Official Air Jordan 1 Retro High Thread Vol: Best Model/Thread

[jhawk23]

Wish they had a size 10. 

 

[boosthog]

Neeeeddd moar OG 1's hahha. Gonna be in vegas for superbowl weekend are there any cool shoe stores on the strip that would carry retros?

 

[126006]

Neeeeddd moar OG 1's hahha. Gonna be in vegas for superbowl weekend are there any cool shoe stores on the strip that would carry retros?

Suite 160 at Mandalay, but they rape on some releases.

 

[lovehateself]

Neeeeddd moar OG 1's hahha. Gonna be in vegas for superbowl weekend are there any cool shoe stores on the strip that would carry retros?

crsvr at the cosmopolitan, but they will only have recent releases. 

 

[boosthog]

Lots of meetings today haha

 

[steelogreen]

So I was looking for a pair of shoes vegetaray123 introduced me to and I stumbled across some interesting information I'm not sure everyone was aware of. This was called the school days pack or alpha omega pack and in there explains why they used suede for the shadow pair which I thought was cool. I already knew jordan pledged omega but seeing that this shoe was based on that fact makes me want them even more. Anyway enjoy and or comment

 

[airgolden2123]

They didn't use suede on those in 2009. It was a soft buttery tumbled leather and the color was shadow grey versus the soft grey of 2013.

Also, Alpha/Omega pack was for the 1s and 22s that separately released with MJ graphics on them. These were called the "School Days" pack but the gold/purple was for the fraternity Omega Psi Phi, of which MJ was a member of.

See Spike Lee's "School Daze" for the rest of the history lesson.

 

[Gordonson]

Actually, the gray parts of the 2009 pair aren't leather.

 

[sthebest]

Actually, the gray parts of the 2009 pair aren't leather.

exactly, theyre a tumbled nubuck.

 

[steelogreen]

Non the less my point was it's supposed to be a varsity jacket lol I think that's cool

And I know of the 1/22 pack but I'm only calling these alpha/omega because that's what the sources called it

 

[airgolden2123]

exactly, theyre a tumbled nubuck.

Haha I was close...

"Nubuck (pronounced /ˈnjuːbʌk/) is top-grain cattle leather that has been sanded or buffed on the grain side, or outside, to give a slight nap of short protein fibers, producing a velvet-like surface."

I'm watching a pair of those purple/gold 1s now, wish they were closer to the OGs.

 

[sthebest]

i thought this was the inspiration for the black/shadow grey pair

the Gammas in School Daze wore black/grey, and Spike Lee in the movie wore that color scheme as he was pledging. the 2009 was probably meant to be a ode to this.

 

[airgolden2123]

^ Yep.

 

[trueprada]

sanded cow skin

 

[steelogreen]

Would be cool if it was a black and gold (alpha) with a purple and gold (omega) that would've been the best alpha/omega pack and both are rare ogs but ohh well. I found my omega psi phi 1s so I'm happy. No more 1s until barons in April.

 

[vegetaray123]

i thought this was the inspiration for the black/shadow grey pair

the Gammas in School Daze wore black/grey, and Spike Lee in the movie wore that color scheme as he was pledging. the 2009 was probably meant to be a ode to this.

This...

Black / Grey pair was for the Gamma's in School Daze...

Purple / Yellow's were for MJ's Omega days...

 

[steelogreen]

Just when I thought I was done with 1s for awhile vegetaray123 lures me in lol found a pair for 200 Ds so I'm at 9 AJ1s until the barons

 

[Gordonson]

Would be cool if it was a black and gold (alpha) with a purple and gold (omega) that would've been the best alpha/omega pack and both are rare ogs but ohh well. I found my omega psi phi 1s so I'm happy. No more 1s until barons in April.

When were there original Purple/Gold I's?

 

[steelogreen]

This is what he posted when I said JB should make a omega 1 not knowing they already did. He said they were one of the rarest

 

[Gordonson]

Oh, yeah, I remember those. I thought you meant a purple upper with a gold swoosh.

 

[vegetaray123]

When were there original Purple/Gold I's?

This is what he posted when I said JB should make a omega 1 not knowing they already did. He said they were one of the rarest

To be clear the didn't actually ever release...Some think it was a PE shoe for the Washington Huskies...Some think maybe it has a Lakers attachment...Me personally I like to believe it was made as a tribute to MJ's time spent in Collage...Have nothing to support that but, to me at least, it just makes sense...Essentially no information on their origins...

I'm positive one of the OG NT heads had a single shoe...Maybe take a look through here, there might be something on these...
http://niketalk.com/t/236374/official-when-did-mj-wear-those-post-and-faqs

 

[steelogreen]

Ohh sorry forgot to say white.

 

[airgolden2123]

vegetaray123 I love the history now. Kills the time in between waiting to see what OG 1 releases in May and beyond. A few years ago there was an NT thread, "AJ1s/AJKOs: Who's Got the Rarest," and folks were saying either Washington Huskies school issued or Lakers, because they were such a big team then. As with most AJ1 samples, little is known today.

 

[geraldg2309]

Some great posts I read tonight.

 

[coldcity]

at dudes trying to school someone & they dont even have the shoe