26-04-2011

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Nike LeBron 8 V4 “Milan” & Jason Petrie’s Samples Table »

The Nike LeBron 8 V4 “Milan”, a high-quality, dressy take on LeBron’s eighth signature model, was presumably supposed to be a prequel to this three-sneaker concept. It features a very similar build to the V1 and V2, yet it incorporates Italian, old world craftsmanship all while encompassing performance attributes such as Air Max. Continue reading for additional photos of the Nike LeBron 8 V4 “Milan” and other LeBron 8 samples . Check out Jason Pietrie’s interview at nicekicks.com and an in-depth explanation on this never-before-seen shoe after the break. What’s your take on the Nike LeBron 8 V4 “Milan”? Let us know in the comment box.

The concept of the Nike LeBron 8 V4 ‘Milan’ is that it’s a dress shoe with technical benefits. It was built in Italy using old world craftsmanship and we merged it with bleeding edge performance in Air Max. This was supposed to be something for off court and really transforming LeBron all the way from off court to champion in one year. It features incredible leathers and crafted details like pinked edges and performance dress shoe detailing. We had this built in a special factory, and it was intended to be world class, high end luxury performance for one night only with LeBron to light the flame of the Nike LeBron 8 so to speak. We didn’t do it in the end, because we had a cleaner, more succinct storyline that revolved strictly around performance. We didn’t want to cloud it with the off-court stuff. But you can imagine the transformation being that much more extreme if you transition all the way between the Milan, a high end, luxury molded leather shoe to the PS, the most up to date cutting edge composite solution we could cook up!