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Nike Footscape Woven Chukka Knit 'Flat Gold' & 'Night Stadium'

Feeling more like a best of Nike 's oddest moments than anything particularly new, we can't deny the love we feel for the Nike Footscape Woven Chukka. The animal prints that were Asia-exclusives and the HTM-tribute rainbow takes, plus the Bodega edition were all triumphs. Why does this shoe work? We like that Mowabb-esque neoprene collar and the way the extra inch or so of ankle height makes the addition of that Free-style grooved update of the Footscape sole actually work, whereas on the Flymotion edition, we just found it another jarring alteration to one of our favourite shoes ever. We'd waited a while for a Footscape Chukka with the asymmetrical lacing (the Footscape Woven Chukka from 2006 looked okay, but that cumbersome sole needed the side lace to set it off, thus they caught dust when they dropped). The weave on these captures the bizarre mix of technology and trad...

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