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That's revisionist B.S. People were clamoring in long lines at outlets to get the 2011 Banneds before that photo was even taken.
Jordan Retro 1 '85 Black/Red Feb 14th 2025
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Mainly die hard sneaker heads. Jordan 1s weren't mainstream fashion wise until Ye wore em.
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Yeah what you're missing is that the overlap was mostly with sneaker heads at the time. They weren't making many 1's from 2011-2013, especially not with OG details, so I find it hard to credit him wearing them in 2011 with moving the needle. Kanye and the hype on 1's from sneaker heads met. And it makes sense, at a certain point back then he was in touch with what we were into. But I don't think him wearing Breds really has any bearing on why the Banneds were a moment in 2011.
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Kanye wearing em at that event is classic af lol not even a fan of him but I dig it.
What always made me like 1s alot besides the shape....is the way they clean up easy. You can take a wet cloth and make em fresh. The only other jordan that cleans up like those are 12s. Aj5s kinda are like that to. Just solid leather tanks. No dusty materials.
What always made me like 1s alot besides the shape....is the way they clean up easy. You can take a wet cloth and make em fresh. The only other jordan that cleans up like those are 12s. Aj5s kinda are like that to. Just solid leather tanks. No dusty materials.
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It wasn't just Banned ones. I remember people going back and trying to get 2001 Jordan 1 breds/royals. Specifically those because he wore those versions. People bought the banned 1s because they couldn't get the 2001 version.
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People were trying to get any NA 1 at that time. That's what I take issue with. They had deprived the market of OG 1's done anywhere near correctly for the better part of a dozen years. There wasn't some huge mass market going out looking for 1's but there was a lot of sneaker heads who wanted them due to their scarcity regardless of whether Kanye was wearing them or not.
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Wanting sneakers because a rapper wore them is strange behaviour. Lol
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as opposed to a basketball player?
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Kanye and Kid Cudi had a huge influence on my fashion back in middle school I can’t lie. Them dudes was fresh af to me back in the day. Def agree that Kanye and a lot of fresh Asians in my area were the ppl that really made me start wanting 1’s more. 2012-2013ish. I was a 3, 5,6,8 11,12,13 type of kid growing up. Different era
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I’m not sure what context would make it weird to like a signature athlete’s shoe. If someone else fashioning a 30 year old shoe in public made you a fan… so be it, that’s cool I guess. but I still think that’s way different than someone idolizing their favorite player in one of their best shoes.
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It's age dependent I feel.
If you're a grown man it's strange.
But as a little kid, I envied what was on the feet of Rakim, B.D.P., Biz, Kane, etc. etc. I bought my first pair of Chucks because Eazy E wore them on the It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa album cover.
When you're young, you want sneakers of those you look up to if they're cool peoples. Rappers, athletes, older dudes from around the way, etc.
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It's age dependent I feel.
If you're a grown man it's strange.
But as a little kid, I envied what was on the feet of Rakim, B.D.P., Biz, Kane, etc. etc. When you're young, you want sneakers of those you look up to if they're cool peoples. Rappers, athletes, older dudes from around the way, etc.
I apologize for derailing the thread but for me it was Michael Jordan himself and my father that influenced me wearing Jordans.
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a fan of someone in a sport and a fan of someone musically is, what?
and Lebron and Anthony Edwards aren't the only ones wearing their kicks. Why does Nike send other players kicks, be it Ja's, Kobe's or KD's?
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As if rappers don't influence fashion.
Travis Scott has a sneaker
Much less everyone from Rocky to Tyler getting a sneaker.
Much less Kanye and what he did and what spawned from him.
They don't influence? How old are you dudes, and how out of touch are you? It's why I believe a lot of companies need to bring in younger people with fresh ideas. Because older people say stuff like wearing a sneaker because of a rapper is weird behavior.
Travis Scott has a sneaker
Much less everyone from Rocky to Tyler getting a sneaker.
Much less Kanye and what he did and what spawned from him.
They don't influence? How old are you dudes, and how out of touch are you? It's why I believe a lot of companies need to bring in younger people with fresh ideas. Because older people say stuff like wearing a sneaker because of a rapper is weird behavior.
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I never said anything about not influencing but having your own shoe vs influencing wearing a variety of dudes’ shoes are two different things entirely. For many of us growing up watching MJ play in the shoes made the shoes what they are for us.
I never got into any argument over rappers or celebrities not having influence so I don’t know where that’s coming from. Didn’t think I was making a courageous point by acknowledging the difference.
I never got into any argument over rappers or celebrities not having influence so I don’t know where that’s coming from. Didn’t think I was making a courageous point by acknowledging the difference.
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Yea all my influence from wearing J’s came from the man himself. Never from any rappers. About the closest I ever came to being fashionably influenced was when Pac wore Karl Kani. Definitely wanted Kani gear in 94’ seeing Pac sport it, but that was about it. Had the 9’s well before Pac rocked them for the Thug Life photo shoot.
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All I know is ‘13 AJ1s we’re not $110.
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I think what he was referring to was all Jumpman-branded AJ1s back in 2013. OG versions were 140.
We've come a long way though, from 110 to 250...
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350 around the corner, brace yourselves.
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Was always on ye’s nuts since 2003/4…
But it was the MBDTF kanye that pushed him to the cosmos…
My goat… gonna be nice to finally own some bred 1 highs without (hopefully) paying ridiculous resale. Only shoes i wanted always eluded me…
2025 will end that drought. Word to Guiness…
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Jay-Z and Nelly with the AF1s (Uptowns) along with Run DMC with Adidas Superstars would like to have a word with you
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If I remember correctly, I read somewhere that they improved the comfort on their upcoming release. That’s literally my only gripe with the Jordan 1’s. They are so uncomfortable with the soles being super thin to the point you feel the ground pavement
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Had AF1s before Nelly made a song about em. I don’t even associate Jay with AF1s. And I have never owned a pair of Adidas Superstars.
That's because they're made as cheap as possible. The 85s feel better due to the board lasting and the better insole
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I ain’t gon lie, as a kid, I only wanted jays cause Mike was flyin in them joints lol
