Posts with tag NikeId

I'm never quite happy with any article of clothing -- especially when it comes to shoes. I always wish they were shaped differently, or that a certain part of the shoe a different color, or whatever.

Fortunately, some companies are letting you design your own. I found the Chuck Taylors customization site awhile back, and today I finally stumbled upon a similar site for Nikes, called NikeID.

Look around and you'll find almost all the shoes the company currently has on sale -- everything from basketball shoes, to cross-trainers, to stylish low-tops.

They don't exactly come cheap -- everything I saw was between $100 and $200 -- but Nikes aren't exactly inexpensive in the first place, and if you're really specific about what you're after, it might be worth the extra money.

Plus, this is great for high school athletes for are looking for shoes in their team colors.

Nike has introduced a way to have seriously unique shoes. With their Nike iD Website, you can pick a shoe design, pick the colors for almost every aspect of it, have a short message embroidered on the heel, and then have them shipped to your doorstep. They certainly aren't cheap though -- for many of the shoes, the customized editions will run you $150; however, some are in the low $100 range. There's a big selection of men's and women's shoes on the site, so everyone can match their shoes to their outfits or their iPod (as Nike's site suggests).

I think it's a cool idea, as it provides a way to spruce up the common tennis/running/soccer/football shoe by picking your own color combinations. But, as I came to find out, it can be very easy to design a very, very ugly pair of shoes. And I'm not sure I would rely on an online image for ordering an expensive pair of tennis shoes!

What first interested me about the custom Nike shoes was the option to customize Air Max shoe designs from past generations. You can choose shoe models from '90, '91, '93, '95, and '97. So, if you missed out on a certain pair of shoes from the 90's, here's your chance to redeem yourself.