Air Jordan VII BIN Collection - Vol WTH?

So we all know about the Air Jordan BIN 23 Collection, exclusive sneakers with top shelf quality and so on. New pictures have surfaced of the BIN VII "Look-See Sample" and seriously I can't even put a positive spin on this shoe. If this shoe actually releases without significant changes to it I would have a hard time picturing anyone camping out for these as people did for the previous BIN releases. I can totally respect the Tribal-Esque African thought put into the design but seriously the Doernbecher Becker kids are putting together better designs than the paid professionals at Jordan Brand. Big Shake My Head to JB for this one, easy pass for me.






Images via SneakerNews.com

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Real vs Fake Air Jordan V

Along with my real vs fake video's, I'll be taking it a few steps further and putting together some areas to focus on with each shoe. Please keep in mind COLORWAY doesn't matter here, this is about the design of the shoe NOT THE COLOR. The flaws with many fakes are in the design, seeing an off the wall colorway should be evidence enough that a shoe is fake this will show SOME key areas to focus on with fakes in real colorways.

We have pictures of a fake Air Jordan V and a real one just below. 7 circles on the fakes which focus on 7 areas, explanation of each is below.



1. As the back of the shoe rises it should begin to curve inward wrapping the heal. It should not rise straight up.

2. Stitch pattern, see how much leather is sticking out from the stitches as compared to the real sneaker in the lower portion of the image? That extra flab of leather material should not be there, that's sloppy.

3. Netting/Mesh should be large and the dominant feature of the side of the shoe.

4. Toe Box, the leather around the toe box should come up over the toe not end before it reaches the top of the shoe.

5. Tongue, height is the tongue is critical, on fakes the tongue is always short.

6. Ridges in the tongue, fake tongue are flat, on a legit pair there are clear ridges that are seen just below the Jumpman.

7. Fakes for some reason have a stitch that connects the 2 and the 3, on real pairs that is not the case.

For more or to see the video I put together covering some of these areas click here.

By the way the fakes are from a site that MANY people say "look just like the real thing only cheaper" you be the judge.

Cool Grey V - Summer 2011

The legacy of the Air Jordan Cool Grey marches on with the Cool Grey V set to drop next summer. TheShoegame.com has confirmed this release and already the sneaker heads are buzzing.

Personally I love all the Cool Greys, the only one I didn't care for was the III, and although I don't think these are completely as fresh as the XI or IV, I do think these are nice enough to be copped. They are very similar to the Pink V's that dropped not to long ago which I thought were one of the nicer female releases that JB has brought us. Enjoy the sneak peak.



No release date is set but the May 2011 is the early report.

Adidas x Star Wars

I'm not sure how many of you are up on Adidas, but I am in a pretty big way and throughout the years Adidas has always been rather surprising with their creativity on sneakers. Like the 35th Anniversary Adidas Superstars that dropped a few year back and the work they did with Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was also nice. But now they have worked outside the box yet again with the Adidas Star Wars Collection and although some of the designs are bit of a stretch some are rather nice. The latest of these is the "Chewbacca" which is pictured below.



Like the shoe or not they expanded the level of creativity all the way down to the packaging, making it look like you're buying some toys off the shelf. For those interested in learning more about the collection and seeing how some of the other releases came out check out Adidas for a nice presentation of the models released.

On a slightly side note my personal favorite is the "Yoda" I think these joints are fresh! And yes I know I just recently saw the series of movies with both my sons that had to coach me up on Star Wars but none the less I really like what Adidas is doing in the sneaker world.