today i'm going to be reviewing the air jordan 3 denim and i'm excited to open
this shoe up and see what it's really talking about
so let's go ahead and get into it
oh and here we have it the air jordan 3 denim
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so much and with all that being said it is time to get into this shoe
i talked about it previously in the launch video that i did about a month or
two ago just wondering how is this shoe gonna
look how is it gonna feel i have to really make my decision when the time
comes well the time is here the time is now
and i'm ready to open these things up starting with the box you have your new
air jordan 3 box that we have been typically getting over the past couple
releases this time they went with the white with
the elephant print right here was kind of that blue fade hint right here
similar to the denim vibe that we'll also be expecting on the shoe you have a
red jumpman here on the top all around the box pretty basic and on
the size tag it reads air jordan 3 retro s e
white fire red black retail 200 bucks opening up the box right here you have
your navy elephant print you have some more paper right here with
the white paper and then we got the shoe oh we got the shoe so before we get
started into the review i will be using two different shoes for the comparison
we have the red cement three right here we have the black cement three right
here two different areas two different cuts and then obviously the japanese
denim three that i'll be referring to as well in this video so when it comes to
first look at my initial impression of the sneaker i'm honestly not mad at it
i don't think this is one of the best colorways or one of the top color ways
but it is definitely a colorway that i wouldn't mind having in my sneaker
collection and i'm glad to have these in my size
starting with the outsole you have an all white outsole a red nike hit
and a black pod here on the ball of the foot working our way up to the midsole
you have the same thing wrapping around with the white here and the white stitch
on the toe predominantly white here on the midsole
a white air bubble and then you have your classic black stripe around the
back of the heel similar to the black cement series now
taking it up to the upper i think there's a lot of different things that
people may love or hate about this shoe so let's go ahead and get into the
elephant print first where we have our denim vibe right here with the denim
material with the elephant print here on the toe of the foot the back of
the foot and then here around the eyelids as well
which kind of reminds me of the style with the true blue three
how they have the elephant print here around the eyelids something different
so i kind of see where they call it the fire red three but at the same time i do
also think they're taking elements and color patterns from different sneakers
and meshing them all into this one to create this shoe looking at the
leather on the upper it's fully tumbled it feels really nice
and the mud guard is actually tumbled as well typically on the air jordan 3 we
have a smooth leather with the tumbled leather on the top
but it's all tumbled throughout i think that's a cool hit and it gives the shoe
a different little vibe one thing that i'm not 100
sure on how i feel about this is the eyelids you have a red
white and black i maybe would have preferred more of one color or maybe two
colors but the mix of three i'm not exactly
sure maybe if the black here at the top would have been red
that might have made it look cooler i'm not exactly sure drop a comment down
below and let me know what you think about that so one thing that i'm sort of
disappointed about these as well is this is a 200
shoe it's got more of a premium vibe a more premium feel
but at the same time typically on an air jordan 3 you have a hang tag with it
and then maybe you could have another extra pair of laces that could come with
it as well with the newer retros these don't come with the extra pair of laces
or a hang tag i think it would have been a super dope
addition if they would have had a hang tag that was translucent
like the back tab here on the heel so let's go ahead and get into the heel of
the shoe they have a red nike branding printed on the back of the foot
with a translucent tab a jordan jumpman logo and then a red air right below that
a lot of people saw the images of the japanese release and thought that was
the one that would be coming to america too
but unfortunately that was only a japan exclusive and on the back of those it
says not e key and then it has the air underneath
that and everything like that which is essentially nike in katakana which is in
japanese but i'm just so mad that those didn't
come out here because i really wanted to get those ones i think just for me
personally in my japanese background i think that those just really hit home
and i gotta have those somehow and i'm gonna find my way to get those in my
collection looking at a couple more things here around the corner of the
foot you have a red here with the perforated dots and then you have a
black sock liner something similar like how they have
been doing now on the more recent air jordan ones
i really appreciate these materials on the sock liners me personally i think it
just feels a little bit better when a shoe is on foot looking at the insole
you have a red nike air and then all white insole and another
thing that i really appreciate about this shoe
is that they did the classic og cut style tongue on here
similar to the red cement three or like the unc threes i think when they did
this right here on the tongue and gave you that old school vibe
they got to keep doing that because i'm telling you right now i'm loving that
hit on the shoe so the reason why i brought out the red cement 3
is to show you guys how they were able to imitate this mold
and create that here on the retro here or like i said the unc 3 something like
that this shoe still comes with that similar
tongue and a similar cut and a lot of people really like this cut
so i just wanted to show you guys how they are
very very similar obviously the color blocking can make the shoe look a little
bit different but overall at the end of the day i think this cut of the shoe
is very very important because we remember when the black cement 3 came
out a few years ago and the cut of this shoe honestly was
not that good a lot of people didn't like it
but they had to respect it and they had to be okay with it because that's all
jordan brandt gave us you can clearly see the difference
around the ankle the material the padding
all these different things the way the toe turns up the cut and the finish of
this shoe is just completely different to this
style more similar to that og look in that og
feel so i think when we had this right here it was kind of a letdown but we had
to accept it anyways but i think a lot of people are happy
with this cut and that brings me to think a sneaker like this down the line
is eventually going to rise in value because the style and the cut of the
shoe so i went to instagram and i asked the people like i always do
if you haven't already follow me on ig so that way you can participate in the
polls and the results will be posted here on the videos
and what i asked the people like i always do i said is this shoe fire
or is this shoe trash 79 saying fire 21 saying trash i completely understand
the people that said trash just because it's not like an og colorway
they may have messed up on the color blocking or maybe it just wasn't a shoe
that they weren't feeling and then i can also understand the people that said
fire the shoe is dope it's something
different it's got a unique vibe with the back tab
especially i think it's something essential for the sneaker collection
if you're somebody who likes having air jordan 3's with different types of back
tabs similar to the air jordan 4 or something
like that so for me personally i think this is a dope hit
and a nice addition to the collection especially if you can grab it for retail
or just under retail because i think over time the shoe is
going to be worth a lot more than what it is now so originally i saw this shoe
reselling for around 300 bucks right before it had came out
the price slowly goes down after the drop and i think over
time if you wait maybe like a katrina three or something like that
typically the price ends up going up maybe a year or two years maybe even
three years later but i think if you're able to get it for
a price right now closer to retail it's going to be worth it because i
think this shoe right here is very unique and it's definitely gonna be a
cool addition to the collection it's a white shoe
so there's definitely a high percent chance of people buying the shoe now
wearing it messing it up and then a year or two years from now being like damn i
still wish i had a pair next thing you know they're worth 350
bucks and you're gonna be like man i'm glad i caught these at 225 or 200 or 190
or whatever it is the type of deal that you're able to get
on a shoe like this so let me know what you think about this shoe down below in
the comment section is it fire is it trash
is it worth copying is it just completely terrible are they going to
tank in price and never be worth nothing are they going to skyrocket and be worth
a lot of money let me know how you feel about this shoe i'm excited to hear what
you have to say my name is dj i'm signing out i got to
go i'm gone peace
you