If per chance you were hoping to still get your hands on those Lil Nas X non-Nike affiliated “Satan Shoes,” then sorry to break it to you, but that’s gonna be a no go.
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With Nike having settled its legal battle with Brooklyn-based design brand MSCHF aka the ones responsible for the Lil Nas X made famous $1,018 “Satan Shoes.”
From the moment the shoe started making headlines, Nike began taking action and issuing statements distancing itself from the controversial shoes, as well as their previously released 2019 MSCHF “Jesus Shoes” that also used Nikes as a base for the custom construction. The statement read, "MSCHF altered these shoes without Nike’s authorization. Nike had nothing to do with the Satan Shoes or the Jesus Shoes.” Of which only 666 pairs were made out of modified Nike Air Max 97s, and incorporated real blood in the sole of each shoe.
As part of the settlement, any MSCHF made adaptation of a Nike shoe can no longer be sold. And furthermore, Nike asked MSCHF to initiate a voluntary recall to buy back any Satan Shoes and Jesus Shoes for their original retail prices, in order to remove them from circulation. Nike did not reveal any further details of the settlement. However, the sportswear giant has expressed that both parties are pleased to put the dispute behind them.
The part of the statement went like this, "If any purchasers were confused, or if they otherwise want to return their shoes, they may do so for a full refund. Purchasers who choose not to return their shoes and later encounter a product issue, defect, or health concern should contact MSCHF, not Nike. The parties are pleased to put this dispute behind them.”
David H. Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton, counsel of record to MSCHF, said that the settlement was "the best way to allow [MSCHF] to put this lawsuit behind it so that it could dedicate its time to new artistic and expressive projects," and noted that the brand "had already achieved its artistic purpose.”
Bernstein also noted, “With these Satan Shoes – which sold out in less than a minute – MSCHF intended to comment on the absurdity of the collaboration culture practiced by some brands, and about the perniciousness of intolerance. The 666 shoes (665 of which were already sold and shipped to collectors before the temporary restraining order hearing last week) were individually-numbered works of art that will continue to represent the ideals of equality and inclusion wherever they are displayed.”
That settles it (pun very much intended), sorry but that means no “Satan Shoes” for you. In related news, ironically Nike potentially might see itself on the other side of a legal battle with the United States Postal Service over a proposed USPS-inspired shoe — The Nike Air Force 1 USPS.
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