{"id":70719,"date":"2021-02-04T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=70719"},"modified":"2021-02-04T02:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:00:15","slug":"nike-creates-hands-free-sneaker-people-physical-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=70719","title":{"rendered":"Nike creates hands-free sneaker for people with physical limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nike\u2019s new hands-free sneakers are making their viral run.<\/p>\n

The shoe brand unveiled the new design on Monday, dubbed the\u00a0Nike GO FlyEase<\/a>, and received wide praise online for their accessibility regardless of the wearer\u2019s physical abilities.<\/p>\n

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The intuitive design allows the wearer to easily slip in and out of the shoe without bending over. As the foot slides in and presses down on the heel, the shoe fastens with its patent-pending \u201cbi-stable hinge and midsole tensioner\u201d \u2014 like a rubber band around the sneaker that expands to your foot \u2014\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0Nike News.<\/p>\n

The ease of wear would be attractive to anyone, but it\u2019s those with a limited range of physical abilities who will benefit most from the novel shoe.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018The design is so lazy\u2019 to YOU but my 19yr old disabled sister who can\u2019t put shoes on w\/o assistance would LOVE these bad boys,\u201d\u00a0wrote @deathofshe<\/a>, in a promotion that received more than 725,000 likes on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n

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Nike has unveiled their first hands-free shoe: the Nike GO FlyEase. pic.twitter.com\/FZeKDTPUcf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Front Office Sports (@FOS) February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n

In fact, the sneaker was dreamed up by Matthew Walzer in 2012, then 16. Walzer, who has cerebral palsy and cannot get dressed the same way most do, wrote to Nike with a plea.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut of all the challenges I have overcome in my life, there is one that I am still trying to master, tying my shoes,\u201d he said in that 2012 letter,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0Good News Movement whose video-collage on social media has been viewed 1.1 million times.<\/p>\n

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