Complex: Why Air Jordans Aren't Selling Out Anymore

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Guess I'm a clown then, since I dress like this
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instead of this
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Both those outfits look like shyt.
 

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It's not low quality, where are people getting that from. I watched a doc before that said point blank Jordans are higher in quality than lower end sneakers so I don't know.


There is no way someone really wore a pair of Jordan's and saying they are low quality as a product.
It is night and day being in a pair of Jordan to any shoe.
Jordan's get you accustomed to seeing who really has great cushioning.

Only shoe I ever put on that felt as good as a Jordan were my lebron's.
No Gucci or high end shoe was ever on the level of the actual comfort of a Jordan, consistently.
Especially not incomparison to the og's, in the one's, two's and three's.
Like there was a whole new world of real difference between a Jordan, a weapon, a Kareem and a af1, and a dunk and vandal.
None were a Jordan, in actual wear.
Like a sky Jordan was killing the adult sizes of a weapon, af1, a vandal and Kareem and a ewing, or nique, too.


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1s flip like a MFer...

"breds" (2001 Bred 1s are my ALL-Time favorite sneaker...the quality compared to nowadays...)
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ALL sell out and/or limited, plus resell. 11s are played the F out these days the Concord mania was the beginning of the end for me, then the made up colorways like the gamma and 72-10.


Gamma's were crack tho.
Plus, the weekend they came out,...all the females were mad cute in their gamma's at the club instead of heels.
That was a cool release to see the females show support on that colorway.
Gamma should get all time respect , actually.
One of the better late edition colorways and it was a good flip off the spacejam fever and marketing.
Imo, that was the last really well done, mike.


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Not to feel like im special or anything but I never wore a pair of J's in my life. Someone did give my mama some Ix's when I was younger for free but she gave it back out the kindness of her heart lol smh. Not saying I'll ever wear a pair but I just don't see the big deal. nikkas think J's are the only shoes that attract bytches lol

I never was a huge sneaker head and followed hype/trends....I just wore what I liked. I got on some reeboks right now. Same pair I had since HS and they are as comfortable as ever and still look good.

The sneaker game used to be so cool......Now its completely watered down.
 
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The Aqua 8's and the 5's from the past weekend sat around for 3 days+. That's unheard of.

I'm chalking it up to the price jumping from $150-$175 to $225-$230. Resellers hurting and scared because they used to be able to buy at $150-$175 and WORST case sell at $225-230. Now? Who's gonna justify paying a markup on already expensive shoe and the resellers would be stuck with them on their hands and money tied up.
 
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