![]() But aligning himself with new energy like Scott does introduce him to a younger audience of sneakerheads. Don’t get me wrong, after all he’s done, including the heralded HTM Nike sub brand he shared with Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker, and for the global impact and influence fragment design has had on style, sneaker culture and design, Hiroshi doesn’t need a cultural boost. Then there’s Fragment design founder and frontman Hiroshi Fujiwara. But not only does everything Scott touch turn to gold, it’s fresh Fort Knox levels of gilded goodness. And I can’t think of anyone else on the Jordan Brand roster that could’ve made the Air Jordan Dior 1 feel like that $2,200 retail price point made sense. A purple Travis Scott x Air Jordan 4 (Friends & Family) is on sale now for an asking price of $23K on the resale market. Several of Scott’s shoe collabs go for $1,000 or better on StockX or Goat App. Coming from a brand built by Michael Jordan, a man who flew past his contemporaries in his craft and in marketing and endorsements, Jumpman soaring with the “highest in the room” is a match more organic than any dating app could foster. And I’d say that includes everyone else from Drake to Luka Doncic to Zion Williamson. Aligning with a star like Travis Scott has proven to be arguably their most important endorsement deal in the past few years. Scott at Game 7 of the East semifinal game between the Bucks and Nets. So if a majority of the fans lost, who really won this time around with this drop? I wouldn’t so much mind losing out to other fans and fashionistas of the culture, but losing out on kicks before breakfast is something I can no longer do. Saturday morning L’s on the Nike SNKRS app and through online raffles to understand that it’s almost impossible to beat the bots. For real, the only thing that would make me happier than knowing one of our readers was able to get a pair at retail price is if I was able to get a size-12 for myself. If you’re reading this and entered one or however many of the raffles for Travis’ latest kicks, I genuinely hope you were able to get them. Which, sadly is likely more than I can say for anyone who even tries to cop his brand-new shoe release, the Fragment Design x Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 High. To put it in basketball Twitter terms, the man doesn’t miss. He and his team essentially ran a three-year rollout of his last solo album “Astroworld.” Including a groundbreaking performance that merged concerts, content and gaming in an unprecedented way. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.Even by today’s industry standards for record sales, Scott is impressive. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. The most helpful Retail Reference posts photograph the retail pair in similar angles as the most common QC picture angles to make comparing as easy as possible. In a comment, please include the size of the shoe as well as where it was purchased (SNKRs, FootLocker, etc) If the pair you have posted is not yours, please delete the post. Please do not post stock pictures, early pair pictures from Instagram, or any other pictures that are not your own. Retail Reference posts must be of retail pairs you have in hand. This ensures the post is as helpful as possible! Make sure your Post Title includes the Name of the Shoe and the Colorway to ensure it is easily searchable in the group. In order to make sure your post is in accordance with sub rules and won't be deleted, please read the following: Hi there! Thank you for sharing your retail pair as a reference for the group to use for QCs.
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