Jordan 6 Retro

The pristine white upper of this Jordan 6 Retro is powerfully offset by deep blue highlights, creating an elegant sneaker filled with bold contrasts. The first of these appears on the outsole, whose central Midnight Navy section has jagged edges where they run up against the translucent areas cutting in from each side of the forefoot. Another angular piece of see-through rubber can be found below the heel, which is capped by an opaque section in Midnight Navy. Circular indentations of varying sizes provide grip under the forefoot and heel, while a large white Jumpman seems to soar beneath the arch of the foot.

The translucent rubber of the outsole extends around the edges of the midsole to make a wavy edged formation on each side of its forefoot and form a broad frame for the window either side of the heel. Air cushioning is revealed within, delivering supreme comfort to the wearer. The rest of the midsole brings together pieces of polyurethane in two tones: white and Midnight Navy. A thick strip in the latter tone ripples up and down the lateral flank and tops the translucent part on the medial one, before white covers the rest of the medial side and the heel. Hints of white fill in the spaces on the lateral side and a tiny portion of Midnight Navy shows up on the medial forefoot to complete the compellingly curvaceous patterning of this supportive structure.

Meanwhile, the upper is completely wrapped in high-quality white leather. Two layers of the material have been crafted to make its surface, the underlayer visible around the forefoot and on the flanks in the gaps created by the zig-zagging overlay placed there. The heel is then encompassed by a large panel that reaches up to the front of the collar and the rear edge of the midfoot. Perforations of different sizes show up all over the sneaker, giving it plenty of ventilation. Many fill out the underlayer on the sidewalls, and larger ones can be seen in the protective ankle coverings that bulge out either side of the collar, with smaller ones apparent in front and behind them.

Fine embroidery punctuates the heel, firstly in the form of a Midnight Navy Jumpman, then with the word “Air” woven through the leather below it in white. Above this, a Midnight Navy heel pull with a white band embossed through its center loops up out of the top of the collar, which itself is lined with a plush white fabric. This padded material reaches down inside the shoe, covering the inner walls all the way to the insole, which switches to Midnight Navy and has a white Jumpman brightly displayed upon it.

Elsewhere, the exaggerated tongue rises up above the top of the collar, once more in an eye-catching Midnight Navy hue. Two square-shaped windows have been cut into its peak, just below an embossed set of intermingling Air Jordan text. The lower part of the tongue returns to elegant white, its exterior marked with yet more ventilation holes, and the white laces tied up over it are firmly secured both by a white shroud embroidered with a Midnight Navy Jumpman and a plastic toggle in the same rich shade of blue. A final Jumpman logo has been printed into the center of this lace lock in white, thus rounding off this Air Jordan 6 with another eye-catching tonal contrast.