{"id":903803,"date":"2019-05-07T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=903803"},"modified":"2020-07-14T03:16:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T07:16:52","slug":"why-the-nike-sb-x-air-jordan-1-begs-to-be-worn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/why-the-nike-sb-x-air-jordan-1-begs-to-be-worn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Nike SB x Air Jordan 1 Begs to Be Worn"},"content":{"rendered":"

original photography by Rob Mata<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Box fresh” Air Jordans<\/strong> have been a thing since people were using money in sneaker boxes to buy them.<\/p>\n

Simply put, MJ was the cleanest guy on and off the court. From the gold chain and crew socks on the hardwood in the ’80s to the Ferraris and suits upon arrival in the ’90s, being like Mike was all about looking the part in polished fashion.<\/p>\n

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Michael Jordan in the Air Jordan 1 “Banned”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Mike was best known for keeping his Jordans clean, said to rock a fresh pair every game and occasionally switch shoes at half, his original model, the Air Jordan 1<\/strong>, was being championed and worn in a whole different way by a whole different bunch.<\/p>\n

The sneaker of choice not just for ballers in the ’80s, skaters and artists were rocking the AJ1 on the regular with Lance Mountain and Keith Haring among the early adopters.<\/p>\n

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At the same time Buggin’ Outs of the world were keeping their Jordans clean with a toothbrush, the rebels of the world were getting their pairs dirty with a paint brush.<\/p>\n

Such was tributed on the Lance Mountain x Nike SB x Air Jordan 1<\/a> release in 2014 which painted mismatched “Banned” and “Royal” 1s as a tribute to how Mountain and a world of skaters behind him kept their 1s war-ready in the ’80s.<\/p>\n

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