Sometimes you just don’t get a sneaker on the first glance. Daring designs like that are high risk-high reward:if you pull it off then you’ve broken the mold of sneaker design, but if you fall short of that then your shoe is in danger of becoming the laughing stock of the shoe-dude community. Gathered here are some of the most outrageous designs as compiled by Complex, including the likes of the recent Air Jordan XX8, the now classic Reebok Insta Pump Fury, the Nike Air Foamposite One, and more. Check out a selection after the jump, tell us in the comments what is the weirdest sneaker design you’ve ever seen, and get the rest from Complex.