The hottest sneaker of 2020, the Air Jordan 1 OG Dior, has arrived
The major cop of 2020 was so haute, it came and went with out at any time hitting keep flooring.
Immediately after the Air Jordan 1 OG Dior sneakers debuted during Dior’s pre-fall 2020 exhibit in Miami in December, sneakerheads and marketplace insiders alike went into a sartorial tizzy about the initial-at any time streetwear-meets-luxurious mashup from the storied couture dwelling and Air Jordan.
The collaboration celebrates the 35th anniversary of the launch of the Air Jordan 1. The makings of that legendary pair are all there on the new one particular — an ’80s-motivated superior-top silhouette, the Jumpman Wings emblem, that signature swoosh — while the hand-painted shade of Dior grey is a nod to the French label’s signature hue (and a favourite of the founding couturier, Christian Dior).
At first scheduled to fall in the spring, the coronavirus pandemic prompted a delayed launch.
On June 25, the general public was able to sign-up to shop the fall. In accordance to a report from WWD, 5 million men and women signed up irrespective of the production of only numerous thousand sneakers.
With a retail cost tag of $two,two hundred (the lower-top version retails for $two,000), the constrained-version superior top is now reselling on web pages like StockX for about $fourteen,000.
Landing an real pair is mission impossible, but a recently released video clip — which faucets into Dior Artistic Director Kim Jones’ deep-rooted adore of the Air Jordan — features swoon-worthy near-ups of this year’s most coveted sneaker.
