Jumping Into The New Year With New Colorways

James Clark '18, Staff Writer

It’s 2018, time to bring you some kicks.

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We’re going to start off the New Year with the Air Jordan 1 High OG All Star Los Angeles. The shoe starts with a black premium tumbled leather all around the upper with leather detailing on the ankle and the Swoosh logo on the side panels. Then gold is then placed on the Swoosh outlining, the Wings logo on the ankle, and the Nike Air branding on the tongue. Concluding the shoe is black rope laces, insoles displaying a map of Los Angeles, a white midsole, and an icy blue translucent outsole. This shoe released on January 10th at $160.

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The second shoe of 2018 is the Air Jordan 1 Retro High Equality. The shoe starts with a split black and white upper with the upper portion of the shoe in black nubuck and the lower half in white leather. The shoe finishes in  gold lace dubraes with “EQUALITY” written on them as well as “EQUALITY.” on the heels of the midsole. An interesting feature is Carmelo Anthony’s Jordan PE logo placed on the tongue instead of the Jumpman or Nike Air. This shoe released on January 15th at $145.

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The next shoe is the Air Jordan 13 Olive. It starts off in a full suede upper, the classic basketball sneaker continues in black, true red and light olive. Black suede replaces its traditional leather and mesh makeup, followed by the olive accents covering the midsole and heel. True red accents are applied on the branding to complete the look. This shoe released January 20th at $190.

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The final shoe of the first month is the Air Jordan 10 Cool Grey has a cool grey hue across the nubuck and leather upper that continues towards the tongue, lining, laces and midsole. The only contrasting detail is seen on the outsoles with a multicolor color scheme. This shoe released on January 27th at $190.

That’s how we are going to start off 2018, with some heat.