Sean Wotherspoon
Sean Wotherspoon is a Virginia-born sneaker designer and vintage retailer best known as the co-founder of Round Two, the vintage resale and consignment chain he launched with friends in 2013. Round Two became one of the most influential vintage retail operations in the US that once housed locations in Richmond, Los Angeles, and New York, and a model that combined high-volume vintage clothing with curated sneaker resale in a way that shaped how a generation of consumers thought about secondhand fashion. Wotherspoon's design profile rose significantly after he won the Vote Forward competition in 2017, which gave him the opportunity to produce his own Nike silhouette. The resulting Air Max 1/97—a hybrid of the Air Max 1 and Air Max 97 featuring a multicolor corduroy upper inspired by vintage Nike hats—became one of the most coveted sneaker releases of that year and established him as a designer with a distinct aesthetic rooted in 1980s and 1990s Nike archive material. He has since collaborated with Guess, Gap, Teva, and Porsche, consistently applying a vintage-inflected sensibility to contemporary product.
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Sean Wotherspoon Joins KLEKT As Chief Community Curator
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Sean Wotherspoon's Adidas Orketro Collab Drops Thursday
Sean Wotherspoon has confirmed that his Adidas Orketro collab will be released in January 2023. Find the official release details for the collab here.
Digital Wearables Brand MNTGE Launches Program for Rare Vintage Pieces and More
According to co-founder Sean Wotherspoon, it was important to treat each piece as a work of art while also bringing them "to the digital space."
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Listen to Episode 140 of 'The Complex Sneakers Podcast': How Wrong Did We Get the Best Sneakers of 2018?
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Images of the upcoming Sean Wotherspoon x Adidas EQT 93 'Superearth' collab has surfaced. Click here for a first look and the release info of the shoe.