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Might as well just get the Legend Blues & Gammas
Official Jordan XI Thread
- Thread in 'Jordan Brand' Thread starter Started by therealest1,
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- Apr 18, 2024
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Comme des Garçons are lazy. The galaxies got clowned but at least they are somewhat trying with those. Its like damn if you do, damn if you don't with the 11's. People just want the nostalgic colorways when it comes to that model
- Apr 30, 2011
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It’s not lazy, it’s just the style. Not for everyone, not for most people at that price and quantity produced but it’s very similar to their approach with all of their other collabs. Definitely the highest quality leather to make it on an XI.
This is like saying Jjjound is lazy. It’s just a basic aesthetic they consistently use. Again, not for most people nor is it trying to be.
- Dec 17, 2018
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Interesting for how many years did we hear they wouldn’t collab with the XI high and IE low and here we are.
- Jan 27, 2013
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I'm glad they are getting hated on. Yes these suck, especially the white pair, awful waste of your money turn around and don't look back
- May 10, 2013
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Jedi mind tricks huh? I see you
- Jun 30, 2016
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CDG footwear collabs aren't for people who buy the sneaker brand - asics, nike, jordan, whatever. It's the footwear offerings for the people buying CDG season to season. To us, it's jordan 11s. To them, it's CDG sneakers.
- Aug 19, 2016
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Only so much can be done with the 11s from a design perspective imo.
Maybe the cdg heart face thing in place of the jumpman? Dont think we'd like that much
At least wasn't something crazy like cdg all over thr patent
Maybe the cdg heart face thing in place of the jumpman? Dont think we'd like that much
At least wasn't something crazy like cdg all over thr patent
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I think that’s why they waited so long to do any collabs. All these college cws, the ones last year, new collabs… it won’t last that long. I don’t think making XIs limited helps either. Clearly they’d love to push their most expensive model at $235 for GRs and probably $275 for a collab (not the CDG). But I don’t really see exclusivity turning XIs into IVs in term of hype or sales. The market is more likely to pass on most of them than consider them “must haves”.
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They suck but IDC.. I didn't ask for them anyway but it couldve been better. The CDG Foams are the best collab they've ever done. On a GR note, JB and Nike have forgotten how to take a classic and change the base color like all the 2000s Bos and AM 95s, could take Concords and just swap out the PL for Red, Royal, Navy, Purple, easy layups.
- Apr 30, 2011
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The correct way to do it would be seed each color to a player on a team with corresponding colors. Do a slight PE tweak with the number on the back or text on the tongue. Then drop GRs of those 4-6 mos later. They sell and have some connection to teams and players people actually want to rep.
- Dec 29, 2003
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You're thinking of CDG PLAY with the heart logo.
That's different than regular CDG and not what this collab is.
- Dec 13, 2004
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I gotta say the worst part of those CDGs is that patent midsole. Will scuff to hell and if you look at closeups it looks all nasty around the edges. And even the glue job on this pair looks like a poor reglue from a n00b
- Feb 26, 2011
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I didnt even notice that on first glance EWWWWWWWI gotta say the worst part of those CDGs is that patent midsole. Will scuff to hell and if you look at closeups it looks all nasty around the edges. And even the glue job on this pair looks like a poor reglue from a n00b
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Patent midsole is nasty work
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Can we get a collab with like….. the Chicago bulls or something? Maybe im just that out the loop but I don’t care for any of that mess
- Apr 18, 2024
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All these joints are trash lol respectfully
- Sep 18, 2013
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This model should be a no brainer but swaggerless individuals are in charge of JB so here we are....
Space jam color blocking with yellow , red , blue , purple jumpmans is a rinse and repeat...
An all brown 11 with green accents for a winter time theme.
Concord color blocking with a variety of different colored accents can be rinsed and repeated as well...
Keep the 11 model limited and the colorways easy to digest...
Most of us are between 40-55 years old.. sneakers arent that serious for us to care that much anymore anyways...
Oh well
Space jam color blocking with yellow , red , blue , purple jumpmans is a rinse and repeat...
An all brown 11 with green accents for a winter time theme.
Concord color blocking with a variety of different colored accents can be rinsed and repeated as well...
Keep the 11 model limited and the colorways easy to digest...
Most of us are between 40-55 years old.. sneakers arent that serious for us to care that much anymore anyways...
Oh well
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Nah, what you posted is too obvious and the opposite of being creative.
Doing less is CDG's theme anyway.
And they were actually "creative" coming up with a patent leather midsole for the first time on a Jordan XI. I don't necessarily like it...but to your point it's actually something creative rather than just plastering their logo on the shoe.
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- Feb 26, 2011
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I can already see "black ice" being the nick name for those cdg's becasue the patent is melting onto the midsole
- Apr 30, 2011
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Infants mound their food into different shapes on their plate. That’s creative too I guess but who wants to try some?
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With how these new 11's are built, a full length Zoom bag would make more sense
With how these new 11's are built...a *Zoom X" foam midsole and full length zoom setup would completely reincarnate this model all together fr fr
