THE NIKE MARS YARD OVERSHOE BY TOM SACHS

The mantra behind the;Nike Mars Yard Overshoe;by Tom Sachs;is simple: In late winter, one's feet get cold and wet.; “The Mars Yard Overshoe, its nickname is the March Yard — for March, the worst month of the year. It is wet, your feet are wet the whole month of March,” says Tom Sachs.; The artist, who gained success as a sculptor and now works across a variety of media, thoroughly tested his beliefs, embracing transparency.;In his words, the collaborative journey with Nike, which started in 2012, is “a combination of things only Nike can produce and things only Sachs can produce. It is fifty-fifty. It is an aesthetic of transparency." In his unrelenting quest to;push the limits;of an item's function, Sachs’ goal is to know how far it will work.; "As an artist, the greatest thing Nike has given me is the ability to expand my creative process and think ‘these are not constraints, these are other ways of thinking.’ It’s very valuable,";he contends. In 2017, he developed the;Mars Yard 2.0, which evolved into today’s Mars Yard Overshoe, designed toweather harsh conditions such as;cold and wet;feet via the use;of a;Dyneema®, a super-strong fiber often used in boat rope and sails.;Its duality, from fending;off the elements to making;heated spaces tolerable, is;perfect to navigate through the streets, subways and fashion week in style.; The sneakers release on May 9.;Our raffle starts on May 3 at 11:00 am CET until May 8 at 11:00 am CET.AH7767-101