FAMILY FIRST
JUST DON X JORDAN BRAND
The SNKRS Stash in Los Angeles featuring the Air Jordan II 'Just Don' GG is available only on iOS.
When Don Crawley [Don C] debuted his first collaboration with Jordan Brand at the beginning of 2015, everybody wanted it. The Just Don Jordan IIs were replete with exceptional leather in a rich royal blue, quilted and constructed with the highest eye on quality. But there was one problem: not everyone could get their size.
The newest chapter in the Just Don Jordan story is for everyone who was left out: the “Arctic Orange” colorway will only be available in Grade School sizes, meaning everyone who was unable to fit into previous releases, including Don C’s own family, will get a shot at this new colorway.
“My family couldn’t participate in the last couple of Jordan releases so it felt good to allow them to take part. This collaboration is not only for my blood family but my extended family – all my friends,” explains Don. “I am excited to put family first for this drop and expand my Jordan collaboration to everyone,” explains Don.
Jordan Brand stands for more than a single gender or size run, so it’s important that everyone gets the opportunity to be a part of something truly special. The date of the release is no coincidence. The shoes are set to drop on May 13, a day before Mother’s Day, and the color, close to a dusty pink, is a perfect match for that weekend. “I thought pink was swag, but my boy [at Jordan Brand], was the one who picked the actual pink and was like ‘Yo, we should roll with this color,” Don C explains.
The swag isn’t just in color, though. It’s also stitched into every piece of the shoe. When the Jordan II was introduced in the 1980s it was produced at the highest standards in Italy, and every pair of Just Dons represents an extension of that heritage. “The Air Jordan II is one of my favorite Jordans because it was the originator of luxury sportswear,” Don C says. “When Nike produced the first pairs in Italy they really had a take on quality fabrication of a basketball sneaker so that’s why to me it’s one of the most iconic silhouettes of all time and it is the originator of luxury sports shoes.” Don has created his own micro industry around producing the most luxurious sportswear out there, a pattern that the Jordan IIs fit neatly into. But he does all of it for his family.
“My family motivates me every day,” Don C says. This newest Just Don Jordan II is the perfect opportunity to let that motivation express itself in quilted leather and supple suede – a gift from Don to those who are normally left out.
Catch the Air Jordan II 'Just Don' in Grade School and Big Kids’ sizing on May 13th at retailers listed below, and at justdon.com:
ATLANTA – Wish
BOSTON – Concepts
BROOKLYN – Kith
CHARLOTTE – Social Status
CHICAGO – 32 South State & RSVP
CLEVELAND – Xhibition
LAFAYETTE – Sneaker Politics
LEXINGTON – Oneness
MIAMI – Sole Fly
NORFOLK - Crème
ORLANDO – Trophy Room
PHILADELPHIA – Ubiq
TORONTO - Capsule