DQM x Nike Blazer 1980s Pack
Apr 28, 2008 | Comments 1 |

Dave's Quality Meats and Nike have teamed up to design a trio of Nike Blazers. Inspired by 1980s Skateboarding and BMX, the trio of Nike Blazers feature full grain leather and Nike's classic Safari print on premium suede. The pack was designed in part by Dave Ortiz, Chris Keeffe, and Kyle Demers of DQM and Al Baik and Jesse Leyva of Nike.
According to DQM:
"Nike has partnered with New York retailer Dave’s Quality Meat for a limited release of the Nike Blazer Hi. Originally released in 1973, the Nike Blazer Hi is Nike’s first Hoops shoe, becoming a pioneering basketball sneaker. “This style was one the [DQM] team of Chris Keeffe, Dave Ortiz and myself all agreed was iconic, as well as being a sneaker we’d not yet had the opportunity to work with Nike on,” said DQM’s Kyle Demers.
After spending time in the Nike Design library at World Headquarters, Beaverton, Oregon, the team identified full grain leather and the classic Safari print on premium suede as their materials of choice for this special Nike Blazer. The next step in the design process saw the DQM team divide into two groups: Chris and Dave were joined by Nike designer Al Baik, while Kyle paired with Nike Design Director, Jesse Leyva. “The challenge was to see which team, taking inspiration from BMX and Skateboarding in the 1980’s, could create the best color way for the Nike x DQM Blazer Mid,” said Kyle Demers.
“When Chris, Dave, Kyle, Al and myself shared ideas, I knew there was not one winner, and the Nike x DQM Blazer needed to be in fact a collection of all three versions created by the DQM team,” said Jesse Leyva. “So that’s exactly what we did."
All three colorways, 1 colorway is not shown, are set to release this Summer at select Nike accounts.
Image via [DQM]
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Feels like somewhat a dinosaur colored blazer
Light Purple t-rex
Def cop
all we need is for huf to do a barney style blazer