Luis Miguel Lozano
years time if it stops retroing models and do-
ing these storytelling things, it will all disap-
pear. I’m glad to help in that sense and happy
that I have this collection.
How has technology and social media af-
fected vintage collecting?
Today, it’s both easier and it’s more difficult.
With the entrance of Facebook groups and
Instagram, it’s easier because you have access
to everything, but fifteen years ago, you could
go through eBay and find amazing sneakers
at reasonable prices. Today, that’s impossible.
You can’t get any bargains.
Nike contacted me a few years ago through
social media for an exhibition, and from that
day on, I’ve been doing things for them. It’s
very funny. When I visited the States years
ago, I went to Beaverton, Oregon to the
Nike campus. I had no invitation. Nothing.
It was rainy, and I just went there and said I
want to see the campus right now. They told
me, “It’s impossible. You can’t.” I said, “I’m
a collector!” The woman at the front desk
didn’t know about vintage. Another girl said,
“Continue that way and go past the Michael
Jordan building and make a left down Prefon-
taine Hall and tell the girl I sent you.” I asked
her if I could see this and that, and I told her
that I was a collector and she said, “No you
can’t.” I said, “Look, I’ve got pictures. This is
my collection!” At that moment, there was a
man who said, “Can I see your phone?” I said,
“Sure,” and showed him my phone. He said,
“These are yours?” I said yes and showed him
pictures of me with the sneakers. He picked
up his phone and called someone and said,
“I’ve got a guy here with an impressive col-
lection, and he’s gonna stay here with me as
a visitor.” I stayed for four or five days and
visited every single area. I visited the DNA,
I had an interview with Mr. Howard White,
the president of the Jordan brand. I visited
everything. I ran on the Hollister track. I went
to the private airport. I did everything. I had
the full Nike experience, and now I have some
relationships there. I’m very lucky.
What shoes are you currently searching for?
There will always be something I need to im-
prove my collection. Recently someone asked
me, “What’s the sneaker you don’t have and
can’t sleep because of it?” I have everything.
The drawings I showed you? I have them all
and tons more, so I’m okay with what I have. I
would have never thought that I would own all
that I own now. I’m very lucky to have all this
stuff. I have a lot of people who help me.
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