His only request was to put one little piece of rubber in the front of the shoe, bolstering it ever so slightly for a worldwide audience. 'People are really excited about that shoe, and what we want to do is make it more broad in its appeal.' He wanted Smith to make the sneaker more global and less attuned to Japan, specifically. 'People are so excited about it-don't take it the wrong way,' Smith recalls Jones telling him. One of Smith's original Spiridon sketches. They showed it and people went nuts, and they upped the projected forecast to 80,000.' 'The original forecast was for 40,000 pairs it was briefed for 40,000 pairs.

'The Japanese guys were loving it,' Smith tells Complex, recalling initial reactions to the shoe before it hit the market. (Smith's current job title is design director at Yeezy, where he works on Kanye West's latest sneakers.) Nike's approach to the retro hasn't exactly been quiet-it tapped longtime collaborator Stüssy for two special editions, and Travis Scott was spotted wearing them-but has been short on the historical background of the design. The sneaker, designed by sportswear industry journeyman Steven Smith, has returned in 2020. These were all part of the path to production for the Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Cage 2, a specialty runner originally intended for the Japanese market that first released in 2003. What runners-those in marathons, specifically-might want is a shoe that can drain out any water that could splash footward after they douse themselves at a mid-race pit stop. Another piece of footwear feedback to jot down. Nobody wants their sneakers to fall apart underneath them, either. Nobody wants people to see their sweaty feet as they run.

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