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- Upper
- Leather
- Gender
- Unisex
- Released
- 2021
Air Jordan 5 Retro Shattered Backboard
Air Jordan 5 Retro Shattered Backboard
- Upper
- Leather
- Gender
- Unisex
- Released
- 2021
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Designed by Tinker Hatfield and released on 2 October 2021 as part of the Air Jordan 5 line. This release has a leather upper in Sail/Orange Blaze/Metallic Silver/Black. Shattered Backboard is one of the most repeated names in Jordan collecting, and it belongs to the Air Jordan 5, a Tinker Hatfield era model from the run where the line had already become a design series rather than a basketball release schedule. The palette is black and a hot orange, a combination the 5 wears better than almost any other model because its angular midsole and lace toggle break the shoe into clear zones the colour can occupy. Where the Chicago red, black and white palette speaks to the team years, this one belongs entirely to the collector era, a colourway known by its nickname long before anybody checks the style code.
Orange and black is already a complete outfit idea, so add nothing loud. Black cargo trousers, a black tee and a mid grey overshirt lets the orange run through the midsole as the only heat in the fit. The second route is denim: raw indigo with a cream knit, where the orange plays against the blue rather than hiding in black. Avoid brown, which muddies the orange. The 5 is a tall, wide shoe and needs a straight or loose hem to sit right. Clean the midsole with a soft brush and mild soap, keep the orange out of long sun so it does not dull, and dry away from heat.
Air Jordan is the shoe that made sneaker collecting a mass activity rather than a niche. Original 1985 pairs have traded around 20,000 dollars on StockX, and the resale market the line anchors has been valued at roughly 2 billion dollars with several billion more projected. Colourways with nicknames are the engine of that market: a name travels faster than a style code, and a shoe people can ask for by name in a group chat is a shoe that keeps its value. Shattered Backboard is a textbook case, a palette that became a franchise across models because collectors, not marketers, kept saying the words.
Black covers the upper with orange arriving on the midsole, lining and branding, so the shoe reads dark from a distance and detonates up close. The 5 carries a shark tooth midsole profile and a lace lock at the throat, features that give it more visual machinery than the 4 or the 6. Nike Air cushioning has been in the line since the Air Jordan II and is under the foot here. Style code DC1060 100. Nothing about stack height or foam type is published, and retro polyurethane midsoles degrade by hydrolysis over long storage without Jordan Brand disclosing which formulation is used, so wearing beats warehousing.
- Upper
- Leather
- Gender
- Unisex
- Released
- 2021
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