West’s love for the Air Jordan signature line may be widely known, and along with using Jordan tooling and elephant print on the shoe, he also had plans to incorporate a lace lock as well onto the tongue, an iconic trinket that can be attributed to the Air Jordan V. Once again, rather than simply re-use a molded part or piece,Mark Smith(co-designer) insisted on having any kind of lacelock be simple and tie back to Kanye, and the result is a circular rubberized piece that has a Y-shaped cavity for the laces to slide through securely. Though it is true that Kanye West was the first-ever non-athlete to receive his very own signature shoe from Nike, it’s also worth noting that during one of his concerts, he’s really not much different than a professional basketball or football player.
