basketball shoe

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It’s a small appearance, but one that makes clear the Jordan’s ascendancy from basketball shoe to streetwear staple to common accessory with formal tailoring.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

“I was designing the shoe with the idea that I needed a real basketball shoe that the best basketball player in the world could play in,” Mr. Moore told slamonline.com in 2018.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

Why does a basketball shoe have lights in it?

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

A key shoe style was a $1,000 logo-printed, high-top, lace-up shoe reminiscent of the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star, the iconic sneaker first introduced as a basketball shoe in 1917.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2019

Coen Gilbert and Houlahan founded and led AND1, a basketball shoe and clothing company before turning to B Lab.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2016