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HTM is the ongoing design and style partnership between Mark Parker, Tinker Hatfield, and the godfather of Japanese streetwear, Hiroshi Fujiwara. “HTM came to the rescue,” Hatfield says, by unlocking the aesthetic possible of the shoe’s avant-garde construction—and turning the silhouette into an immediate classic in the process continue reading this… The ad garnered a predictable mix of help and controversy. Some, seeing Nike’s endorsement of Kaepernick as a betrayal of patriotic values, chose to fairly publicly announce their boycott of Nike by posting videos of themselves burning their Nike shoes. The shoe became a have to-have status symbol of...