{"id":893480,"date":"2019-02-14T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=893480"},"modified":"2020-10-01T09:55:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:55:29","slug":"air-jordan-6-black-infrared-throwback-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/air-jordan-6-black-infrared-throwback-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Jordan 6 Black\/Infrared \/\/ Throwback Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning to Fly.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, February 16, the Air Jordan 6<\/strong> makes its long-awaited and highly anticipated retro return in the classic black\/infrared colorway complete with original Nike Air branding, a model and colorway that surely will evoke deep feelings of nostalgia across multiple age cohorts and throughout the global sneaker community.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In honor of what surely will be a monumental and historic release which coincides with the NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte \u2013 the Air Jordan 6\u2019s birthplace \u2013 today\u2019s Snkrs Day Throwback Thursday<\/em> takes us back to the magical year of 1991 where we pay homage to the greatest player of all-time \u2013 Michael Jordan \u2013 and his Air Jordan 6 – one of the most trendsetting, avant-garde basketball silhouettes ever created.<\/p>\n

The 1990\/1991 NBA season served as the passing of the torch from the old guard \u2013 namely, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird \u2013 to the new guard and generation of NBA ambassadors, led by none other than Michael Jordan, who had ascended atop the NBA and global sports marketing mountain, in the process becoming the most recognized, transformative athlete in the world.<\/p>\n

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Unlike any other athlete before his time, Jordan moved the sport and fashion worlds\u2019 needle by leaps and bounds by virtue of his amazing on-court ability and charming, larger-than-life persona.<\/p>\n

In the process, Jordan transformed and reshaped basketball, sneakers, sports marketing, and consumerism to an entirely different level. Rather, Jordan gave his sneakers life and personality \u2013 an accessory of and extension of his personality, serving as more than merely inanimate objects or pieces of leather and rubber worn on court. Rather, the sneakers Jordan worn on court mirrored and echoed his bright, vibrant, and dynamic personality and playing style, prompting mass hysteria among consumers. Jordan Mania was in full effect.<\/p>\n