The next Kobe 11 colorway launches next week, a cool, classically-styled new look inspired (and created) by legendary designer Tinker Hatfield.
Growing up, Kobe Bryant idolized Michael Jordan not just for his play but for his shoes. Kobe’s favorite shoe was the Air Jordan 3, a Tinker Hatfield design. As a celebration of Hatfield’s influence on the Kobe signature series, Nike enlisted the designer himself to create the new Nike Kobe 11 Tinker.
Drawing from the “Black Cement” colorway of the Air Jordan 3, Hatfield blended black and grey together on the Kobe 11’s Flyknit upper, with red accents and a grey tongue that are taken directly from the AJ3. He then added in sharkskin-inspired embossing on the leather heel, a nod to Kobe’s fearlessness, and finished the inside of the tongue with a print of his signature.
The Nike Kobe 11 Tinker releases Thursday, May 5, at retailers nationwide, including the SNKRS app at 10am EDT/7am PDT.
Nike Kobe 11 “Tinker”
Cool Grey/Black-University Red
Style #: 822675-060
5 May 2016
$200