Sweatshop Clothing customized some Nikes last year in honor of the classic horror flick The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A client requested a Chainsaw Massacre custom of his own, leading the designer to take up this theme once again. The Chainsaw Massacre Nike Vandals 2.0 were featured on Sweatshop Clothing’s Nike Talk post linked airnk.com.
The toe and toe box are painted black/red to symbolize the blood splatters in Leatherface’s workshop of horrors. Sweatshop Clothing painted the heel tag red with a black Nike swoosh to stand apart from the flesh-colored paint used on the heel. The middle panel and heel feature flesh-colored swatches unified by red stitching to simulate Leatherface’s mangled visage.
My favorite part of the Chainsaw Massacre Nike Vandals 2.0 Shoes is the chainsaw design of the Nike swoosh. Sweatshop painted the Nike swoosh metallic silver to simulate the body of a chainsaw. The chain is created using silver and black paint around the swoosh’s edge, producing the appearance of motion as your eye moves from toe to heel. I think Sweatshop Clothing did a great job building off the first version of his Chainsaw Massacre Nike Vandals.