Nike Wmns Air Jordan 1 Mid Kentucky Blue

Chalky blue and white wants clean, cool colours around it. Wear it with light wash straight jeans, a white tee and a navy or grey knit, letting the blue panels tie into the denim. For a softer version, try cream trousers and a pale blue shirt, keeping the tonal range tight so the shoe looks considered rather than sporty. Avoid warm tans and burgundies. The Mid collar suits ankle length and cropped trousers where you can see it. Everyday walking use, not sport. Fits slightly narrow on a women's last. Wipe white leather after each wear, use a magic sponge on the midsole and avoid bleach, which yellows white leather permanently.

The 1984 Jordan signing and the Spike Lee directed Mars Blackmon advertising made Nike the shoe of basketball and, through basketball, of hip hop, and Air Jordans became a status marker in urban fashion from the 1980s before settling into mainstream American youth dress. The Air Jordan 1 is the piece of that history everyone can name. A women's Mid in a college blue is that lineage made wearable and non aggressive, which is why it has become one of the most consistently restocked configurations Nike makes. You are wearing the founding object of an entire brand, in a colour that does not shout about it.

The Mid sits between the low and the high, with a collar that covers the ankle bone and an ankle strap area retained from the original silhouette, and the Kentucky Blue treatment uses leather panels where the blue takes the toe, Swoosh, collar and heel over a white base. Underneath is a foam midsole with Nike Air cushioning sealed inside, descended from the pressurised gas unit that has been the brand's signature since the 1980s, and a rubber outsole with the pivot pattern the model has always used. The ride is firm and flat rather than plush. On a women's last the Mid runs slightly narrow, so a thinner sock helps through the first week.