LeBron James Calls Out Alexander McQueen for Jacking Nike Air Max 1s

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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but LeBron James would beg to differ. The L.A. Lakers star called out fashion house Alexander McQueen for jacking Nike’s iconic Air Max 1s (pictured top).

LeBron retweeted MoreSneaker.com’s post featuring images of Alexander McQueen’s new line of sneakers.

“So Are you saying That’s not @Nike Air Max 1??… Well alrighty then,” LeBron tweeted.

His post was retweeted thousands of times, with many of LeBron’s followers agreeing that the designer sneakers do look vaguely familiar.

Alexander McQueen sneakers on HBX
White/Blue:https://t.co/0cjnKv1HAb
White/Red:https://t.co/qnGEwPQVqS
Black/Grey:https://t.co/iJlsa8J9LJ pic.twitter.com/qiwD8N6rVm

— MoreSneakers.com (@more_sneakers) November 5, 2018

So Are you saying That’s not @Nike Air Max 1?? ??? Well alrighty then https://t.co/nx27CAWeEa

— LeBron James (@KingJames) November 5, 2018

Umm . Looks a lot like another sneaker that Nike makes …

— sean sims (@seansims01) November 5, 2018

Air Max 1 with a OVERSIZED sole!. These joints are WEAK AF!!.

— R.H (@R_216oh10) November 5, 2018

Rip offs.

— Jacob Merritt (@jacobamerritt) November 5, 2018

Pretty sure Nike's lawyers will have a message for A McQueen in the morning.

— SkeeVote (@pinkAKArose) November 6, 2018

Renee26

Well the AM version looks like orthopedic shoes… They’re targeting a different audience…the old and elderly
iWasteTime

They look like the irregular ones where the check is upside down and the NIke is missing a “e”
Rainbowbelow

I was just about to write that…??
Dollmeshia Dee-Dee Clark

LOL…my thoughts exactly!
Judge Mental Will

i bet they cost 5 times as much also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lo6u-UIbo Nancy Drew-Natural & Luv’n It!

oh! let me go byke and look at it then…. ROFL! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4978edc0044ffab937e6eec9100df838a8617ec8dace60eaf3bd0b8a80f3865a.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lo6u-UIbo Nancy Drew-Natural & Luv’n It!

that’s that new Kramer ‘special’ shoe… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/79d46454122101e4cafe53decf644cf233673d949036e8558ffc789154cd3734.jpg
MISSMEWITDATBULL

I hatechuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Trace da Ace

awww my damn!!!!!! lmabo!!!!
Django the God

LeBron wants his Nike stock.
Trace da Ace

fugly at best….moving on–>
Django the God

Or the Nike prototypes. The mold.
teather

Y’all like these tennis shoes looking like Styrofoam moonwalkers. WHY? they’re ugly AF! All of them. Whatver, go waste your money on those crunchers. Look like nursing clogs.
iWasteTime

I’m in tears!
Clock out sis
Yoni7

Can he call out ALDO for those fake Nike/Pastry mix shoes they peddlin’ as well?
ShWa

Fail.
sunni_daze

Lebron doesn’t need to say anything. Nike has a team for this their called IP, Patent and Trademark.
imright

omg ??? got the bang bang Max’s
Toni Toni Toni

THEY ARE UGLAAAAYYY AS HEYELL TOO! EWW
OH NAW! GIMME my NIKE AIR MAX!!! OG 1986 FAN!
Sherie Gregg

These sneakers do not look VAGUELY similar they are similar. Too damn similar.
Crazy tee

I’ll stick with the NIKE…When I need those orthopedics I’ll hit up McQueen…
Nikki

I will always love 95 Air Max…
Phillybruh

I see a little bit of Reebok in that shoe aswell.
Yui

That’s ashame my only takeaway was that people still say, “joints.” ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lo6u-UIbo Nancy Drew-Natural & Luv’n It!

oh…. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5a16feb7886870b58e876a7ffc6b264e7419e743bb55ec579123b82d4a427799.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lo6u-UIbo Nancy Drew-Natural & Luv’n It!

*sad face*
LOL!
Logan Roberts

Tell em bae ??
Louisville Is4TheBirds

Take the L
Vonn

Bald headed Air Max.
Li-Wright

All those sneakers look alike. You go to the shoe store and you can’t tell them apart. So I don’t know what he’s upset about.
Guest

The AM ones do look more expensive. The style is narrower and simpler.
Skin Deep Beauty

Please beleive they’ll find some untalented gay male rapper to sport these things and the hoodrats will be flockin the store to pay and bragg that they paid $400 for:em and they feeling Gucci ..
Alextra Ballard

OOOMMGG..CDFUUU
Alextra Ballard

I Hate White Shoes….Period
Alextra Ballard

Lmaooo…
Sherie Gregg

DEAD
Renee26

Ok!
Sassie

Those Alexander shoes are wack and plastic looking. No good. And if I was Nike, I’d be sending them a cease & desist letter.
Sassie

LOL…
Sassie

Damn, that was a GOOD one!
Renee26

Like those dammmn Balenciaga shoes

Fools don’t realize the designers made the shoes ugly so that blk folks wouldn’t want to wear them…. A little tidbit I learned from a lady who designs shoes for a high end brand. She said they choose particular styles and colors that wouldn’t normally appeal to their demographic
TheWildChild

First of all ??? Alexander McQueen is rolling in his grave over a sneaker ? period, bearing his famed name anyways. ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lo6u-UIbo Nancy Drew-Natural & Luv’n It!

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/276beb9984df134739ac99cdd665e8dffd171e0eaae9b6912c911c5a19493ea6.gif
MRiGOThim

I smell a lawsuit
gail jones

Ha!
Jersey Girl

In the northeast yep we do!
SunRiseBlossom

Lol
SunRiseBlossom

SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
?Patty Kakes?

Nothing is original anymore smh
monique

All these designers take ine another’s designs and alter them. Those sneakers are ugly and costly for no reason.
monique

Which Balenciagas, they’re all ugly to me. Whatvyou said stings, but we keep putiing money in their pockets but won’t buy our own designers clothing and shoes.
Renee26

They’re all ugly to me too but the rappers are loving those hideous things and bringing more free advertising to the fashion companies that dislike our people.
Rodmilla De Ghent

the ones that look like socks just google them lol

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