{"id":74577,"date":"2010-02-16T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=74577"},"modified":"2022-09-15T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:37:35","slug":"nike-designer-jesse-leyvas-top-50-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-designer-jesse-leyvas-top-50-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Designer Jesse Leyva&#8217;s Top 50 Sneakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/best.complex.com\/lists\/Jesse-Leyvas-50-Favorite-Sneakers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2023\/12\/404-dead-image.jpg'\" src=\"\/files\/2010\/02\/jesses-lead.jpg\" alt=\"jesses-lead\" width=\"650\" height=\"177\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2010\/02\/jesses-lead.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2010\/02\/jesses-lead-350x95.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2010\/02\/jesses-lead-620x168.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nike<\/strong> Footwear Design Director <a href=\"\/?s=jesse+leyva&amp;search.x=0&amp;search.y=0&amp;search=Search\">Jesse Leyva<\/a> is no stranger to this site. As an integral member of the design team that&#8217;s put together some of the most original sneakers in history, we&#8217;re more familiar with Jesse&#8217;s work than we realize.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse sat down with <strong>Complex<\/strong>&#8216;s Bradley Carbone to assemble a list of his favorite 50 sneakers ever. While we&#8217;ve seen lists from sneakerheads like Mayor, and even Nike collaborator DJ Clark Kent, this is our first list given from a true insider&#8217;s perspective. There a lot of under-the-radar releases that many of you will recognize from your earlier days as a sneakerhead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/best.complex.com\/lists\/Jesse-Leyvas-50-Favorite-Sneakers\">Click here<\/a> to check out Jesse&#8217;s list.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike Footwear Design Director Jesse Leyva is no stranger to this site. 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