Nike recently treated sneaker fans to the Air Raid Jungle Gym from 1993 (which we covered here at Sneakerjawns), and now we're getting the 2014 remake. The Air Raid brand has been building some steam this year with the Air Raid Low, Air Raid Jungle Gym, and Air Raid OG, and notably the Nike Air Max 1 featuring in the Live Together Play Together Pack with a Jungle Gym colorway. On top of that, the 90s silhouette is getting releases at the beginning of the year with the Air Raid 2014 remake and the Air Raid Ray Guns. The old silhouette is getting some attention from their makers, that is Nike, to give more variations to the classic style. The Nike Air Raid has much lore to it, designed by Tinker Hatfield as an outdoor counterpart to the Air Jordans, featured in commercials with Spike Lee, hence the Live Together Play Together ethos. The 2014 Black and White Air Raid is not as colorful as the jungle gym, but style doesn't always come with flare. Let's ...
Variants are a way of keeping familiar silhouettes fresh, and Nike is a regular user of this method. In their hands, old classics make great comebacks. Not all classics receive a remix, which somewhat appeases the sneaker puritans. The Air Jordan 5 "Stealth" releases as somewhat of a variant of what we got back in 2006.
As official images have been released, we can examine this latest version to see how it differentiates from its predecessor. Let's take a closer look at the Jordan 5 "Stealth." It doesn't stray far from the original, but the slight color changes make for big changes in tone.
The color scheme has been hyper royal, black, stealth, and white and this remains the same in this updated version. One color change is the royal blue jagged edges in the midsole getting replaced with black coloring. The grey tongue with blue jumpman logo remains the same, along with blue collar lining.
The original continues the blue coloring beneath the tongue, but the updated version opts for black, also a black jumpman logo on the heel instead of blue, and features an icy blue transparent outsole unlike the original. The Air Jordan 5 "Stealth" will released in the states on March 27th via Nike.
