Concept Lab // Air Jordan 6 “30th Anniversary”

Each and every year, Jordan Brand looks to honor their respective milestone anniversaries with some special and considered releases. OG retros of the respective sneaker is a given, like next year’s Air Jordan 6 “Carmine” for its 30th birthday, but there’s often a special-edition release, too. Last weekend’s 25th Anniversary “Jubilee” Air Jordan 11honored the silhouette in a traditional sense, issuing the pair with a sample-inspired design and decking it our with silver accents — the traditional material gift for a 25th anniversary. It’s with this theme in mind that we’ve taken to creating our very own 30th Anniversary Air Jordan 6 — a special-edition sneaker we’d love to in celebration of Mike’s sixth signature sneaker.

Of course, we don’t quite know exactly what — if any — special commemorative release will arrive for the AJ6 in 2021, but if we had our way, it would look a little something like this, incorporating both traditional and modern 25th-anniversary gifts of Pearl and Diamond. We’ve imagined a mimicked pearl finish at the outsole pods, lace locks, and rear clips, as well as a subtle pearl-like glistening sprayed across the University Blue upper. The latter is wrapped in traditional white leather overlays, while tongues, heel pulls, and sole units arrive in a Tarheels-friendly navy blue. Embroidered branding at the tongue shroud and heel arrive in uni blue, and the pair is completed by an oversized faux-diamond Jumpman hangtag.

Take a look at our vision here below, and stay tuned for more from the Concept Lab in the future. If you have any dope ideas or work of your own, we’d love to hear and see them, so be sure to drop us an email here.

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Air Jordan 6 “30th Anniversary”

From the HOUSE OF HEAT Concept Lab