In October 1993, Michael Jordan shocked the world when he announced his retirement from Basketball at the age of 30. 1993 was also the year when the Air Jordan 9 was released. The Jordan 9 was equipped with the dynamic-Fit huarache-like inner bootie, encapsulated Air-Sole unit (forefoot), large volume Air-Sole unit (heel), polyurethane midsole and...
A teenager who worked at the Duracell factory in Crawley, West Sussex in the 80’s used to take trips to London for apparel shopping with his spare cash at some obscure stores. This teenager was James Jebbia, who would go on to become the founder of a label so powerful, it would completely change the...
A 19th Century women’s shoe called the Nisshoki and the Japanese flag were the inspiration behind the Air Jordan 12. The land of the rising sun and its flag at the time with sun rays scattering at different angles were mimicked beautifully on the upper of the Air Jordan 12. Still puzzled? Look at the...
Perhaps the most famous Jordan of all time, the Air Jordan 11 was Michael Jordan’s shoe for the 1995-1996 NBA season. Initially, the shoe was released in two versions: a) The Mid – Patent Leather b) The Low – Elephant Print aka the IE However, five years later the retro run of the model saw...
Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik aka Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory was the name they chose for their company that began its operations back in 1924 at Herzogenaurach, Germany. Just 4 years later, Amsterdam was host to the Olympic Summer Games, where majority of the German athletes wore Dassler spikes and won gold medals. The Berlin Olympic games followed...
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