AIR JORDAN 3 BLACK CEMENT - NOVEMBER 23, 2024

some guy on a rep reddit page says these are retail. Some fakes might look better than some retail pairs and vice versa.
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Hate to derail the thread but man oh man why did they have to change the mould from these...

Black cements with this shape slanting ~35°, high ankle cut, low elephant print at the front and rear followed by great materials and panelling, would have arguably made this a top 3 shoe of the year no??
 

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Pretty sure those desert elephants above have a shoe tree inside them.

They definitely do.
And would you think otherwise if they do not have shoe trees in them ?

Don't get me wrong, these will be copped for the sake that they're "better" than the 2018 release but they could have been made so much better, like the reimagine white cements !! 😂😂
 

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Oh yeah, desert elephants, I do remember that color way. They look better than I remember lol.

Even if there was a shoe tree, I wouldn’t give it credit for that shape
 
And would you think otherwise if they do not have shoe trees in them ?

Don't get me wrong, these will be copped for the sake that they're "better" than the 2018 release but they could have been made so much better, like the reimagine white cements !! 😂😂
If they don’t then I’d say those are probably the best looking recent 3’s I’ve ever seen. I just haven’t seen another pair of those with that particular shape. We’ve all been in here long enough to know there’s ironing methods and such to achieve a better toe slant. Those even look better than any pair of wc3 reimagined that I’ve seen.


Edit: nah you got it, I had to go and do some research. I don’t remember these looking this good at all.

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And would you think otherwise if they do not have shoe trees in them ?

Don't get me wrong, these will be copped for the sake that they're "better" than the 2018 release but they could have been made so much better, like the reimagine white cements !! 😂😂
I don't believe it because of these two areas:

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Those parts are stretched out, especially that part at the bottom of the tongue.

That part would not look so high and stuffed if there wasn't something in there.
 
Shoe trees don’t drastically alter shape unless you’re using a shoe stretcher. I’ve got shoe trees in at least 150 pairs right now so I’d have a pretty good idea if the shape was looking different just by having em in 😂
 
Idk. I put shoe trees in all my shoes and drastically change the shape. That shoe has something in it. Especially after a shoe is worn. Its impossible for it to stay like that.
 
All mine have shoe trees and you can tell from the slant/slope of the toe box. Without keeping shoe forms in to keep the shape these joints would not look this good. Especially cuz I wear my kicks a decent amount
 

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I actually put a shoe tree in mine, stuff a sock in there, and occasionally iron the toe box depending on the model. But thats just OD. Im just weird like that
 
Shoe trees don’t drastically alter shape unless you’re using a shoe stretcher. I’ve got shoe trees in at least 150 pairs right now so I’d have a pretty good idea if the shape was looking different just by having em in 😂
Nah you're completely wrong, I'll take some pics with a shoe tree and without to show you.
 
All mine have shoe trees and you can tell from the slant/slope of the toe box. Without keeping shoe forms in to keep the shape these joints would not look this good. Especially cuz I wear my kicks a decent amount
Explain it to people how drastic it changes the shape, idk how people don't know this.
 
Nah you're completely wrong, I'll take some pics with a shoe tree and without to show you.
I’m starin at WC3’s and AMM’s with shoe trees in both and the shape is noticeably different. Not getting that sleek toe box on the AMM’s with a shoe tree in them.

And dunno what dude above is doin. Those AMM 5’s have a tumor growing on the toe
 
All mine have shoe trees and you can tell from the slant/slope of the toe box. Without keeping shoe forms in to keep the shape these joints would not look this good. Especially cuz I wear my kicks a decent amount

Shoe trees don’t drastically alter shape unless you’re using a shoe stretcher. I’ve got shoe trees in at least 150 pairs right now so I’d have a pretty good idea if the shape was looking different just by having em in 😂

this is pretty much why i dont stress over shape that much in general. not that the slim/angular toe box look isnt more aesthetic but the shape we chase pretty much goes away once they go on feet PLUS you loose the ability to even examine them that way when theyre on your own feet lol even god awful banana shaped CDP 4s flattened out when you put them on foot. the bigger your foot is, the longer that toe box extends, the less it even has it to begin with.
 
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