N7 Collaboration (Blog #10)

Another cool collaboration that was just released last week was the Nike N7 Pendleton sneakers. This special collaboration is focused on the foot width needs of Native Americans. This is a very niche market, but similar to the Doernbecher collection, it has seen great success and lots of praise for their efforts. For their latest line of N7 shoes Beaverton, Oregon based Nike collaborated with another Oregon native company Pendleton Woolen Mills for a fantastic line of clothing and sneakers. This line features lots of black with gray accents, but the two colors work together in a great way to complement each other.

This line also feature Nike’s Roshe Run shoe which has been one of their hottest shoes released in years. This shoe is popular due to the fact that they are made out of extremely comfortable materials with a massage type sole that is not featured in other shoes. Another huge benefit of the shoe is the fact that they start at $85 which is far cheaper than paying hundreds of dollars for a Jordan brand sneaker. This N7 Roshe is special since it features the nice Pendleton wool accompanied with all the features of the roshe shoes that were just mentioned.

All in all this is another great way Nike is giving back to a very worthy group of people. These shoes are already the hot topic all over the internet so make sure to purchase a pair if you can since they will probably gone before you blink.

Nike N7 Description

Nike & Pendleton Roshe Run

Nike’s Doernbecher Jordan Line

NIke continues to stay innovative while incorporating other brands through collaborations. These lines of shoes and apparel have been some of the best sellers in recent years. Nike has been doing collaboration with OSHU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon since 2007  and the project has been nothing but amazing. Nike let the kids who are patients design limited edition sneakers that are sold and all the profits are given to the hospital. It is a great way for Nike to give back to the local community and help such a great cause.

As talked about previously with Nike Oregon Shoes  becoming an online sensation, these limited Doernbecher Nike’s are also highly sought after in the sneaker community. Since these shoes are limited, sneaker fanatics camp out for these rare shoes, or even pay large sums of money to purchase them on the secondary market. This campaign also benefits the kids due to the fact that it helps them forget about whatever illness they may be fighting and turns them into shoe designing superstars. It is a fantastic win-win situation for Nike the kids and the world. Everybody wins when supporting a campaign as powerful as this one.

Here are some images of the shoes designed by these amazing kids. Due to the fact that the world loves these shoes it will be exciting to see more projects like this from Nike in the future to help such a great cause.