today i'm going to be breaking down the difference between an og air jordan 1 low
and a retro air jordan 1 low and there's going to be a lot of people saying that these shoes are the
exact same and there's nothing to worry about but trust me when i tell you they are not the same and
if you didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show on this channel i love breaking
down sneakers like this and showing you the differences between the styles cuts and materials
and especially while this influences the value of these shoes as well so if you haven't already
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be the next one to get us there so with videos like this i love to start with the box and then go
with the bottom of the shoe and work our way up so let's go ahead and remove the shoes and break down
the boxes first when it comes to the og air jordan 1 box this is something that is very similar to
the one that we saw back in 1985 and they're bringing this back now giving us that nostalgic
vibe on the og retros that we're currently getting in this time and typically on these boxes you see
a lift off lid with the all black top with the red nike with the swoosh and then that the same
thing on the sides and the size tag in the front and on the size tag it reads air jordan one low
og retail 130 bucks now when it comes to the air jordan one low retro this one right here is a very
different box right you have a regular hinge door lid right here you have an all black box with the
gold jump man no other hits around the box and on the side tag it reads air jordan one low retail
90 bucks so just off of first glance when it comes to the boxes it's easy to tell off of that
and when it comes to the retail price right typically we talk about og lows they're going
to be a little bit higher simply because they come better when it comes to the quality and
execution on the sneaker which we'll talk about a little bit later in the video but this is a quick
look at the two boxes and an easy way to tell the difference between the two whenever you see them
just in the box one thing that i always love to talk about on this channel as well is the history
of a sneaker and how it even got to this point so one reason why people love the og low so much is
because they try to recreate the original versions back from 1985 and we saw this specific colorway
in particular released back in 85 as well when you think about chicago's brands royal shadows
metallics different colorways like that and you see it on an og model whether it's a high top or a
low top people are going to naturally gravitate to it and easily cause the price to increase because
of it and that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the retro models it's just that
they're a little bit different and they don't have as much nostalgia behind them and the quality just
isn't really the same as well which we'll get into in a second so starting with the outsole on these
two sneakers as you can see everything is pretty much identical obviously the color is different
but besides that you got your normal air jordan 1 outsole now going up to the midsoles everything
right here exactly the same as well all white with the white stitch and obviously this could change
based on the colorway of the sneaker but when it comes over to the overall print the shape and the
form of the shoe and everything like that it's the same thing now this is the part of the video
where things start to differ when i pick up the og low and i feel the materials on the upper because
that's something that most sneaker heads typically do they always want to understand the quality of
the shoe this is going to feel like a pretty soft leather it feels like yes if it does crease it's
going to be fine because it's not going to be like a crack or like a crazy wrinkle like the
cheaper type of leather that you would see on a jordan sneaker so for that in particular people
really appreciate that now when i pick up the retro air jordan one low if i feel the leather
and the materials on it it feels a lot more stiff a lot more smooth and it doesn't really have that
premium vibe to it even though yes these two shoes are barely over a hundred or just under a hundred
dollars you still have a nicer feel when it comes to the og load and the reason why i decided to do
these two shoes in particular because they're both leather obviously the colorways are different but
there are going to be different variations when it comes to materials on the uppers and things
like that but i'm telling you overall as a whole yes there's going to be unique situations but as a
whole these are two good representations of these models now another thing that i want you guys to
look at on the og low is the cut on the leather you can actually see the cut and the finish
and the kind of rough edges right here around the toe box or anywhere around the other lines that
you see where the materials may be overlapping and the different leather pieces that go throughout
the upper now when you look at the retro low yes it does have a similar shape but we're actually
talking about the cut when they cut this leather they actually tuck it down and you actually have
a whole different look it doesn't really have that rough edge it's almost like a more clean
and refined look and some people may even like that look and i understand why they do because it
does give it a little bit more of a professional look so for that i think it's kind of 50 50 and
you would have to decide which style do you like more when it comes to the overall presentation of
the cut of the leather now looking at the tongues of the sneakers you have a mesh right here but
it's a lot more stiff on the retro compared to the og style and these are a lot more flimsy and less
thick when it comes to the overall padding that's inside of the tongue i always call these like a sb
jordan 1 kind of vibe it gives you a little bit puffier ankle and a puffier tongue but one thing
that i don't like about the tongue as well it's a little bit more extended and when you wear the
shoe the tongue sticks up really high in front of your shin so that's always something to be aware
of when you're talking about putting this shoe on and putting this shoe on another thing that a lot
of people really love about the og tongues as well like i said without having as much padding it kind
of gives you more of a free-forming feel inside the shoe and it feels just a lot more comfortable
a lot more relaxed without that stiffer foam kind of restricting your foot movement these
both come with standard flat laces and you have your loopholes here at the front now as you can
see right here this one's cut in and this is more of a piece that is attached over the top
and then on the tongue of the retro you have a jumpman embroidered and then on the og style
you got that nike air and this is something that everybody loves to see as well and definitely a
reason why shoes have more value simply because of the nike air another thing to note as well the og
style comes with an additional pair of laces and the retro doesn't so if you want to switch it out
you're going to have to go find another pair or use a pair from an old pair of shoes that you
may have already had in your collection so that's always something to consider as well now taking
it to the sock liners and the insoles the sock liners the materials look pretty similar on these
in particular but the insoles have a different look on the retro you have a jumpman and on the
insoles on the og's you have a nike air the og definitely brings more of a nostalgic vibe when it
comes to rocking that shoe and seeing the nike air and like i said earlier that's always a big factor
for a lot of sneakerhead now going to the back of the shoe you can see you have the air jordan
wings logo but it definitely looks different right this one's more embroidered on the rear end of the
heel a lot bigger and in a different placement compared to on the og at the top end that's more
stamped into it and it's on a different piece of material and this has a lot to do with the
cut of the sneaker which we're going to get into now when you put these two shoes side by side you
could say oh yes they both look the same but when you really start to break down the tail end of the
sneakers the overall height the width especially the cuts and where the materials are placed you
can definitely tell there is a huge difference on just the overall height around the ankle area
and then the actual materials and where they're cut and placed at the ends so if you look right
here on the retro you can see you have a little square rectangle this kind of gives you that high
top vibe but more compressed down into a low top compared to here it kind of eliminated that area
that you would see on the high top in the center of the foot around the back end of the heel and
they just brought it down and made it more of a clean look here with less pieces of material on
the back end so when you look at the back end of these two shoes side by side or from the heel on
the back ends you can definitely start to tell the difference when it comes to the overall shape and
the configuration of the shoe another shoe that i wanted to mention in this conversation as well
is something like the travis scott og low now this has the same cut as the og low the only thing that
you're gonna see as a major difference on this shoe in particular is the backward swoosh so some
people may get this one confused is it a retro or is it a og low but when you look at the back end
and you see the tab right here with the black and the blue that's definitely going to be an
easier indicator for you to understand that this is the og low so i personally have highs lows
mids retros retro pluses zooms you name it i got a bunch of different variations of air jordan ones
in my collection i have worn all different styles i wear these styles i wear these stuff i haven't
worn these two color ways in particular but i have worn these styles i haven't got to these ones yet
but this is gonna be my summer rotation sneaker right here but either way i know what it feels
like to wear all the different shoes and i'm telling you right now the og style in my opinion
feels a lot better and i think it looks a lot better as well but i got no shame in rocking my
retro lows either so now let's talk about pricing and demand behind these two shoes and why the
values are so far apart so when it comes to the og load you're gonna have a few things that stick out
that a lot of people appreciate it gives you that nostalgic vibe they come correct when it comes to
the og colorways and the overall materials on the shoes the retros again there's nothing wrong with
it but at the same time you're not going to see on average the same type of materials and the cut is
a little bit different than that og nostalgic vibe so that kind of diminishes the value a little bit
now obviously you're going to have those special releases that might be worth a little bit more
than your average everyday og low and stuff like that there's always the different variables
but on average between the two you're naturally going to see a og low be worth a lot more money
than a retro low and at one point not that many people even wanted a og low everybody
was so fascinated about the high tops and then they realized that the high tops were going up
in value so they started to resort to the og lows and then those started to go up in value
so then they went to retro lows and now people are starting to buy jordan mids and again i own mids
in my collection as well i don't like the new mids because they're not as good as the old mids which
we could have a whole nother video about that one if you want to see the differences between the two
because when it comes to new mids and ole mids man i'm telling you right now they are not the
same but either way that's a little bit off topic let me know what you guys think down below in the
comment section how do you guys feel about this did i miss anything let me know what i missed
and also let me know if you plan on going after one shoe or the other or which ones you have in
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the hunt for these two shoes and may have never owned it before and they want to know which one
feels the best or which one has the best materials or or whatever you know they might have a bunch of
different questions that i might not answer so let me know what y'all think down below in the comment
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