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[dblplay1212]

So whats the actual size run for these ****s? The womens only sizing pandering they do is idiotic lol and isnt inclusive cause what if a woman wears a size 13 in mens

I wish Nike would just go to unisex sizing and drop the gender part completely, but in absence of that, if they are going to have "men's" shoes, they should have "women's" too. Women can buy a man's shoe and a man can buy a woman's shoe but it would be dumb to just target all shoes to men and tell women to deal with it. I do think they need to have more standardized sizing though. Hell there have been multiple fire am1 I wanted this year that stopped at women us10, not the usual womens us12.

 

[dblplay1212]

Thanks for doing the legwork and educating us fellow NTers. Thats wild they are charging a fee but i also understand from a business standpoint that it cost money to run a business.

EDIT: the link you posted explains it all even if we as consumers dont like it. Thanks dblplay1212

Yea I get it. The raffles were a massive pain for the stores so they outsourced it to EQL, who doesn't do it for free, so they have a charge now. Knowing only the winners have to pay it, it's whatever to me.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

A Ma Maniere x Air Jordan 5 “Dawn”
Color: Photon Dust/Black-Diffused Blue-Pale Ivory
Style Code: FZ5758-004
Release Date: November 17, 2023 (The Whitaker Group)
Release Date: November 22, 2023 (SNKRS)
Price: $225

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

I wish Nike would just go to unisex sizing and drop the gender part completely

Everybody needs to stop the and stop separating things. Like you said, just make it unisex and stop the nonsense. Instead of unity, they are really dividing. Let everyone enjoy without labels.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan 5 “Dusk”
Color: Black/Burgundy Crush-Black-Pale Ivory
Style Code: FD1330-001
Release Date: November 22, 2023
Price: $225

 

[downyboy]

if they're not actually using a women's last then theres really no point in making it a womens sizing release.

my only issue is even if they do extended sizing on a womens release it usually follows the women distribution on sizing, which again doesn't make sense.

 

[dblplay1212]

Everybody needs to stop the and stop separating things. Like you said, just make it unisex and stop the nonsense. Instead of unity, they are really dividing. Let everyone enjoy without labels.

Yea I get why they started the inclusion of women way back but things have evolved even further now. Just drop men/women and just make shoes and do like 37mm-47mm in everything. Just go Euro sizing, make that universal sizing.

 

[hitman243]

the toe shape is still a bit of a blemish on these

 

[dblplay1212]

the toe shape is still a bit of a blemish on these

Women's have better shape them men's imo.

 

[d e beatup]

On one hand, I don’t mind a fee if you are successful but adding AMM’s $15 slow shipping and I’ll feel silly if they drop on SNKRS with no fee, fast shipping and returns accepted in case I get a shoddy quality pair.

I would GLADLY eat a raffle fee to secure Reverse Grinches after the debacle/joke of the Grinches SNKRS release though

 

[Fozz]

On one hand, I don’t mind a fee if you are successful but adding AMM’s $15 slow shipping and I’ll feel silly if they drop on SNKRS with no fee, fast shipping and returns accepted in case I get a shoddy quality pair.

I would GLADLY eat a raffle fee to secure Reverse Grinches after the debacle/joke of the Grinches SNKRS release though

Ahh, so I shouldn't enter the raffle through AMM due to their slow shipping? lol

 

[doublemesh96]

Hmm sail laces make them look a lot better. Still pass. Photon dust is a vibe

 

[urbanmiracle]

All this extra ****…. I man I just want the black ones. Might wait for the after market.

 

[jshortt]

A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan 5 “Dusk”
Color: Black/Burgundy Crush-Black-Pale Ivory
Style Code: FD1330-001
Release Date: November 22, 2023
Price: $225

the toe shape is still a bit of a blemish on these

God damn, that toe looks AWFUL! Like we're back to the cliff toe Air Max 1 days.

 

[urbanmiracle]

God damn, that toe looks AWFUL! Like we're back to the cliff toe Air Max 1 days.

Pardon my ignorance, what’s wrong with the toe box? It’s boxy?

 

[bundy888]

toe box on the photons looks way better than the blacks.

 

[da r entertainment]

All this extra ****…. I man I just want the black ones. Might wait for the after market.

I can't justify these this year, but after market will be my move at some point next year. Seems like the hype ain't what it once was. Either way, good luck to everyone going after these!

 

[doublemesh96]

Pardon my ignorance, what’s wrong with the toe box? It’s boxy?

Shape angle looks terrible. It’s supposed to look more like this

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

22d it is

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

Glad to see there is extended sizing, but still incredibly confused as to why JB keeps doing the "WMNS Sizes" thing. Is it just so they can make more money on what would otherwise be larger GS sizes and fake some sort of inclusion? I don't get it. I'm passing on these photon joints, but will try for the black, even with the raffle fee.

in this specific case its marketing. TWG a womans shoe released all the way up to a size 15 is effectively full family sizing.

A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan 5 “Dusk”
Color: Black/Burgundy Crush-Black-Pale Ivory
Style Code: FD1330-001
Release Date: November 22, 2023
Price: $225

Cream laces in these is really the cheat code, like the muslins

 

[Jordanbball]

I don’t think these will be high on the resell side which is great I hope they turn out to be just the like 12s

 

[TooOlfForThisIsh]

if they're not actually using a women's last then theres really no point in making it a womens sizing release.

Do we know for certain that they are on the same last?

I have a few pair of women’s AF1 that definitely run narrower, but I have others that seem like they are likely unisex. So I strongly suspect Nike at least sometimes uses a different last for its women!s releases

 

[jshortt]

Pardon my ignorance, what’s wrong with the toe box? It’s boxy?

doublemesh96 already nailed it, but the tip is damn near straight up and down on these. There should be more material and it should taper back a little bit instead of just falling straight off. Nike got REALLY bad with the Air Max 1 before "remastering" them and getting things back to a more normal shape.

Air Max 1 circa 2012:

Air Max 1 30th Anniversary Remaster:

EDIT:

There. More cliff toes circa 2012. Is that better dblplay1212 ?

 

[doublemesh96]

^that is a wild drop off. It’s literally a cliff

I wonder if it was a mistake and they just said **** it lol no way they cut them that way on purpose

 

[dblplay1212]

doublemesh96 already nailed it, but the tip is damn near straight up and down on these. There should be more material and it should taper back a little bit instead of just falling straight off. Nike got REALLY bad with the Air Max 1 before "remastering" them and getting things back to a more normal shape.

Air Max 1 circa 2012:

Air Max 1 30th Anniversary Remaster:

Both of those am1 are from 2017. The top one is gs, bottom is adult. See the 3.26 on the gs tongue, it was an air max day release.