Jordan 11 Retro 'Rare Air'

The Jordan 11 Retro Rare Air is a limited-run colourway on the 11 platform. Buy it if you want an 11 outside the well-known colour families, in a mid-size that most listings do not carry.

The construction is what you are paying for. The 11 uses a ballistic mesh upper with patent leather wrapping the lower as structural support, a carbon fibre spring plate for torsional stiffness, full-length Air cushioning and a translucent rubber outsole. It was built as a performance basketball shoe in 1995 and the engineering has never been diluted.

This suits collectors who already own Bred, Concord and Space Jam and want something that will not be on three other people at the same event.

Limited-run 11s are made in far smaller numbers than the annual holiday releases and never return. Sizes 9.5 and 10 sit in the highest-demand band, which is where availability disappears first.

Sizes 9.5 and 10, one pair each. Deadstock, verified in hand at our Dallas location. Jordan 11s run half a size large, so size down.