Nike Air Pegasus Berlin Wall

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall is next week. To help mark the commemorative event - Capitalism's superhero sneaker brand Nike has designed a pair of shoes for treading all over those "dirty Commies."

Kidding aside, these are actually a decent looking pair of sneakers. Had Nike avoided their itch to emphasize the commemorative Berlin wall aspect of the design - I'm referring to the "eco-finish" stone effect of their swoosh, they would have better. The faux stone effect looks like those goofy fake rocks people use to "hide" their keys in their lawn. You know - the rock that looks nothing like a rock. So if Nike had just made that swoosh a solid gray - I think we would have still gotten the message and these sneakers would have been golden. The colorway itself is gray/black/purple with a leather, mesh and suede upper. The sneaker design utilizes purple contrast stitching and also implements lacelocks with "Berlin" on one of the locks and "1989" on the other shoe's lock. The sneaker finishes off with "Berlin 89" stitched onto the back of each heel.

These Air Pegasus' will be a Quickstrike series - and drop this Monday in select Nike retailers. Also have a look at some of the other current Nike Air Pegasus sneakers available now.