if you read about the shoes in Sneaker Freaker..or any of the blogs that these images were pulled from you would know that the designer worked closely with Dondis brother on everything about the shoe..which is probably the closest thing to asking dondi himself. and how do you know his estate is not getting paid?
as far as who wears the shoes...nobody can control that...but at least they are trying to do something to celebrate a true legend in this game. which is more then you can say about a lot of companies capitolizing off this shit.