SHOE OF THE YEAR
One of FNʼs most-coveted honors, Shoe of the Year, didnʼt make its debut until 2014 with Adidasʼ Stan Smith style. Since then, Kanye Westʼs Yeezy Boost 350, the Fenty Creeper by Rihanna, Air Jordan 1 x Virgil Abloh, Fila Disruptor 2 and the Dr. Martens 1460 boot have taken home the trophy. “As a creator, it doesn't matter how big your house is, how big your name is, how much money you have, your job is to create while you're here and if anyone is in the way of that, if anything gets in the way of that, you got to burn it to the f--king ground.”— Kanye West “This award, to me, is representative of my emotion as an intern. That emotion of showing up to this dream job — or let's even go back further — that emotion of dreaming of a dream job, showing up and proving you can add ideas to an industry that's already set in its ways, that always delivers great things.” — Virgil Abloh “This is such a big deal. It makes me so proud to be a woman, a young woman from Barbados, especially. To come to America and just do this by default because I liked to wear a certain style of shoe … I wanted this shoe to be part of the Fenty brand and the first thing people saw. I didn’t expect people to love it the way that I do.” — Rihanna