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i don't think they can match the quality from the past
JEWEL AF1 MAKE'S RETURN IN 2012!!!!!
- Thread in 'Nike Retro' Thread starter Started by GMatt23,
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Copped
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Cmon Nike, make my year....
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Cant wait word to bart scott
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Love the Jewels and I think its a great thing that their bringing them back. I only owned one pair back in 97 it was these
http://www.defynewyork.co...-blackcarolina-blue-nyc/
Majority of the time I was wearing Timb's so they didn't get much wear. The leather on them was very very nice.
Here are some other colorways I'd love to see return
http://www.defynewyork.co...-1998-blackyellow-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...e-1-whitered-1998-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...jewel-whitecrystal-blue/
http://www.defynewyork.co...1998-navyredwhite-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...-1998-whiteorange-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...-2001-jewel-whitechrome/
Bonus pic of Jay-Z wearing some Jewels
http://www.defynewyork.co...-blackcarolina-blue-nyc/
Majority of the time I was wearing Timb's so they didn't get much wear. The leather on them was very very nice.
Here are some other colorways I'd love to see return
http://www.defynewyork.co...-1998-blackyellow-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...e-1-whitered-1998-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...jewel-whitecrystal-blue/
http://www.defynewyork.co...1998-navyredwhite-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...-1998-whiteorange-jewel/
http://www.defynewyork.co...-2001-jewel-whitechrome/
Bonus pic of Jay-Z wearing some Jewels
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^Had those same ones Jay had on. Found em at the Footlocker outlet in San Antonio back in like 2001 for like $15.......Wish I would've known back then to be wise and keep em.
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Word.
sooo glad these are coming back out. I remember hating Jewels back in the day but they grew on me throughout the years. I remember my cousin having the navy/orange lows Fall of '98
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Yeeeees! I had the black/ yellow mids.
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It's about time! I hope they bring out some another colorways as well, at some with the metallic jewel swoosh.
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This plus tumbled leather.
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1. You know they aren't going to use leather remotely resembling that used on the OGs, so I'm not going to delude myself into high expectations.
2. The love for these is a bit of an example of revisionist history. The jewels were a gimmick and in their time they received mixed reviews at best. There were a handful of sweet pairs, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't hunt some down myself, but as I remember, most of us preferred the classic design.
...Wanna hear my cynical "conspiracy theory?" Wannabe OGs manufacture a lust for them because their unique design and lack of re-release timestamps jewels to a certain era, whereas the factors that identify the classic design pairs as older are more subtle (shape, leather, etc.). So, the pseudo OG in need of others' validation can point to these to claim OG stripes. This doesn't mean there's no genuine jewel love among AF1 heads, but there are also a lot of folks who profess their love for jewels primarily to "signal" the others.
2. The love for these is a bit of an example of revisionist history. The jewels were a gimmick and in their time they received mixed reviews at best. There were a handful of sweet pairs, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't hunt some down myself, but as I remember, most of us preferred the classic design.
...Wanna hear my cynical "conspiracy theory?" Wannabe OGs manufacture a lust for them because their unique design and lack of re-release timestamps jewels to a certain era, whereas the factors that identify the classic design pairs as older are more subtle (shape, leather, etc.). So, the pseudo OG in need of others' validation can point to these to claim OG stripes. This doesn't mean there's no genuine jewel love among AF1 heads, but there are also a lot of folks who profess their love for jewels primarily to "signal" the others.
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Jewel mids are crazy nice. As long as the leather is butter. How come the cement 3 leather is good but the AF leather sucks? I don't get it
I hope the come out with alot of white lows with color matched jewel and sole. Any and all colorsA pair I still beat on
I hope the come out with alot of white lows with color matched jewel and sole. Any and all colorsA pair I still beat on
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Greys are copped
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dug up an old pic of me wearing my 97 Jewels with White Tommy Hilfiger Jeans, wife beater, and Tommy Button down on vacation in Florida
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Dope pic!! Can't lose with the Hilfiger back then either haha.
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really not surprised by this at all, its just nike being nike, desperate for us to stick around when the mainstream starts hopping off hahahahha pass seems too forced for me, but cws are okay....quality won't be the same so pass as well.......
why didn't you just post this in the AF1 thread?
Nike Air Force 1 “Jewel Swoosh
why didn't you just post this in the AF1 thread?
Nike Air Force 1 “Jewel Swoosh
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I thought these would never return! Thank the Lord!
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not for me
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I cant wait !
These rumors of Jewels and Gary Paytons getting retroed got me really psyched.
With releases like this 2012 is going to feel 1998 in my head
These rumors of Jewels and Gary Paytons getting retroed got me really psyched.
With releases like this 2012 is going to feel 1998 in my head
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The closest I have seen to OG quality lately, is the John Strickland AF1's.
If they use that leather, I am all over EVERY pair, especially mids.
If they use that leather, I am all over EVERY pair, especially mids.
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back in the early 00's this would have 50 pages already..
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yea i need a pair of lows
