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Brand: fragment design
Model: Converse Weapon Mid
Style Code: A06083MP
Release Date: May 11
Price: $140
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https://www.converse.com/shop/p/converse-x-frgmt-weapon-unisex-mid-shoe/A06083MP.html
If fragment design still gets people hyped about anything, it’s founder Hiroshi Fujiwara’s sneaker collaboration. fragment design’s new Converse Weapon collab, for instance, is being positioned by Converse as a splashy return to form for its retro basketball silhouette.
The Converse Weapon is a that’s recently been remixed and seems timely enough, given the effervescent demand for similarly classic shoes like Nike’s Dunk and .
Actually, fragment design recently just remixed yet (, this time), so it’s quite a boom period for fans of Fujiwara’s sneaker team-ups.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr_AdvcgDJX/
I do wonder if there’s much enthusiasm behind Fujiwara’s other collaborative efforts any more — dude slaps his these days — but Converse certainly knows how to get people interested in an otherwise pretty underappreciated sneaker.
Slap the fragment x Air Jordan 1 colorway — which still commands several thousand dollars on the market — atop another tall basketball sneaker and et voilà, instant sell-out shoe.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr3fkxsJhQo/
This is less a testament to the Converse Weapon’s inherent desirability and more an opportunity for sneakerheads to snap up the poor man’s fragment AJ1 but, hey, no shame in the game.
This really is not a bad way to get the ‘heads hyped on the Weapon, either.
It’s not like anyone lost their mind over the ERX 260 when and took that shoe on, for instance.
Those shoes were fine but they needed an extra dose of star power — e.g. Hiroshi Fujiwara — to really pop off.
So, if folks still fiending over fragment’s AJ1 or wanna get the next best thing (maybe the next, next best thing), they can head to on May 11 to try their luck.
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