“It feels good to come from an authentic place of equity when we’re building product that we ourselves would wear.” “It wasn’t planned, but inherently, it wound up being a team of a lot of women that worked on this shoe,” revealed Deepa Ramprasad, Nike Basketball Footwear Product Director. While boasting full-length Zoom Air along the shoe’s strobel and a screeching computationally designed traction pattern, the Cosmic Unity line has also looked to lead in sustainability - more than 20% of its materials are sourced from recycled materials.Īs it turns out, the latest model molded for the structure of a woman’s foot was also crafted and developed largely by a women-led footwear team within the Nike Basketball category. We wish A’ja continued success in her WNBA career and we know she will succeed at anything she chooses to do.While Nike has focused its efforts on its handful of (male) signature shoes in recent years, as the Hyperdunk line began to be phased out, the Cosmic Unity model proved to serve as a new north star for innovation and performance when it first launched last year. She’s definitely an inspiration to young athletes that look up to her. It’s also amazing that A’ja is concerned about saving the planet through recycling and sustainability. We are very excited about seeing A’ja play in the New Nike Cosmic Unity sneaker, which are currently on the Nike SNRS app with the release date of. Those are ones I can just slide my feet in and still look cute and fashionable, even if I have to run to the grocery store.” I think that’s the best shoe and Prestos are already comfortable. In true Made for the W fashion, I have to ask what are your absolute go to kicks? What are the kicks you cannot live without?Ī’ja: “Oh gosh! Okay! I love a pair of Air-Force One’s…I gotta keep a good rotation there.” Me-A Fresh pair right? “Right…no crease, gotta be walking like a penguin. I am excited for you guys to bring out this shoe as well.” It always puts a smile on my face because I feel we deserve it as well. I always love seeing it up and down my TL. And when you have platforms like Made for the W, it means a lot to us… it means that people are hearing us and we can just amplify our voices. But remember women have sneaker culture too! This is a part of us as well. We see it on the men’s side happen all the time. How necessary do you think it is to have platforms such as Made for the W further amplifying the women involved in bringing sneaker campaigns and releases to life?Ī’ja: “When you see the WNBA grow and Made for the W grow, and come in and take over, I think it’s key. I think the gray ones are gonna be FIRE! That’s all I think about sometimes – does this look good with my uniform? (laughter).” And I could just add a little razzle dazzle from there.
It’s like a nice little soft gray and I think it would look really good with our uniforms. Which colorway have you decided on for your FIRST game in 2021?Ī’ja: “Hmm, I have to go with the gray. It’s really cool that Nike picked basketball as the FIRST sport to unveil the Nike Cosmic Unity, as the colorways look absolutely amazing. And I am excited to be one of many to play in this shoe.” And also, I think it’s just good for the environment, I think that is key – with the materials that they used, because we want to live on this earth for a long time and we want to take care of it. You need that out here on the court, especially in our league. How do you feel the footwear will translate to assist your game day performance on the court?Ī’ja: “I think these will translate well for me…they are a lightweight shoe that I love. So, we know you got a sneak peek at the new Cosmic Unity collection. All they sacrificed for me, made me who I am today, and I am forever grateful.” They were all I saw and all I knew…the way they handled situations. Off the court, it would have to be my parents and my grandparents. Those ladies are just incredible – the way they carry themselves, the hoopers that they are, and they were just great and I was like oh, I can be them, I can be just like them.
A’ja: “My inspirations on the court have to be Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie.
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