Kicks 4 Da Kulture: Valentine's Edition

By Jose Rozay

Welcome back Happy Munkey Fam to another edition of Kicks 4 the Kulture. I’m bringing a lot of love for the month of February, since we all celebrate Valentine’s Day at some point in our life. Valentine’s Day is very interesting especially if you are the type who likes to surprise your significant other. Plenty of decisions are made on this day, like where to go on a date, what kind of flowers to get, and most importantly what sneakers you will wear on the date. Most people wear red on this day, in order to symbolize love. Well, if you have the same love for sneakers that I do, you would probably choose to wear the coolest or rarest red kicks around on Valentine’s Day. So to help you out get fresh for the big day, here’s a list of some of the best Valentine's Day inspired sneakers that have ever been released.

Nike Sb “Strangelove” Dunk Low

Released February 8, 2020

Nike Sb “Strangelove”s are my personal favorite Valentine’s Day sneaker out of the list and also the most valuable to date. The strangelove’s are a collaboration between Sean Cliver’s skate brand StrangeLove and Nike skateboarding, creating one of the smoothest Nike Sb Dunks of all time. The sneaker captures the look and essence of what a true classic Nike Sb dunk must entail. Featuring different kinds of materials, from a velvet check and toe box added on top of a rich suede all-around the whole sneaker. The Strangelove’s are the first shoe to be produced by the brand Strangelove and are currently valued at over 1,200 dollars in the resell market. How difficult it was to obtain, the look, the material, and the hype on these makes them my favorite of the list.

Air Jordan 1 Retro High ‘85 “Varsity Red”

Released February 8, 2020

The Jordan 1 retros were not produced as a Valentine’s theme, but showed genuine Love to the classic black and red original air Jordan 1 silhouette colorway released in 1985. The 35 year gap makes this 2020 retro version of the Air Jordan 1 a must have, especially since it's said to be the closest in shape and construction to the original 1985 model as there has ever been. The sneaker features a black upper with red overlays sitting atop of a white midsole and red outsole, literally the opposite of the original colorway. Valentine’s Day is about love and Jordan brand showed a lot of love to the originals on this one.

Air Jordan 5 “Valentine’s Day”

Released February 2013

Jordan brand released one of the coolest looking air Jordan 5’s ever. For starters, the metallic red leather covering the sneaker, then the heart shaped basketball stitched on the heels instantly made these a collectors item. They added pink laces and lace locks with a pink midsole to give it a perfect combination with the metallic red upper finish. Generally produced in female size but many accepted them as unisex. Without a doubt, the Valentines day air Jordan 5’s are most definitely a unique addition to any collection.

At the end of the day, as a sneaker enthusiast it is very important for one to wear an exclusive pair of sneakers on Valentine’s Day strictly for the love of it and maybe to make some heads spin. Also from a personal experience, the perfect Valentine’s gift in this day and age, would be a brand new or classic pair of kicks. Hopefully sneaker brands can continue to make more collaborations and more classic Valentine’s Day colorways. Hope you all enjoyed the sneakers featured above and the Valentine's day edition of Happy Munkey’s Kicks 4 the Kulture, until next time Happy Munkey fam all love, stay tuned for more kicks and always remember to Choose Happy!