Monday, December 3, 2012

The Jordan Eleven's

The Air Jordan 11. Where to begin? The Elevens are many sneaker collectors favorite shoe model ever.   This shoe is a classic. Tinker decided to take a different route to making the best sneaker he could. He began to experiment with new materials that hadn't been used before and he ended up using a nylon material and patent leather in the design. This made the shoe noticeably lighter and gave the foot more lock down during a game.

Tinker was always looking for motivation for the design of the shoes he created. This particular model was designed after a sports car. He gave the shoe the shiny patent leather to go along with this inspiration. He also used high quality materials like a clear outsole, and carbon plate insertion.

The Original color ways that released of the Jordan 11 were the concords, columbia's, and the playoff's.
Other color ways include the cool grey's and the space jams. The space jam's were made for Michael to wear in the movie Space Jam. Every color way is very popular and many wait every year to see which one will release next.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

The Jordan Ten's

During the creation of the shoe Michael was still out of the game. And the Nike Jordan line seemed to be a wrap. Tinker had other plans. Tinker created a shoe that would symbolize Michael Jordan and give him on last hurrah, since they thought Mike was done for good. The tens are the only shoe Michael didn't give his authority to release and create.
Tinker and Nike wanted to make a shoe that congratulated Michael on his awesome career and all of his accomplishments. On the sole of the shoe they printed Jordan's accomplishments in the league in this order:  When Mike returned he wore the shoes upon coming out of retirement. 



  1. 85-Rookie of the Year
  2. 86- 63 Points
  3. 87- Scoring Title
  4. 88- Dunk Champ
  5. 89- All Defense
  6. 90- 63 Points
  7. 91- MVP/ Championship
  8. 92- MVP/ Championship
  9. 93- MVP/ Championship
  10. 94 And Beyond
Upon release the brand released a shoe with a strap on the toe, a clean cut toe (Jordan's favorite) and a city pack. The OG colors of the shoe are the Chicago's, New York, Sacramento, Orlando, and Seattle donning the respecting city's NBA teams colors. Also released outside of the city pack were the steels, and shadow color way.