The Air Jordan 5 Retro SE ‘Top 3’ combines design elements from a trio of the silhouette’s OG releases. The nubuck upper is drawn from the Black/Metallic Silver colorway, complete with lace locks, quarter panel netting and Nike Air branding on the heel. The embroidered ‘23’ is taken from the Fire Red colorway, with that shoe’s red midsole mashed up with metallic silver shark-tooth detailing.
Legendary AJ5 silhouette by combining the shoe’s three OG colorways onto a single form: Fire Red, Metallic Silver, and Grape Ice. But rather than trying to out-compete each other, notice how the blacked-out suede upper harmonizes these colorways on the shoe’s signature design elements, like the padded tongue and “shark-teeth” midsole lines. In the way that great teams work together, these OG colors combine to create a whole new look that sets it apart from its predecessors.
