retro

With the popularity of tonal, monochromatic (single-color) basketball sneakers at its height, FILA looks to ride the wave they were an early part of with this new Grant Hill III colorway. For the ‘Mint’ FILA 97 (GH3), a combination of light green tumbled leather and suede are used to construct this new colorway of Grant [...]

In celebration of the Quai 54 streetball tournament is this special edition colorway if the Air Jordan 13 Low. Taking place June 13 & 14th, the 2015 Quai 54 World Streetball Championship is taking over Paris, France with a host of installations and Europe-only sneaker releases; including the ‘Quai 54’ Air Jordan XIII Low. This [...]

Jordan Brand is clearly trying to kill the competition in 2015; which is fitting since it is the 30th anniversary of the Air Jordan line. One of the highest profile releases of this year will definitely be the ‘True Red’ Air Jordan 11 Low. It is only fitting that the most popular Air Jordan colorway [...]

In 2014, Jordan Brand introduced the LAB concept; which takes an Air Jordan silhouette and constructs it with materials seen on a different Jordan Retro. It is now the Jordan 4s turn to get remixed. Taking the patent leather debuted on the Air Jordan 11 and making the whole Jordan 4 upper out of it, [...]

Inspired by the summer colors seen in Barcelona, Spain during the 1992 Olympic Games is a new colorway of the Jordan 7. Looking at the ‘Barcelona Days’ Air Jordan 7, it is easy to draw a comparison to the now-defunct Charlotte Bobcats uniform colors. However, the official word from Jordan Brand/Nike Inc. is that this [...]

A Retro+ colorway of the Air Jordan 5 makes its first return since 2000. Featuring a tumbled leather upper, the ‘Metallic Silver’ Air Jordan V also boasts a reflective tongue with a black Jumpman and a translucent blue outsole. This colorway of the Jordan 5 is apart of the Remastered program that Jordan Brand is [...]

Jordan Brand continues their streak of weekly Retro releases with this new Jordan 4 colorway. Simply called the ‘Teal’ Air Jordan IV (4), this pair is apart of the Remastered collection; which is said to mean that the materials used are of higher quality than the usual Air Jordan Retro release. This release comes as [...]

In a surprise move, Nike went back a decade into their vault to bring back the Black History Month-themed Air Force One. Featuring the Pan-African flag on the lateral (outside) part of the heel, this red, black, and green flag stands for: the blood shed for the liberation of Africans, a representation of black people [...]

For a large chunk of the 1990s, Reebok was on top of the basketball sneaker division. Whether on the heardwood or asphalt, you couldn’t help but see that Vector logo everywhere. For the last few years, Reebok has brought back some of their most popular silhouettes from that time, and The Shroud is the latest. [...]

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