Virgil Abloh presents a new vision of Air Jordan 1 X Off White University Blue

In one of the latest pieces from the Swoosh’s work with Virgil Abloh, we get a look at the Off-White x Air Jordan 1 Powder Blue. Of course, most people will know this isn’t Abloh’s first attempt at rethinking the Air Jordan 1.
Highlighting his first official collaborative release with Nike, the Air Jordan 1 has been an object of fascination for the designer for quite some time. In fact, this shoe represents our first real look at what is now recognized as an Off-White staple.

Back when Virgil first walked onto Nike HQ in Oregon, he picked out a few shoes and spent the day taking them apart and literally going at them with an Exacto knife. The Air Jordan 1 would be one of those selected models.
Virgil cut open several sections and decided he wanted to reveal all of the goodness that went into putting this shoe together. This inspired his overall take of deconstruction, giving us this unique look on an all-time banger.
Virgil Abloh seems to be particularly fond of Nike and an hard fan of Jordan 1 as well.

Here, we get the UNC flip on last year’s more Chicago-themed pair. The shoe’s build is effectively the same. As such, it sports that high-grade leather and tangible notes of exposed design.
This is our third look at the shoe, having also recently seen a White iteration release. At this point, we know the story behind the structural design and, though it’s significant, that may not be what drives the hype of this release.

Unlike the previous pairs, the UNC model comes with a more contemporary background. It references a time before MJ was in the league, but sports a color scheme that has been a Summer favorite for decades.
Jordan Brand has made quite the habit of dropping the lighter shades of Blue during the hotter months. The results have been nothing but encouraging thus far.

 We could be looking a potential "UNC" color way of the Virgil x Air Jordan 1 silhouette.  The continuation of Nike's collaboration with Off White creator, Virgil Abloh, is speculated to drop May 2018 for a retail price of $169.99 USD.  The "University Blue" color will feature orange stitching this time around and set to be a regional exclusive release.  Just like the last color way of the Virgil Abloh x Air Jordan 1 release, available exclusively in Europe, this sneaker is set to drop in the only in the US.  As for the retailers of the shoe, there hasn't been any information on the subject.

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