today we're going to be taking a look at the air jordan 3 in the dark iris colorway i've definitely
been anticipating this sneaker and have been excited to get my hands on it to give you guys
a review and if you didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show on this channel i love
talking about sneakers and especially giving you guys dope reviews like this so with all that being
said let's go ahead and crack this box open and see what these shoes is talking about so starting
from the outside of the box as you can see right here you have a predominantly black box which is
interesting because the shoe is actually white and i thought they would probably go with the lighter
color box but it is okay because i understand the element with the different elephant print on the
front end right here and then the iris purple whatever you want to call it with the jumpman
here on the back end now going to the size tag it reads air jordan 3 retro white black dark iris and
retail on these is 200 bucks now flipping open the lid of the box right here you have your classic
elephant print paper and then you got the shoe oh you got this shoe okay first impression of this
sneaker i got to fill the materials real quick yeah honestly these aren't that bad i'll give you
guys my full impressions at the end of the video and show you guys other people's stats based off
what they voted but for now we got to talk about the history first so when it comes to the air
jordan 3 in particular this model came out in 1988 and we saw jordan jumping from the free throw line
and i'm sure a lot of people will remember that iconic image and it's kind of cool to see that
they're taking that og 88 style and 88 cut and trying to bring it back to life on all the new
retro air jordan 3's that we have seen over the past couple years so for example the things that
they have done with the tongue and the cut and the shape or the different shapes when it comes to the
toe box and the shaping right here and i'm sure as most people know the air jordan 3 itself is
a very iconic model and when we see something like this with a pretty simple color blocking
i understand it does have that purple vibe to it but either way at the end of the day i know a lot
of sneaker heads are gonna like this shoe so like typical fashion we're gonna start from the bottom
of the sneaker and work our way up and go over all the different styles cuts and materials so you
guys can see more in-depth looks at this sneaker looking at the outsole right here you have your
classic air jordan 3 outsole you have the jordan brand right here with the branding on the back end
typically on the og models you'll see the nike instead of the jordan but because this is a
retro colorway and it's not of an og colorway of the retro i can understand why they put the
jordan right here now on the front end you got that purple right here at the ball of the foot
and then you got your gray and your white on the rest of the shoe going up to the midsole right
here you have white around the toe cap area and then white on the bottom end of the midsole and
the iris purple at the top and on the half of the midsole and looking at the air unit on the inside
this is also a white air unit as well now going to the upper you're going to have a different
mixture of materials you're going to have your elephant print your smoother leather your tumbled
leather your perforated leather more of a kind of suede nubuck on the back end and then you got your
embroidery on the tongue and your plastic tag on the back end so starting with the elephant print
alone like i said this is similar to that og 88 cut so that is cool seeing that element to it
and this has more of that darker print with the darker elephant print on there and when it comes
to the actual elephant print we have seen this in multiple shades and kind of tones to it so
this has given us more of a darker element to it it's not actually a black but got that darker gray
vibe to it just above that you got your classic smooth leather that gives you the mud guard that
goes around the toe and the side of the foot as well and then right above that you have your
tumbled leather that feels pretty good and then you got your perforated leather right here around
the eye stay area and you got your three white plastic tabs right here and then the purple at
the bottom and the top where the lace locks in and then like i said earlier you got the purple nubuck
with the perforations on the back end around the collar and then on the back end right here
on the heel like we were talking about typically you want to go you know everybody wants the nike
air but i completely understand why they didn't do nike air on here because this is a retro colorway
not a og colorway and i like it more personally as an older collector i like to see the nike air
only on the og nostalgic colorways that actually had the nike air on them i don't think the nike
air should be on everything let me know what you guys think down below yes that would look good
on here don't get me wrong but i'm glad and i'm happy that they stayed with the air jordan brandy
now these come standard with a pair of white laces no additional laces or hang tags
sometimes you may see an extra hang tag for air jordan 3 or a set of pair laces maybe depending
on the colorway and what they decided to do but for these in particular there were no additional
add-ons besides what you get for the sneaker now going to the tongue right here you got the
smooth leather at the top and then the perforated leather at the bottom end behind the laces and on
the top end of the tongue right here you got your jumpman branding but it's dope because they have
an outline with that iris purple and then the black on the center of the jumpman as well so it
kind of gives it that little pop and that extra element to it and it almost kind of reminds me
of the kobe 3's and different elements like that on other threes that we have seen in the past so
i always like seeing those different little touches to make the shoe have a little bit more
character to it now behind the tongue you got your purple material and then on the inside of the sock
liner you got your black material now honestly i understand why they did the black with the
different shades but i'm like low-key this might have looked icier if it was like a light gray or a
white material on that sock liner let me know what y'all think down below in the comment section now
going to the insole you got a all purple insole with a white jumpman and that's gonna basically
do it for all the elements and everything that you see on this sneaker right here so now that you've
seen some more in-depth looks at this shoe let me know what you guys think down below in the comment
section and i'm always interested to see how everybody feels about these not only based off of
my opinion but based off of the audiences as well so if you haven't already make sure you follow me
on ig so you can participate in the polls and see all the results here on the channel i basically
asked people the simple question is issue fire or is this you trash this is what they said 83 of the
people chose fire and 17 of the people charles trash and that completely makes sense in my eyes
now when it comes to the demand and how much people like the shoe and everything like that
we know the shoe game is having tough times right now and all the different things but at the end
of the day if you're a sneaker collector and you like shoes and you're able to get the shoes that
you can afford and all that stuff i think this was a really good cop because these are actually still
sitting and available for retail price and some people are actually saying they think this shoe
is going to go to outlets and honestly i think they might have a chance of going to outlets
as well so if you can get this sneaker for 200 bucks or just under 200 bucks you're definitely
gonna be a happy camper i have a strong feeling i have a very strong feeling when it comes to this
shoe in particular give it a couple years from now maybe two three four years i don't know how many
years it's gonna be but i think this is gonna be a 300 350 shoe and people are gonna be like
yo remember we used to be able to get it for 170 now look at it it's over 300 bucks i think this is
easily going to fall into that category the color blocking is simple it's clean people are going to
pull off some dope fits with it i understand the times right now but the financial stuff and how
everybody's got things going on in life i get that but at the end of the day if you are a sneaker
collector and you want to have these in your collection you are able to get these at a very
good price and you're going to be a very happy camper because of it so if you're on the fence i
think yes this is definitely a cop as you can see i added these to my collection as well i was happy
to pick these up and i'm excited to rock these in the future the purple is extremely clean i think
this is a nice twist especially when it comes to air jordan 3's in particular we always see a lot
of red black and whites or other mixtures with different blues and stuff but not as much with
the purple compared to all the other sneakers so again very excited to have these in my collection
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