Nothing quite trumpets a shoe’s imminence like official photos. So, well, here it is: The Air Jordan 9 The Spirit release date is . . . imminent.
A piece of wearable history, the classic model’s new colorway is inspired by The Spirit, the bronze statue of Michael Jordan that resides just outside Chicago’s United Center, where MJ’s six championship banners hang. On the statue’s feet is a pair of Air Jordan 9s, and this bronze-accented white leather pair imagines how those shoes would look in a standard color scale.
Punctuating the point, “November 1, 1994” is stitched inside each tongue — that being the date the sculpture was unveiled.
Take a closer look at the shoe below, and grab a pair at select retailers on August 22. This is truly one of the AJ9’s best new colorways in ages.
Air Jordan 9 “Statue”
White/Black-Militia Green
Style #: 302370-109
22 August 2015
$190