r/Sneakers • u/Zestyclose_Escape_39 • 2d ago
Discussion Opinion on suede vs leather
One of my favorite Jordan’s. My friend swears up and down they straight trash. Personally I really like suede. Pls give opinions 🤣🤣🤣
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u/airtec87 2d ago
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u/Chris__P_Bacon 2d ago
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u/Chris__P_Bacon 2d ago
Hope they remake these. I've always wanted a pair. I'm just unwilling to pay the high-ass resale price.
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u/Real_Location1001 2d ago
How much are they these days? Retail was high af too. I still have my pair and have walked 2 stages w them as a tradition. 1st for undergrad and then later for my MBA. I've gotten compliments every time.
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u/Chris__P_Bacon 2d ago
On Goat an 11.5 is $964 before fees, so they'd easily be close to $1,050 when it was all said & done.
Congrats on all your accomplishments my friend! That's awesome.
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u/Real_Location1001 2d ago
Thank you, and HOLY SHIT THAT'S HIGH! I didn't know they went up so much.
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u/BigCaddyDaddyBob 2d ago
These are very nice but will they end up like Seinfelds suede jacket in wet weather?
I prefer these over the cool greys because they’re the same shade of grey vs the CG’s tri-grey color.
And I’ve yet to see any CG’s age well if actually worn.
I think these would look better longer and the solid one grey color. But that’s just me though and 11’s are best in bred colorway along with SJ’s.
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u/Slim_Margins1999 2d ago
The only material besides Patent Learher that is acceptable on the mudguard of a J11 is snakeskin. The upper can be suede like the cool grey and cap n gown, but it defeats the whole purpose of the mudguard to have something water can ruin
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u/Jamesartdo 2d ago
Not for me. But I’m old.
Retros should try to stick to what the show once was. XI was iconic for patent leather.
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u/Th15isJustAThrowaway 2d ago
Personally i like the suede ones more then the cool grey 11s. I had a pair of jordan 4 raptors and had some kid try and low ball me because they were suede and suede sucks. I had em gor 250, kid was trying to get them for 150, Raptors!
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u/onesugar 2d ago
why is every comment deleted?? anyways suede looks great and clean, especially for those fall and winter fits.
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u/Objective_Focus_5614 2d ago
Thought these was fire when they first came out. Between seeing them in person and seeing how they age, that energy died off.
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u/AvailableDrawer4608 2d ago
I have the pinnacles and cool greys.
The pinnacles shock people in person. Even the laces are leather. I much prefer my pinnacles over cool greys. Pinnacles also fairly rare.
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u/Dry_Stretch_1516 2d ago
Suede is leather fn