Had this idea for a concept that celebrates Giannis' Nigerian heritage, looking at the specific art and crafts of the Yoruba (father) and Igbo (mother). Obviously not something achievable with BY but thought I'd share..
Hey sorry for the late reply - sadly my real world skills don't extend to shoe making these are 3D renders.
BUT - the materials I've rendered here are premium distressed suedes/nubucks plus a semitransparent smokey outsole on the Cigar Ash - for the Broken Bottle's I've got a green crackled...
Jordan IX - Cigar Ash
Jordan IX - Broken Bottle
I feel like the baseball glove pack (which I love) was for the IX JB's equivalent to the champagne/cigar VI... I always had this idea of conceptualizing Jordan's first retirement as a hangover from the glory days, the morning after the threepeat...
Really feeling the RM2, the Vibram wrap tech is amazing - will be interested to see if other brands get on this for Basketball shoes.
I respect BB for setting out to do exactly what they want, and have the experience/skill/resources to do it. I get people scoffing at the price tag on these but...
I'm going to go out there and say it - I think this is the best AJ sig since the 13's.
Performance aside I don't think any shoe between now and then has quite struck the balance of a great design with that intangible Jordanesque feel to such a degree that the XXXII does (perhaps a few close...
Agreed - all in all the XXXI is a great design, I think for a lot of people it marked an exciting turning point in design approach for the sig line, but for me the jumpman on the side always felt pretty fudged in there. Looks like the high midsole on here is just somewhere to shove a jumpman...