Yoshimi wrote:Bought some gear for my holiday, including a pair of Jordan 1's. Got a red Nike t-shirt and black North Face shorts to match.
That reminds me of a fire orange and satin black (black swoosh etc) that I was looking at but not in my size. I ended up with these.
The off white "vintage" recreation tone for the soles works well because it will stain less visibly than white and the tongue has a sort of fleece/cordroy ribbed texture and style to it that's unique to the range; and the chenille also adds some dimension. I really like them and the leather is breaking in well.
Not as keen on the jumpman logo so the red satin stitch retro logo on he tongues (which get covered anyway) are nice.
The colours are also evocative of the NES which is pretty cool (the US console was probably styled that way around a similar period to the original Jordan 1s;- these are meant to be the same pattern and a little higher).
Took a while to get used to ankle but I missed proper hi tops in general (wore a pair of 6.0s for years) because they are just so comfy and stable feeling. A little hot at the moment.
I'm not a sneakerhead at all but of the extremely limited nice things I do buy for myself to wear (I mostly print my own clothes
) I don't regret picking them up. My 6.0s lasted strawberry floating ages (just need to reattach the sole to the inner and recondition the leather on those, maybe throw them in the washing machine and get new insoles). Those were a gift, so this was my first ever buy of a fancy pair of trainers.
The current trend for white "clean" trainers i.e. no colours is bullshit. Needing some new shoes I went into JD Sports at some point and it was 98% white trainers, just incredibly boring.