Virgil Abloh 亲述 Off-White × Air Jordan 5 联乘鞋款诞生过程

随著潮流人士们引颈期盼的 Off-White™ x Air Jordan 5 即将上市，Virgil Abloh 早先亲自揭露了该双鞋款的诞生过程。在与 Jordan Brand 的方谈中，Virgil Abloh 表示 Michael Jordan 就是他的灵感来源，Virgil Abloh 说：

「MJ was a man who became a superhero. He was jumping from the free-throw line, winning six championships, doing the impossible. In design, I feel like I’m at my best if I can almost mirror how impossible those tasks were. …You could give a kid a bed sheet and tell them to fly. Or you could give them a replica of a superhero cape. They’re going to believe that they’re flying, even though, either way, it’s just fabric. That’s what Air Jordans are to me. Yes, they’re just shoes, but MJ was doing feats in them. If you give a pair of shoes to a kid, and tell them to jump from the free-throw line, that’s their superhero cape. That’s what I love. It’s about believing.”」

不过对于曾和 Jordan Brand 合作的初代「The Ten」系列的 Air Jordan I，Virgil Abloh 认为该鞋款的解构式设计已经是三年前的创意，对此它已经不感兴趣了。也因此 Off-White™ x Air Jordan 5 才会以全新的方式呈现给世人。今回以 Virgil Abloh 父母送给他的第一双 Jordan Brand 鞋款 Black Metallic Air Jordan 5 汲取灵感外，Virgil Abloh 亦试图重新定义 Nike Air 的概念，Virgil Abloh 透过带有洞口的 Air Jordan 5 来扩展他的设计流程，并表示「鞋款内外的空间将存在相同的空气」，这也是为什么鞋盒将会出现孔洞的原因，他希望能够推出前所未有的全新 Nike「Air」球鞋。

包括 Off-White™ x Air Jordan 5 的 Jordan Chicago Collaborators’ Collection 别注系列预计将在 2 月 15 日正式推出，有兴趣各位还请多加留意，届时准时抢购。