Air Jordan 3 RETRO White/Metallic Copper-True Blue

Designed by Tinker Hatfield and released on 1 August 2009 as part of the Air Jordan 3 line. This release has the White/True Blue colourway. White with metallic copper and true blue is the 3 in its dress version. The model matters more than the colour here: the Air Jordan III is where Nike handed the line to Tinker Hatfield, where the elephant print arrived, and where the Jumpman moved onto the tongue. Everything the brand later did with recognisable material codes starts from that shoe. On a white base, the grey cracked print reads softer than it does against black, the copper adds a metal note the line rarely uses, and the true blue keeps the whole thing from turning into a wedding shoe. It is the 3 for people who already own the obvious one.