you a grey version of the upcoming Nike Sportswear Fall ‘08 Cortez. Here we show you another one in navy/white. Really clean and an instant classic.
Expect these to be released this summer.
