All the shoe buzz this week is around the upcoming release of the Kanye West designed Air Yeezys (above). Their retail price is $215, but they’ll likely sell out in a hurry, which means you’ll have to pay at least double on ebay. When asked about these shoes, 17/17 humans surveyed in an official YepYep poll agreed that Kanye should stick to writing robot songs and leave shoe design to the experts. So now that we’re talking hideous, let’s look into other kicks-related eyesores. Below are the Top 10 Ugliest Kicks Of The Past 20 Years.
#10 - Ato Matsumato
Kanye has been spotted numerous times in these popular Japanese shoes. Not only are these bad boys screaming for a hipster in skinny jeans, but they also clearly influenced some of Kanye’s design in the Air Yeezy.
#9 - BBC Ice Cream Waffle Drips
Pharrell was in the “stick to music” club before Kanye, and it’s still an unsolved mystery why he combined a waffle pattern with a banana drip. They look like the shoes a kid on Double Dare would be wearing.
#8 - Nike Air Sharkleys
What happens when you combine a Dennis Rodman shoe with a Charles Barkley shoe? This mess:
#7 - Nike Air Pressure
Released in 1989, the Air Pressure was Nike’s version of The Pump. If the bulky upper apparatus isn’t enough of a hassle, you also had to use a hand pump to tighten em up. Another negative is that they’d give you instant cankles if worn with pants.
#6 - Nike Air Foamposite One
Easily Penny Hardaway’s ugliest, these moon boots couldn’t lift my vert out of white man’s land.
#5 - Nike Air Max 95 Zip
There was a urine-colored version of these shoes that I wanted to feature, but apparently Nike has eliminated all of the internet’s memory of that debacle. The unnecessary zipper on this model tainted what’s otherwise one of the slickest shoes ever designed.
#4 - Air Jordan XVIII
You know it’s bad when a Jordan shoe looks like it could fit in the Starbury line.
#3 - Nike Shox TL
First off, Shox are only comfortable in theory and in your head. Therefore, having 360 degrees of visible Shox will only make your feet look fat and obvious that you buy shoes at Dick’s Sporting Goods.
#2 - Air Jordan XIX
I can’t decide if Jordan was inspired by camp lanyard class or medieval armor. Either way, this design makes for an ugly and impractical basketball shoe.
#1 - Adidas Kobe II
Is it a pillow? Kickboxing shoe? Futuristic car model? Does an old woman live inside? Do they keep your feet warm in extreme conditions?
What’s missing? What would you add/subtract???
Special thanks to @saneel, @mattestory , @jrafferty , and CK for the collaboration on this.
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The Air Jordan XV is quite hideous! Absolutely horrible is more accurate…
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Great List! But I have to argue that the Air Jordan XVIII may be one of the cleanest looking shoes ever made!!
Definitely agree with your number 1 choice.. that Kobe sneaker is by far the ugliest sneaker ever produced… who ever came up with concept of the sneaker should be banned from ever, I mean everrrr making sneakers again!
btw, great list!
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You left out the original Adidas Dikembe Mutumbos!
http://www.annie.ne.jp/~nyamco23/sneaker/image2/adidasimage/mutombo_2.jpg
“#5 - Nike Air Max 95 Zip” Zip ruins what is one of the slickest shoes ever designed? You don’t know your kicks, the one you are thinking of is the Air Max 90, not 95. Or if you think the 95 is one of the slickest ever made you have zero style.
Waht about the Grant Hill Fila’s from back in the day?
http://images.nicekicks.com/images/grant-hill-1.jpg
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What non-sneakerhead made this crap list?
Foams, AJ XVIII’s?
there are a lot more crap kicks out there than these.
You’re a damn idiot for putting the Jordan shoes on here. Those are sick. Stick to what you know, whatever that is.
_ peace
What yo and Dirty said. And… I own the Air Jordan XIX’s, might be the best combination of support and comfort I have ever used.
No AJ’s should be up there. The only ones that should should be the shox and the BBC’s. If you look at their top 10 bbal shoe list the Foamposites are also there.
People who love the Jordan line of shoes have no taste whatsoever. I play basketball and I wouldnt be caught dead with that crap on my feet.
I don’t know if ANYTHING is as ugly as Kanyes CRAP… I wouldn’t give that fool a dime of mine! I’d rather be dead.
The Air Pressure’s are the stupidest piece of craps every created.
I made a list like this a few years ago:
http://www.kineda.com/top-10-ugliest-sneakers-of-2006/
Only the black people on this site would sit there and defend Jordans like they are the pinnacle of their lives… Wow guys a shoe is ugly no matter what brand it is
They’re all about as ugly as most sports shoes out there now. The first pair are pretty damn ugly though.
that is one of the worst lists i’ve ever wasted my time scrolling through. dude probably rocks k-swiss…hope you’re not missing gray’s anatomy, “gibbs”.
hey dopasaurus, i appreciate the extra wasted time you spent leaving a comment. i was catching up on american idol, actually. but good for you for knowing grey’s is on tonight!
Converse Weapons. Nuff said.
http://www.converse.com/index.aspx?mode=pd&sku=107122#productdetail
I had a pair of those exact same shoes in 1986. Converse just re-issued them, about a year or so back.
The jordan XVIII’s are some tight ass shoes what the fuck where you thinking?? there are way worse shoes out there!!! come on man you should get fired for this!!!
I canNOT agree with the following:
#6 - Nike Air Foamposite One
#4 - Air Jordan XVIII
#2 - Air Jordan XIX
Especially with #6, is he absolutely serious?
hey you racist up there that said “only black people would defend jordan shoes.” well i’m i white dude who is loves nikes/jordans and the xviii’s are some of the most comfortable shoes i’ve ever worn i have the ones pictured and the black/blue ones, and those xix’s up there are sick. i don’t care about them being on the list, that’s somebody’s opinion, but if you’re going to write a racist comment, that’s wrong and you shouldn’t bother.
u forgot this one: http://www.zappos.com/images/713/7138227/1733-223744-d.jpg
i personally like the jordan XVIII, other than that all those other shoes are ugly. i agree those kobe shoes are just flat out horrible and theyre so fat.
oh i forgot to include a group….Wiggers defend them to….
On the subject of shoes, placing the Jordan XVIII and Foamposite on this list gives the author zero credibility. Seriously, to us sneaker-heads, this is laughable.
Plain and simple, these two shoes are some of the most rare and highly sought kicks on the market. This is not to say Gibbs is not intelligent and smart, but this clearly is not his subject manner.
Lace up the Foams, Jordan XVIII or (XIX for that matter), walk into a YMCA or local basketball court, and you will get mad comments from whites and black alike willing to buy them off your feet. Even better, go on eBay and search the shoes. Price is the ultimate positioning statement, so see for your self.
As for the racist comments, that fad and ignorance wore out a generation ago. I am 23, white, and have a college degree. Is that what you define as a wigger? So be it.
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Where are the DADA spinner sprewell shoes. they were the worst shoes EVER made. (i have 7 of these shoes in my closet right now
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yay educated wiggers are my favorite!!!! because like the old saying goes, ” you can take the nigger out the ghetto but you cant take the ghetto out the nigger!” So I guess that goes for the white version to!!
This is the stupidest fucking list I also have ever read. Jesus guy, do you even know anything about shoes??? The motherfucking foamposite 1’s are CLASSICS. Try getting a pair anywhere. Only on ebay for 2X retail. But I guess since they are ugly no one wants them. That’s why fucking Nike retroed them, fucking re-retroed them, and with more colors.
Shit, everyone likes lists, but do a little fucking research before you crap one out, and don’t put a top 10 shoe OF ALL TIME on the ugliest shoe list.
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Regardless if the list matches your top 10, I don’t see anybody disputing the Kobe’s as anything but horrific.
Who approved those for production?
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foamposite 1s? really?
you obviously dont know anything about shoes
foamposites are classic…
thespike - have you ever been to the ghetto? I haven’t. Nowhere close. And based on your remarks, neither have you. So do yourself a favor and head to the most densely populated and urban area you can find and run your mouth there like you do here. See where that pompous mouth gets ya..
You idiots. This isn’t about “CLASSICS” or “rare” shoes for “sneakerheads.”
This is about the 10 UGLIEST sneakers of the past twenty years. Every single one of these are hideous. It doesn’t matter if some dimwit thinks they’re worth a lot just because they’re rare and selling for a lot on eBay, any girl you date is going to think you are wearing some ugly*ss freaking shoes and might even be embarrassed.
A few of these I’ve certainly seen worse than (#10 & 2 aren’t sooo bad), but those foamposites are undebatably ugly, “classic” or not.
Blah- You actually make a good point, a very good point. But sneakerheads do look at shoes as art, as lame as it sounds. So to call the Foamposite (a shoe whose original design makes it aesthetically pleasing to the appreciative eye), is like telling Vincent Van Gogh that Starry Night is hideous and blotchy. It’s all relative.
I’ve had girls tell me my shoes are ugly, but we’ve all seen some of the shoes they’ve worn as well. It goes both ways. Good post.
I had a good laugh with the Kobe shoes hahaha..what an ugly pair.
No lie. Koby’s was the uglies shoe ever. People wore Jordans regardless, but that Koby shoe was crazy. I couldn’t believe he wore that.
That was a pretty good list..EXCEPT for the foamposite 1.The foams are a top 5 shoe all time.
First off to the coward thespike, you would pee in your pants if you were ever dropped off in the middle of the ghetto. I bet you feel real safe making all of your racist comments from your computer. Second, I am a sneakerhead and have been collecting for some time and I appreciate the importance of the foamposites as an iconic sneaker, but I would not add them to my collection. I won’t call them ugly so as not to offend anyone. They are interesting to look at though. I do have two pairs of flightposite 1s and some think those are ugly too, but I think they are some of the most unique shoes ever designed and are comfortable to boot.
Foamposites don’t. belong in this list, you just lost are your credibility bruh
sorry man…but the Jordan XVIII look great to me. I always wanted them back when they were out; I can’t say that about every Jordan shoe, unlike most other “Jordan heads”. I just think it’s a great looking shoe. and the Kobe’s…OMG! i dont remember them looking THAT BAD!
Yall stupid.
First of all, Blah, your a fucking idiot.
Two, this list is horrible except #1 and #5
Three, don’t do list like this ever again cause it seems you don’t have good eyes.
That is all.
Fuck you for shoe #6
1.the air yeezys should not be on there and 2 kanyes making more money with the air yeezys then this fagget who published this list
How the hell are XVIII’s on there, but not XV’s? And Foams>>>>>>Whatever shoes you wear.
How can you say that the jordan XVIII are top 5 ugliest shoes those are one of if not the freshest jordans out there next to maybe the V. Otherwise a good list.
where’s the osiris D3’s
u r fuckin stupid 4 putting the ato their fucken sick u dont kno bout shoes
Lol my stepdad has two pairs of shoes on this list! xD He has the ‘95 Nike things, except with no zip and they are white. And the Nike shox
Ugly overpriced sleds for the negro and all the wannabe’s.
lol those waffle kicks are rediculous lol
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