Air Jordan Melo M11 'Hebru'
Colorway: Black/Reflective Silver · Style code: 814286-050 · Price: $2602 · Availability: Available now
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Carmelo Anthony's eleventh signature shoe with Jordan Brand became a canvas here for Hebru Brantley, a Chicago artist whose recurring characters have made him one of the city's most recognisable painters. The release was tied to the opening of a Jordan Brand store in downtown Chicago, and made in very limited numbers for it, a store-opening exclusive rather than a general release. The artwork covers the whole upper rather than sitting as a print on a panel, continues onto the inner lining, and carries through to a translucent outsole so the graphics remain visible from underneath. Brantley branding appears on the tongue. Black with reflective silver keeps the base restrained enough that the artwork carries the shoe, which for a collaboration built around a painter rather than a colour story is the right call.