Movie and sports themed sneakers aren’t new. Limited and special edition sneakers and shoes come out all the time. In fact last year Reebok released a limited series of shoes that Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley wore in James Cameron’s Aliens. But this year they are stepping it up a notch. This year Reebok has announced an even better Aliens themed look. There will be two new shoes added to the collection. Can the marketing for anything Alien please take a break? Wow. Still though, these kicks are pretty awesome.
When talking about the design for the Power Loader shoes, designer Xavier Jones said:
“I wanted to keep it as close to the OG spec as possible. But I embellished it with those details if you were a die-hard fan you would get it as soon as you see it. The obvious thing would be the stripes that are featured on the foot of the machine. I took design influence from the top of the canopy of the machine where it was a net, so I added a mesh on top of the label. Calling back to the original series of the shoe, it was a machine, the P5000, so I added that on the strap as well.”
The creator of the Alien Queen shoe design said:
“It was pretty awesome, I never thought I’d get to design for a franchise I was a fan of. When this came around where I got to be involved and drive the creation process was pretty cool. The materials are black patent leather to give that black slimy wet look of the alien. I wanted to keep everything blacked out and ominous like the alien itself.” Parts of it are blacked out but glow in the dark. The XX121 on the shoe is the original name of the Xenomorph and I just dropped off the numbers. So that was just a nod that fans would get and if you’re not a fan you wouldn’t notice it.”
You can check out a video as well as more photos below. Even the box they come in is awesome.
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