STAPLE x NB 575 PIGEON

You’re kidding, RIGHT?
I know that sounds very pompous, but basically the Pigeon is a sacred thing and we had to ask ourselves whether NB was a brand that commands that same level of respect. And it was a unanimous yes, you know. NB is dope in terms of keeping their integrity and their standards and just the way they run their business. Like, if you look at the big five sneaker companies, NB is really the quiet, reserved being that just gets it done. And so I think that the level of respect we have for the company warranted us to at least explore doing a Pigeon. Not to say that we were dead-set on it, but we looked at the styles that were available, and I’m a huge fan of the Trail 575, we gave it a try and when we presented it to the team, we went through the entire Dunk story and I completely expected for them to be like ‘Hell no! This is the same exact thing, it’ll look like we’re dick-riding on Nike!’, but they loved it because I think the silhouette of the shoe is so different.

It’s not a basketball or a skateboarding shoe, it’s a trail running shoe. And I honestly can’t say what lent itself to the other, but it looked awesome. You could say that the silhouette was awesome and it made the Pigeon look dope, or you could say the Pigeon was dope and made the silhouette look good. It’s a nice fusion that was just perfect. I fell in love with it the second I saw it.