Weekly Heat Check Featuring Adidas and Air Jordan Brand

The first month of 2021 hasn’t been shy with the number of great releases. This week’s Heat check will be featuring sneakers from both the Adidas and Air Jordan brand families. This week’s featured sneakers from Air Jordan are the Air Jordan 4 WMNS Starfish, Air Jordan 5 Low Chinese New Year, and Air Jordan 9 University Gold. For Adidas, we are presented with a new colorway for the Adidas Yeezy Boost 700 named “sun.” 

The official colorway for this Adidas Yeezy Boost 700 is sun. The upper for this sneaker is a mixture of mesh and suede materials with a majority of the upper displayed in a bold yellow tone. Contrasting the upper, a black and turquoise meshed material is centered around the toe box. The sneaker is rounded up by a tangerine colored boost midsole with black rubber outsoles. This shoe is going to release on January 23 for a retail price of $240. You can purchase these on release day from retailers like Footlocker, or before and after release on the GOAT and StockX apps.

The official colorway for this Air Jordan 9 is black, dark charcoal, and university gold. The upper for this shoe is two-toned between black and dark charcoal and is featured in all nubuck leather. You can see flashes of the university gold on the tongue logo, sock lining heel, and midsole branding. This shoe is going to release on January 30 for a retail price of $190. You can purchase these sneakers on release day from Footlocker and Champs online and in stores, and on sites like GOAT and StockX.

The official colorway for these air Jordan 4’s are sail, black, starfish, and light smoke grey. This shoe draws much inspiration from the technical materials used in spacesuits. The upper consists of a combined black and starfish orange metallic mesh, which is then complemented by matte wings and heel tabs. The midsole and sole can be seen featured in sail, smoke grey, and starfish orange. This shoe is going to release on January 22, for a retail price of $200. You can purchase these sneakers on sits like StockX for prices variating on the size, and from retailers like Footlocker.

The official colorway for this Air Jordan 5 Low is sail, chile red, optic yellow, pearl, and white. This shoe possesses a lot of distinct features. One of the most notable being the sail tear-away canvas, which reveals a multicolored print underneath. We see many banner logos included on the heels. Behind the tongues is the word “ACTION” in the netting. This sneaker also has graphic insoles and comes in its own specially designed box matching the sneaker’s design. This shoe is going to release on January 23 for a retail price of $215. You can purchase these shoes on both the GOAT and StockX sites for variated prices.