Look, you can’t wear your bronze baby shoes. You just can’t. They’re really, really small. They’re not particularly good-looking. Also, they’re covered in bronze. The Air Jordan 9 The Spirit though; same idea, but you can (and should) wear them.
Not quite bronze-cast kicks, the latest IX is instead inspired by “The Spirit,” the bronze statue of Michael Jordan outside Chicago’s United Center, and the Air Jordan 9s that it’s wearing. Boasting a white leather upper and bronze midsole and accents, the shoe effectively imagines how Statue MJ’s shoes would look were they not necessarily-executed in bronze scale. Punctuating the theme, “November 1, 1994” — the date the Spirit was unveiled — appears inside each tongue.
One of the best new IX colorways in recent memory, the Air Jordan 9 The Spirit releases tomorrow, August 22, at Jordan accounts nationwide, including online retailers at 10am EDT/7am PDT. Here’s the FinishLine.com purchase link.
Air Jordan 9 “The Spirit”
White/Black-Militia Green
Style #: 302370-109
22 August 2015
$190
Photos via Sneaker Politics.