Jordan 3 Retro

The clean white upper on this Jordan 3 Retro is highlighted with a series of colorful elements and classic AJ3 features to make for a highly desirable sneaker. Its outsole brings together the three tones found across most of the design, beginning with Cement Grey, which covers the blocky grip patterns around the edge of the feature and across its center. A compelling shade of violet known as Dark Iris then appears on the oval-shaped pod below the forefoot, where it moves in and out of its circular grip lines, before returning on the Jordan text embossed onto a white section below the heel and the medial edge. Its polyurethane midsole also comes in this latter tone, though a strip of Dark Iris wraps around the back of the foot just above the visible Air cushioning in the heel.

On the upper, more elegant white tones can be found, firstly on the tumbled leather mudguard and then across the main panel, which is made of the same quality material. Its textured surface reaches from the toe all the way to the heel, simple bands of stitching, one on the lateral flank and two on the medial, providing subtle accents on its sidewalls. Dark Iris eyelets sit either side of the bottom half of the tongue, whose exterior is lightly perforated for added breathability, while the top half is flanked by white pieces of TPU. Further up, in the front of the collar, are more Dark Iris eyelets, and the tongue itself is adorned with a richly embroidered Jumpman in black with a Dark Iris outline that lifts the silhouette visually off the white surface behind it.

The shoe’s inner lining is black, in contrast to the Dark Iris hues found on the insole and the back of the tongue. While the latter has a white patch sewn into it, the former hosts a white Jumpman where the heel sits. Around the outer part of the collar, the white leather has been stripped back to reveal a band of Dark Iris material filled with tiny ventilation holes. As it reaches the heel, this violet-colored area moves behind the molded white panel located there, whose upper segment is lined with raised ridges and whose lower section displays a black Jumpman above the word “Air”. Below this is a curvy edged mudguard covered in the Jordan 3’s trademark elephant print graphic, here in a mix of black and Cement Grey, and another such panel enwraps the toe to cap off this memorable design.