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Spike Lee Pulled Up to the 2026 Oscars in Off-White Air Jordans

Spike Lee Pulled Up to the 2026 Oscars in Off-White Air Jordans

Published by Jenni Sidey

At the 2026 Oscars, many of the best-dressed men in attendance chose to keep things simple in classically tailored tuxedos. Not so for Spike Lee, who kept on doing him in the way only Spike can. The legendary director is as well-known for his sneaker game as he is for helming classics like Do the Right Thing and last year’s Highest 2 Lowest, thanks to his iconic run of Air Jordan commercials in the late ’80s and early ’90s. And at Sunday night’s ceremony, Lee stayed on brand by hitting the red carpet in a pair of elite Js: the Off-White x Air Jordan 4 ‘Sail.’ Spike Lee at the 2026 Oscars in a pair of Off-White x Air Jordan 4 ‘Sail.’ Gilbert Flores/Getty Images Released in 2020 as a women’s exclusive, the ‘Sail’ 4s are one of the crown jewels of Virgil Abloh’s later collaborations with Nike. Lee used the kicks to lock down a typically freaky fit: brown Prince of Wales check blazer, white shirt, cream trousers, and a matching purple bow tie …

Michael Jordan Wore These Air Jordans During the Last Dance. Why Aren’t They More Loved?

Michael Jordan Wore These Air Jordans During the Last Dance. Why Aren’t They More Loved?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Once a season or so, Jordan Brand reissues a sneaker that Michael Jordan wore on the basketball court in an iconic original colorway—the Air Jordan 3 ‘Black Cement,’ say, or the Air Jordan 1 ‘Bred’—and that shoe inevitably flies off the shelves. But this week, an OG Air Jordan that’s only been released twice since its days on the United Center hardwood makes its return—and it’s unclear if sneakerheads will be lining up to cop. For the first time since 2017, the Air Jordan 13 is back in its original red-and-white ‘Chicago’ colorway. The Tinker Hatfield-designed 13 was one of the last signature shoes Jordan wore during his prime with the Chicago Bulls, and he only wore four makeups of it on the court. The ‘Chicago’ kept things clean and simple with a white pebbled leather upper accented by a stripe of red suede that ran above the black sole and up the heel. It’s tied together with a circular jeweled “cat eye” emblem on the ankle. Courtesy of Nike The 13 occupies an unenviable …

One of Virgil Abloh’s Most Iconic Nike Collaborations Is Finally Back

One of Virgil Abloh’s Most Iconic Nike Collaborations Is Finally Back

Published by Jenni Sidey

Back in 2017, Virgil Abloh and Nike launched The Ten, a landmark project that applied the designer’s kitschy, desconstructionalist approach to a handful of the most beloved Swoosh kicks of all time. Nine years after the initial drop, and nearly half a decade after Abloh’s untimely passing, the collection remains deeply beloved among sneakerheads, a high bar for footwear design in the 21st century. Now, one of Abloh’s most iconic Nike shoes is making a long-awaited comeback: the Virgil Abloh Archive x Air Jordan 1 ‘Alaska.’ Courtesy of Virgil Abloh Archive The Virgil Abloh Archive, spearheaded by Abloh’s widow Shannon, is a collection of over 20,000 objects from Abloh’s career, including prototypes of never-released products, stacks of notebooks filled with sketches, rare high-fashion grails, and over 6,000 pairs of sneakers. And after making its public-facing debut with an exhibition in Paris last year titled ‘Virgil Abloh: The Codes,’ the organization is reigniting the late visionary’s partnership with Nike. Courtesy of Virgil Abloh Archive Source link

Y2K-Era Air Jordans Are Having a Moment

Y2K-Era Air Jordans Are Having a Moment

Published by Jenni Sidey

In early January, the release of the Air Jordan 17 “Doernbecher” —a sneaker drop with a very special origin story—single-handedly revitalized one of the most overlooked Jordans ever, and became an early contender for sneaker of the year in the process. And at New York Fashion Week, Public School returned to the runway with a new version of the Air Jordan 15, rekindling the brand’s relationship with a sneaker it first collaborated on back in 2017. (Notably, that drop coincided with the last time late-period Air Jordans experienced a bump in popularity.) The timing could hardly be better—in fact, if anything, this resurgence of later Jordans feels somewhat overdue. Pop culture, and particularly fashion, has been gravitating toward the dawn of the millennium for several years now, but while Y2K-era sneakers have been on the rise for some time, the Air Jordans released around the year 2000 have so far not benefited from the trend. Perhaps it’s because the 2000s-era Jordans were themselves out of step with the trends of the era and therefore still …

2026’s Most Covetable Air Jordan 1s Have Landed

2026’s Most Covetable Air Jordan 1s Have Landed

Published by Jenni Sidey

If you were to cook up a ranking of the best Air Jordan 1 colorways ever—and, what do you know, we have—two collaborations would inevitably land near the top: 2014’s black, white, and blue linkup with Fragment Design, the brainchild of streetwear pioneer Hiroshi Fujiwara; and 2018’s Frankensteined remix by Union, the influential LA boutique helmed by Chris Gibbs. (We placed them fifth and sixth, respectively.) Now, those two wildly coveted kicks are being fused together to create a trio of new AJ1 colorways we’ll no doubt have to include on the next iteration of our list. All three of the Union x Fragment x Air Jordan 1s (which are expected to retail for $220) feature iconic design elements from the brands’ previous Jordan Brand collabs—namely the deconstructed patchwork aesthetic that Union has made its signature, alongside the embossed lightning bolt logo and product code text along the heel seen on Fragment’s Jordan 3 circa 2020. The first colorway to drop is the ‘White/Black’ version, decked out in a stark black and white with a …

The First Can’t-Miss Air Jordans of 2026 Are Here

The First Can’t-Miss Air Jordans of 2026 Are Here

Published by Jenni Sidey

Ever since 2026 rang in, the sneaker world has been slowly thawing out from its holiday hibernation. January’s release calendar generally starts slow, with the kicks really heating up in February between the Super Bowl and NBA All-Star Weekend. Still, the first month of the year usually contains at least a couple launches of note that get the ball rolling. This Saturday, January 17, those sneakers are here: Two standout releases from Jordan Brand that should set the standard for the brand (and the rest of the sneaker world) throughout 2026. The more slept-on of the two drops is the Air Jordan 4 ‘Flight Club,’ a pristine take on one of the best Jordans ever. The Air Jordan 4—the second Tinker Hatfield-designed silhouette in MJ’s signature line—launched in 1989, the same year as the Air Jordan Flight Club, a mail-in fan club that offered seasonal newsletters, exclusive apparel, posters, and other dope Jordan fan gear. The brand has incorporated the Flight Club moniker across a number of colorways and silhouettes over the years, but it’s …