Sole Mates: Steven Harrington and the Nike Air Force 1

Sole Mates is a weekly HYPEBEAST series that asks one simple question of its participants: "why do you love shoes?" Searching for a deeper meaning beyond hype, Sole Mates uncovers each subject's sneaker origin story, letting them wax poetic on why a particular shoe means so much to them.Steven Harrington knows a thing or two about Nike's Air Force 1. After all, it's been with him for almost his entire life. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Harrington grew up in the '80s loving hip-hop and skatebo...