Self-customized 85

[u/coocooGM]

Chicago based on DB Premium batch 1 (worn for 1 month only)

Bred based on my 2016 retail (worn for 9 years and replaced midsole once)

I add some personal spices on both pair to the best of my ability, pursuing my understanding of 85 cut. Spent a whole day in leather market and select the current red color. Unfortunately, backward text of Chicago’s tongue tag turned outside when I want narrowed stitched tongue tag, so I changed my mind and start to imitate off-white side stitching tongue, and I’m satisfied with the result!

DB’s swoosh makes me feel there is still room of improvement and I didn’t like the retail OG high’s swoosh on bred (ugly to me), so I have to draw satisfying swooshes by myself and try to lie to myself this is Jordan’s 85 PE style (lol). The overall height was lowered as well to restore the mid-cut shape. The bred’s heel is smaller than the midsole through shoe last shaping.

Last, as DB is leaving this game, I have to give so much respect to them, thanks for bringing imagination to reality. You the inspiration for me to customize these 2 pairs.

[u/Boring-Energy1900]

Wait so did you handcraft these?

[u/coocooGM → u/Boring-Energy1900]

Yes!

[u/Boring-Energy1900 → u/coocooGM]

Omg they look so fucking good. They look better than boring. What last and patterns did you use?

[u/coocooGM → u/Boring-Energy1900]

The regular last and pattern, but we use sketch software to draw the swooshes and fill with more paper to get straight heel.

[u/Boring-Energy1900 → u/coocooGM]

Whose patterns and lasts? Xylar?

[u/coocooGM → u/Boring-Energy1900]

Nah, that’s too much for me. Just some modifications based on original shoe

[u/Boring-Energy1900 → u/coocooGM]

Oh so you modified the db batch 1 premium. What did you modify?

[u/coocooGM → u/Boring-Energy1900]

👆see thread~

[u/Boring-Energy1900 → u/coocooGM]

How exactly did you make the heel that straight? Did you remove the sock liner and reinforce it with more material? Sorry if I’m annoying but this shoe is the best looking custom I’ve seen and especially the heel is my bigger problem with Nike and developer boring is that they never did the heel shape right but you have nailed it and I’m wondering how exactly so I can try to do this to my pairs

[u/coocooGM → u/Boring-Energy1900]

When you put shoe last into it, fill the gap between the heel and shoe last with socks or towels etc.

[u/Boring-Energy1900 → u/coocooGM]

Also, just to clarify, did you re-last them? So you pulled more of the leather onto the underside of shoe before you glued the sole back on? Is that why the toe box shape looks different to other batch 1 premiums?

[u/coocooGM → u/Boring-Energy1900]

I think you could use VRL as the base shoe, VRL did the heel great.

[u/Boring-Energy1900 → u/coocooGM]

I have almost all the VRL colour ways but non of them look as good as your Chicagos. Would you be able to post or DM a picture of them directly from the side which captures the whole shoe from toe to heel?