White Cement IV Returning Spring/Summer 2025

[Girl Thats Jules]

No, they were synthetic leather

You're going to have to prove that, because I don't believe it.

I have two pairs in my hand right now. One of them I've had since they released. It got tons of wear and never cracked. There's no way a synthetic leather would hold up to this kind of wear after 20+ years without cracking.


The other pair I just Un-DSed a few weeks ago. They don't look at all like synthetic leather, they even have the leather pores.

 

[forest hills]

Kind of surprised this hasn’t been addressed but are we finally getting a durabuck type upper (‘89/‘99) or is it gonna be leather again?

Since the '89 release was full Durabuck™ it would be interesting if these ended up using a white version of the upper material that we've seen on releases like the '15 Aqua 8s, '16 Black Metallics, etc.
They've been using that stuff as a replacement for Durabuck™ but I don't think JB has ever used a white version of it, and even if they did, it would most certainly garner a lot of complaints.

 

[engineer]

You're going to have to prove that, because I don't believe it.

I have two pairs in my hand right now. One of them I've had since they released. It got tons of wear and never cracked. There's no way a synthetic leather would hold up to this kind of wear after 20+ years without cracking.


The other pair I just Un-DSed a few weeks ago. They don't look at all like synthetic leather, they even have the leather pores.

If you look closely at the edges of the material you can see it’s just felt with a PU coating. Notice how perfectly smooth it looks and how perfect the fake pores look throughout the entire shoe. There isn’t a single pair that shows any wrinkling or finish variation like you’d get with genuine leather.

It’s definitely a different material than the 1989 because it doesn’t crack as you pointed out. It’s still fully synthetic though. Same with the fire red 5s from 2000.

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

If you look closely at the edges of the material you can see it’s just felt with a PU coating. Notice how perfectly smooth it looks and how perfect the fake pores look throughout the entire shoe. There isn’t a single pair that shows any wrinkling or finish variation like you’d get with genuine leather.

It’s definitely a different material than the 1989 because it doesn’t crack as you pointed out. It’s still fully synthetic though. Same with the fire red 5s from 2000.

I can see what you're saying, same thing with my fire red 5s. I have 3 pairs, and one that I still wear, they look just like this.

I've never seen a synthetic leather hold up like this with no cracking.

 

[engineer]

I can see what you're saying, same thing with my fire red 5s. I have 3 pairs, and one that I still wear, they look just like this.

I've never seen a synthetic leather hold up like this with no cracking.

It was an amazing material and I wish every white based Jordan Retro used it rather than cheap full grain leather.

 

[23mj88]

Sooooo just a quick question especially if you know what’s coming out, is there any plans for white Infrared VI’s?

Yes. 2026 35th year anniversary.

 

[pharaohrache]

99 WC was leather.

I had edited the '99 part out on mobile and it gave me an error trying to post, I guess once I refreshed the page it kept the ('99) part but yes the 1999 pair was not Durabuck, just the 1989 pair.

I'd prefer it like the '89.

 

[airflight69]

Yes. 2026 35th year anniversary.

When the taxis and royal 1 highs coming out?

 

[headdetective]

Damn bruh got 2026 release info already

 

[rainking]

Anyone on here who ever thought 23mj88 was just “predicting” ish and doesn’t know things is a frucking moron x1000. If you fall into that category—and you know if you do—piss off back to reddit and Instagram. Bunch of frucking clowns.

 

[hitman243]

Anyone on here who ever thought 23mj88 was just “predicting” ish and doesn’t know things is a frucking moron x1000. If you fall into that category—and you know if you do—piss off back to reddit and Instagram. Bunch of frucking clowns.

I believe his info. He dropped the WC3 news here very early as well.

 

[Otaku]

You're going to have to prove that, because I don't believe it.

I have two pairs in my hand right now. One of them I've had since they released. It got tons of wear and never cracked. There's no way a synthetic leather would hold up to this kind of wear after 20+ years without cracking.


The other pair I just Un-DSed a few weeks ago. They don't look at all like synthetic leather, they even have the leather pores.

At 5:45 it tells you how to tell the difference between real pores and fake ones.


With that many pores it'd have to be a top grain leather and you would see more imperfections and variations on the skin. Basically it looks too uniform. It could be real leather underneath with a heavy coat of paint on top, and pores printed on. Can you take some closer shots of the edges so we can see the cross section?

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

At 5:45 it tells you how to tell the difference between real pores and fake ones.


With that many pores it'd have to be a top grain leather and you would see more imperfections and variations on the skin. Basically it looks too uniform. It could be real leather underneath with a heavy coat of paint on top, and pores printed on. Can you take some closer shots of the edges so we can see the cross section?

I'm going to scrape the crumbled pair under the midsole to see if I can reveal some leather or whatever's underneath.

 

[Belair5]

Yes. 2026 35th year anniversary.

You think they'll ever release the reverse black infrared 6 sample from the late 90s

 

[forest hills]

You think they'll ever release the reverse black infrared 6 sample from the late 90s

This is a good question. I wouldn't be surprised if we get them as a reimagined release at some point.

 

[AIR J XIII]

You think they'll ever release the reverse black infrared 6 sample from the late 90s

Based on the recent trend, those will drop before the standard black/infrared 6 drops again.

 

[bestintheworld]

Yes. 2026 35th year anniversary.

Wow. Definitely in for those, one of my faves. Anything else noteworthy you can share? I promise I won’t tell

 

[kintan]

Yes. 2026 35th year anniversary.

Awesome. Those started to grow on me, gonna cop em when they eventually drop

Seems like JB's going all-out on 2025/2026, huh? Guess they pivoted THAT hard after a bunch of underperforming retros

 

[Belair5]

They miss that covid era lol stuff was selling out like 2013 days. Every drop GONE......when adidas/yeezy was going ham they brought out the big guns then also. We bout to enter that era again....it won't be cheap lol imo after this next wave it'll prlly all be downhill from there. Kids don't care for em and it'll only get worse. I expect by 2030 we will get way more limited drops and less drops even of GR. Hate to say it but the next big boom will prolly be when MJ passes away. Gotta collect while ya can cause ya never know what the future holds.

 

[trappedintime]

They miss that covid era lol stuff was selling out like 2013 days. Every drop GONE......when adidas/yeezy was going ham they brought out the big guns then also. We bout to enter that era again....it won't be cheap lol imo after this next wave it'll prlly all be downhill from there. Kids don't care for em and it'll only get worse. I expect by 2030 we will get way more limited drops and less drops even of GR. Hate to say it but the next big boom will prolly be when MJ passes away. Gotta collect while ya can cause ya never know what the future holds.

They’re doing bigger numbers now so that narrative doesn’t really match reality