Stussy Trainer Dunk: 2007

The idea behind this Hybrid shoe is to combine components from different shoes to make a better  shoe - like sampling beats to create a new piece of music. The Dunkesto I designed in 2004 was the first successful version of this idea, so it made sense to take it further.  I teamed up with talented designer Anthony Hope & we chop-shopped components from three shoes to make the Trainer Dunk. It is lighter, more flexible & more comfortable that the original organ-donor shoes. It was launched with a Stussy x Nike collaboration & became highly collectable in the sneaker-head community. A similar version of this shoe was relaunced in late 2012.

Credit: Product design: Andreas Harlow & Anthony Hope, Bottom design: Steve MacDonald, Color & material: Stussy design team & Tracie Weist