Cacs and hypebeasts ruined Jordan 1’s.
Literally, nobody cared about Jordan 1’s until like 2018. Jordan 1’s started really popping when the Air Max 97 retro craze died down. They used to hit the clearance rack and sit on shelves. Jordan 1’s are responsible for the gentrification of the sneaker game.
The Travis Scott’s are the worst because they definitely don’t look like they should be reselling for $2000. Ditto with the Off Whites or any other of these new booty weirdo colorways everybody wears nowadays. The only Jordan 1’s I truly like are the Chicago’s, the banned’s and the royals and a few other OG colorways. You look like a swagless knockoff hypebeast who didn’t own any sneakers before 2018 if you wear them exclusively and are older than 25.
When the sneaker game was a black thing, the Jordan 11 was king but was an arguable tie with the 3’s, specifically the black and cements.
Black folks love J’s period. Any Jordan 1-14 was fair game. I can’t even say that because even the 15, 16 and 17 were pretty fresh in retrospect. These cacs and hypebeasts have gentrified the 1’s and to a lesser extent the 4’s to absurd levels.
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