5 sneakers so rare you may never see them, from Adidas and Nike collabs with Kanye West, Eminem and – wait – Marty McFly?
The sneaker is average no more, over the past few years their popularity has skyrocketed. They are no longer just sold by Nike and Adidas, but by luxury brands from Louis Vuitton to Zegna, and everyone in between has their “ultra cool” sneaker. While these US$700 sneakers are not uncommon, there are a few sneakers that you will never see. These are the rarest sneakers in the world, according to Amy Dunford.
5. Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Zebra
The Adidas/Kanye West collaboration has already produced several sneaker collections. The Yeezy Boost 350 V2 is not rare – however, the “Zebra” colourway is a special edition, and only produced in limited numbers. Only a few Adidas stores around the world stock them, whereas previous colourways were released in third-party stores as well.
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4. Nike Air Yeezy 2 Solar Red
Kanye West collaborated with Nike to create two Nike Yeezy collections, before the agreement fell through. This resulted in the Air Yeezy and Air Yeezy 2. They released only 5,000 pairs of Air Yeezy 2s, available in “Solar Red” and “Pure Platinum”. West’s subsequent move to Adidas means Nike Air Yeezys are coveted today.
3. Nike Air Jordan 4 Eminem X Carhartt
Nike collaborated with Eminem on a retro edition of the Nike Air Jordan 4 in 2015, calling it the Air Jordan 4 Eminem x Carhartt “Friends & Family”. This sneaker was to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Eminem’s Shady Records label. The sneakers were made of top-quality Carhartt canvas and released almost exclusively through an online auction.
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2. Nike Air Yeezy 2 Red October
The Red October colourway from the Nike Air Yeezy 2s is possibly the most coveted of all Yeezys. A lot of its value stemmed from the contract between Kanye West and Nike ending, but the Red October sneakers are made even rarer by their release being exclusively online. They sold out within seconds, and there is no prospect of a re-release.
1. Nike MAG
The Nike MAG is quite possibly the rarest and most desirable sneaker ever made because of its wide-ranging appeal to pop culture and film fans around the world. These are the sneakers worn by Marty McFly when he time-travelled to 2015 in the Back to the Future II movie. A limited number of sneakers were released in 2011 and on October 21, 2015 – the date that Marty and Doc travelled to in the 1989 film. Nike announced that a new, self-lacing version of the MAG sneakers would be released in 2016. Michael J. Fox received the very first pair of the 2016 MAG sneakers and all proceeds from the sale and raffle of the sneakers went to his foundation for Parkinson’s disease.
This article originally appeared on Luxurylaunches .
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Can you remember which sneakers Marty McFly wore when he travelled forward in time to 2015 in the Back to the Future II movie?