I always lol at the leather quality debate about 1's when people bring it up, while comparing certain releases up against to others. All im a say is that there's no difference in the quality and the materials of Travis Scott Jordan 1, compared to a GR Jordan 1. If it was a difference, the retail price would be significantly different between the collabs and GR's. Common sense should let you know that.
I use to be one of those people a few years ago, until I started comparing collabs to GR's, as far as how long they last once you wear them on a daily basis. Also, some people are just harder on shoes compared to others. Add to the fact that the majority of people treat collab shoes like trophies, and they only wear them once every 3 to 5 months. They'll have you thinking that Nike magically puts better quality materials on their collabs, compared to their GR's, which isn't true.
With that said, from the smaller sizes of this release (taxi's) compared to the bigger sizes, there's inconsistencies in the leather quality and the heel height/cut from what I've seen. I think it's the shape of the shoe that effects how these look as well. I've seen some smaller pairs, and I was turned off because of how the shape looks when someone had them tied up.
The shape on certain smaller pairs look like fakes to me. But I've seen sizes 12 + that looks normal. I've seen some smaller sizes that look ok too, but I've seen alot of pairs that make me think if they're authentic or not because the shape looks completely off.
With that said, the Bordeaux 1 high had some really really good quality all around. Slept on the release because it wasn't a highly sought after Colorway. Seen them in person, and got to compare them to other 1's and i was like
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Quality is top notch all around that shoe, from the softness, down to the leather consistency all through the shoe, i was highly surprised. But when it comes to Jordans, I've noticed people over rate the quality of the show if it's a collab, og Colorway, or high reselling shoe.
If a shoe has good quality, and it's not a popular high reselling shoe, people will automatically act like that shoe doesn't have good quality, or better quality materials because of that.