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- Upper
- Patent Leather
- Gender
- Unisex
- Released
- 2020
Air Jordan 11 Retro Jubilee / 25th Anniversary
Air Jordan 11 Retro Jubilee / 25th Anniversary
- Upper
- Patent Leather
- Gender
- Unisex
- Released
- 2020
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Designed by Tinker Hatfield and released on 12 December 2020 as part of the Air Jordan 11 line. This release has a patent leather upper in Black/Clear/White/Metallic Silver. The XI is the model that broke the rules of what a basketball shoe could be made of. Patent leather, a formal wear material, went onto a performance upper for the first time here, and that single decision is why this is the Air Jordan people wear with suits. It came from the Tinker Hatfield era, the run that began at the III and turned the line into a design series with its own material language: elephant print, patent leather, later carbon fibre shanks and Kevlar. The Jubilee is the anniversary edition of that shoe, which means it is the brand marking its own most celebrated silhouette rather than borrowing a team or a city for the occasion.
Two ways to run it. First, black tailored trousers with a black knit, which is the outfit this shoe was born for: the patent gloss reads as dress shoe shine at ankle height. Second, dark denim and a well cut overcoat, a winter fit where the shine is the only bright thing in the frame. Do not wear it with heavy sportswear, which wastes the material. Keep it out of rain and dust, since patent shows every water spot. Wipe the gloss after each wear, never use solvent, and store away from radiators, hot cars and any long term heat that could stress the sole.
The XI is the shoe that made a basketball model acceptable at a wedding, and it is the clearest example of Air Jordan's move out of sport and into wardrobe. That move became institutional in 1997, when the line was made Jordan Brand, a standalone division inside Nike with its own athletes, apparel and collaborations, a business generating about 5.1 billion dollars for Nike by 2022. Anniversary editions of the XI sit at the top of the collecting market the line created, where original 1985 pairs of the 1 have traded around 20,000 dollars on StockX and the wider resale market is valued near 2 billion dollars.
Patent leather is the whole build. It is glossy where the rest of the upper is matte, it holds a hard highlight along the curve of the mudguard, and it does not scuff the way a soft finish does, though it will crease sharply at the flex point and those creases stay. The contrast between that gloss and the softer upper above it is what makes the XI look formal from a distance and technical up close. Clean patent with a soft dry cloth; abrasive cleaners will haze it permanently and there is no way back. Keep the pair away from heat, which is the fastest way to ruin a glossy finish, and store it with paper inside to hold the shape.
- Upper
- Patent Leather
- Gender
- Unisex
- Released
- 2020
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