Nike recently treated sneaker fans to the Air Raid Jungle Gym from 1993 (which we covered here at Sneakerjawns), and now we're getting the 2014 remake. The Air Raid brand has been building some steam this year with the Air Raid Low, Air Raid Jungle Gym, and Air Raid OG, and notably the Nike Air Max 1 featuring in the Live Together Play Together Pack with a Jungle Gym colorway. On top of that, the 90s silhouette is getting releases at the beginning of the year with the Air Raid 2014 remake and the Air Raid Ray Guns. The old silhouette is getting some attention from their makers, that is Nike, to give more variations to the classic style. The Nike Air Raid has much lore to it, designed by Tinker Hatfield as an outdoor counterpart to the Air Jordans, featured in commercials with Spike Lee, hence the Live Together Play Together ethos. The 2014 Black and White Air Raid is not as colorful as the jungle gym, but style doesn't always come with flare. Let's ...
Social media helps to get the word around when it comes to pre-release images of upcoming sneakers. You can check out the images of the Travis Scott Fragment posted via Instagram beneath this article.
Let's take a closer look at the sneakers. Abandoning Nike's traditional swoosh, the fragment features an opposite swoosh, like an anti-swoosh, like a parallel universe Nike sneaker.
The well known lightning bolt hasn't been left out in this version. Of course this is Fragment branding, and designer Hiroshi Fujiwara's trademark. The iconic designer has been in business since 2003, starting in Tokyo, Japan. The Nike Travis Scott x Fragment looks similar to the Fragment Design x Air Jordan 1 of 2014, which differentiates itself with black instead of blue at the front part. There's no opposite swoosh, just a regular swoosh.
Both sneakers make use of the Air Jordan silhouette, with the 2014 featuring the same blue coloring at the collar, back heel, and tread. The Travis Scott Air Jordan features blue perforated vamps instead of white.
Travis's Scott Air Jordan x Fragment will launch sometime this year, most likely near the end.
