With all the hubbub surrounding the announcement of the Apple/Nike partnership, no one mentioned the day's most striking revelation. No one except Arik Hesseldahl, that is. In an article at Business Week Online, Arik points out that Steve was wearing a pair of Nike Moires instead of his usual New Balance 991s at the press conference. Of course, Steve couldn't wear New Balance while talking about Nike (the Moires he was wearing are part of the Nike+ line and still unavailable to the general public). This wasn't the first time we've seen Steve stray from his typical outfit. He wore brown pants when he announced FrontRow, iTunes 6, etc. back in October.
That's right, I just put up a 129 word post about Steve's clothing. Flame away.
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5-25-2006 @ 7:07AM
mars said...
Kudos for the observation!
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5-25-2006 @ 7:17AM
Jason said...
boxers or briefs?
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5-25-2006 @ 7:41AM
Ben Stafford said...
Hybrids...Boxer/Briefs
God we're pathetic!
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5-25-2006 @ 8:35AM
ty said...
Flame away? i don't understand.. i think this was a fantastic post; entertaining and lighthearted. keep up the good work!
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5-25-2006 @ 8:38AM
Alexander said...
As late as the Friday opening of the Apple store St. S. was wearing 991s. I checked. Which is pathetic. Spike Lee, with whom St. S. was talking, however, wore Nike everything.
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5-25-2006 @ 8:38AM
umijin said...
I'd like to flame, but this is so beneath the Mac radar that my response to this will consist of: "Ummm.... OK."
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5-25-2006 @ 9:23AM
Dan Cook said...
I can't believe it's such a huge thing that he work Brown Pants! hahah.
I don't really like Nike as a company cause they make little kids make there shoes - and I would've preferred New Balance, cause this seems like a REALLY cool product that I would use.
Damnit.
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5-25-2006 @ 9:53AM
Ben Stafford said...
I'm not sure Nike "makes" kids make their shoes. BTW, most Nikes are made in Vietnam. So much for the Communist utopia:) Oh, for thoughs of you who complain that Nike pays like a dollar a day...Any idea what a dollar is worth in Veitnam or the Philppines? Pretty sure that shirt fom Bangladesh was made by kids too. Flame On!
PS I live 20 minutes from the NB factory...Shame on you Steve ;)
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5-25-2006 @ 9:55AM
Greg Furry said...
So is it a coincidence that the first shoes Nike created for the iPod are all black and look good with blue jeans and a black mock turtle neck? I don't think so.
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5-25-2006 @ 11:22AM
Alex said...
The new shoes look cool... too bad I can't wear them. Not because of ethics (although that is a strong point) but due to the fact that Nike shoes are *way* too narrow for me. I'll stick with NB because they make shoes that fit the flat footed among us (namely me :-).
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5-25-2006 @ 12:00PM
Buthidae said...
Holy crap, Greg (#9), you're right!
It's OK Dave, you're not the only person who thinks about Steveisms like that! I was gobsmacked when I realised Steve wasn't wearing jeans at the (was it?) Paris Expo iirc
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5-25-2006 @ 5:45PM
south said...
That's OK, but if Steve Jobs ever offers me a glass of Kool-Aid, I'm going to think twice before drinking it.
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6-17-2006 @ 6:51AM
Vic said...
That's too bad... the 991's are made in the USA.
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