Summer of 96 is when Chris met Beth. Its a deeper meaning of love for both of them especially with the woven material. That was the point. Something that tells their love story fused into the love of the Jordan 1 silhouette which is loved by many. Fire pair of kicks
These had to grow on me as well. I hated the first images of them, but began to love them over time. I ended up copping a pair. The leather is so buttery soft. I think they're very underrated right now.
Good idea. Come to think of it, a Jordan 11 with a fully woven panel instead of patent leather might have been dope. Personally, I went the opposite way with these compared to you. I loved these when I first saw them because they looked weird, the story was so-so, and as the release got closer, I realized I’m not giving up anything I have to make room for these. And I’d probably not wear it much. So come release day, easy pass.
I actually think the women's Elevate one is a little better looking, though that one seems way more difficult to style. Both of them are amazing though. Nautica-Win jacket is looking good too 👌🏻
I love the shoe. I'm glad some stayed away and allowed people who really like it an opportunity to buy on their site. The clothing line was also pretty damn good. I copped a backup so i can customize... the Bred conversion is 🔥🔥🔥
I love my pair personally! I really appreciate Union doing something different but also made it neutral enough to wear with different things. It's def unique so I understand the mixed reaction.
But I guess the "summer of 96" for Chris and his wife is the idea of when they met and both of their favorite shoes (AJ1 and footscape woven)? Either way I am also still not 100% with the shoes. Hopefully you can make a custom to make it better, would be a great vid.
Nice shout out to Eddie Win, he had by far the least amount of subs and views back in the sneaker youtuber boom days, probably because he never bought into the hype and clickbait stuf.. Slowly grinded and now has a Nautica collab. Inspiring really.
I love that this video brings up a great point: no one has ever touched the AJ11. I wonder if it’s that no one has the nerve to do it, if no one has any decent ideas, or if the shoe just doesn’t loan itself very well to anything interesting. If they age it, people will say that it’s lazy. If they change any of the few staples of the shoe, people will cry blasphemy. I’m really torn as to what could be done, you can’t even really deconstruct them either. I think the self-lacing version is about as close to an outside the box approach as we’ll ever get (materials, colors, etc.).
I think they are dope, glad I had no issue picking up a pair from Union. Let people sleep on em, its all good. People say they want something different, and they did it, so I appreciate the uniqueness and letting the woven material speak, not the colors
Bro they hold Jordan 11 sacred, they not gonna let people do collabs on that model. Never have & never will probably. Only a few Jordan 11 Collabs. You should know that. The Summer of 96 is because that when Chris from Union met his wife who runs Bethie's Beauty Supply.
Summer of 96 is when Chris met Beth. Its a deeper meaning of love for both of them especially with the woven material. That was the point. Something that tells their love story fused into the love of the Jordan 1 silhouette which is loved by many. Fire pair of kicks
These had to grow on me as well. I hated the first images of them, but began to love them over time. I ended up copping a pair. The leather is so buttery soft. I think they're very underrated right now.
Good idea. Come to think of it, a Jordan 11 with a fully woven panel instead of patent leather might have been dope. Personally, I went the opposite way with these compared to you. I loved these when I first saw them because they looked weird, the story was so-so, and as the release got closer, I realized I’m not giving up anything I have to make room for these. And I’d probably not wear it much. So come release day, easy pass.
But I dont think the 11 was possibly as personal to Bethie or Chris in 96 like the Footscape or the Jordan 1 so it wouldnt make that much sense
what do you guys think of these aj1s? thanks for watching!
I saw someone cut where the teal stitching was and made lows they were cool
🔥💯💯🫡
I actually think the women's Elevate one is a little better looking, though that one seems way more difficult to style. Both of them are amazing though. Nautica-Win jacket is looking good too 👌🏻
i like the sportswear review. Plz do them more.
I appreciate the effort but I can’t rock ‘em. Thanks for the video always on point 👏🏾👏🏾
I hate most of Nike's sneakers because of the horrible quality of materials that they use. But, I love the look of these.
I love the shoe. I'm glad some stayed away and allowed people who really like it an opportunity to buy on their site. The clothing line was also pretty damn good. I copped a backup so i can customize... the Bred conversion is 🔥🔥🔥
I think they look awesome. It is really different and unique compared to anything else ever made
These look like they’ll easily be creased. I haven’t worn mine and little scared to. However it looks super comfy
I love my pair personally! I really appreciate Union doing something different but also made it neutral enough to wear with different things. It's def unique so I understand the mixed reaction.
🔥🔥🔥
I think I’ve done 180s on a lot of unions collabs.. especially these and the 4s
Has anyone seen someone cut the woven out??
But I guess the "summer of 96" for Chris and his wife is the idea of when they met and both of their favorite shoes (AJ1 and footscape woven)? Either way I am also still not 100% with the shoes. Hopefully you can make a custom to make it better, would be a great vid.
Nice shout out to Eddie Win, he had by far the least amount of subs and views back in the sneaker youtuber boom days, probably because he never bought into the hype and clickbait stuf.. Slowly grinded and now has a Nautica collab. Inspiring really.
I love that this video brings up a great point: no one has ever touched the AJ11.
I wonder if it’s that no one has the nerve to do it, if no one has any decent ideas, or if the shoe just doesn’t loan itself very well to anything interesting.
If they age it, people will say that it’s lazy. If they change any of the few staples of the shoe, people will cry blasphemy. I’m really torn as to what could be done, you can’t even really deconstruct them either.
I think the self-lacing version is about as close to an outside the box approach as we’ll ever get (materials, colors, etc.).
I think they are dope, glad I had no issue picking up a pair from Union. Let people sleep on em, its all good. People say they want something different, and they did it, so I appreciate the uniqueness and letting the woven material speak, not the colors
Removing the swoosh will make them look a lot better
I wish they had some color, I don’t hate the woven part but just solid cream all over is a little boring…
Sadly Jordan brand dont allow collabs with 11s
Wore mine the other day, got a lot of likes guys and some women who aren’t really into sneakers,I have the men’s version
Mecca, Wu Wear, FUBU, Karl Kani
🔥 shoe
Bro they hold Jordan 11 sacred, they not gonna let people do collabs on that model. Never have & never will probably. Only a few Jordan 11 Collabs. You should know that. The Summer of 96 is because that when Chris from Union met his wife who runs Bethie's Beauty Supply.
Girbaud jeans and soldier reeboks.
Don't forget the triple x white t-shirt with the sticker still on it
Just copped for 100
Overrated IMO but if you like them, that's cool too.
I dont mind the woven design but when i found out that these were just meant to push forward the Air Footscape Woven silhouette, i just have to pass.
Not nice
Union dropped the ball on these…
L take
FUBU FOOTBALL JERSEYS
People wont like this until they start reselling... hypebeast trash
these would look good on girls not guys 😆
Horrible shoe, looks like a wanna be baseball.😂
I think the Union collab is booty, and the Balvin Jordan 3's look like a LGBTQ collab. No thanks on both.
Balvin AJ3 are like 4 colors short of a rainbow lmao.