Creativity is King

Uh oh.

Another day, another new Air Jordan hybrid unveiled to the world. First I’ll show pics, then I’ll discuss. Normally, here’s where the evisceration begins. “Oh Dear God, why Jordan Brand why? Why do you torture the shoe world so?”, etc., etc. Not this time. These aren’t bad. Now, this is going to sound even crazier than what I just [...]

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I mean…come on.

These are ‘09 version of Jordan Brand’s “6Rings” concept. It’s not really worth making fun of stuff like this anymore. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel of vaseline, to paraphrase Chuck Klosterman. Have they sold THAT many of the ‘08 6Rings?? Who the f is buying shit like this? I’ve never seen anyone wearing [...]

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Hybridization.

Hybrid cars? Good. Hybrid shoes? With a few exceptions, not so good. You only need to look a few posts below this one where my colleague JGoods tears into the Frankenstein monsters that are the Jordan Fusions. And what he said about those goes equally for the Spiz’ikes, 6Rings, and whatever other pieced together “fusions” the [...]

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