Top 10 Jordan Sneakers of 2014

10. Air Jordan 5 “Grape”                                        
      Release Date: May 4, 2013
      Units Sold: 395,138
      Average Cost: US$158.94



9. Air Jordan 8 “Playoffs”
    Release Date: June 29, 2013
    Units Sold: 421,645
    Average Cost: US$157.12

8. Air Jordan 3 “Bright Crimson”
    Release Date: February 23, 2013
    Units Sold: 442,533
    Average Cost: $157.63

7.  Air Jordan 8 “Bugs”
    Release Date: April 20, 2013
    Units Sold: 447,098
    Average Cost: $158.49

6. Air Jordan IV “Toro”
    Release Date: July 13, 2013
    Units Sold: 450,540
    Average Cost: $158.62

5. Air Jordan 12 “Taxi”
    Release Date: December 14, 2013
    Units Sold: 452,583
    Average Cost: $164.19 

4. Air Jordan 3 “Fire Red”
    Release Date: August 3, 2013
    Units Sold: 474,898
    Average Cost: $156.09

3. Air Jordan 5 “White/Black/Fire Red”
    Release Date: January 26, 2013
    Units Sold: 478,708
    Average Cost: $155.57

2. Jordan 11 “Gamma Blue”
    Release Date: December 21, 2013
    Units Sold: 481,678
    Average Cost: $170.86

1.Air Jordan 5 “Oreo”
   Release Date: November 29, 2013
   Units Sold: 505,500
   Average Cost: $161.14

My Top 10 Sneakers OF ALL TIME

My Top 10 Sneakers of all TIME!!! (In no particular order)

1. Travel Fox

 



2. Chuck Taylor Converse

3. Patrick Ewing

4. Nike Air Jordan 1

5. Nike Huarache

6. Adidas Superstar

7. Puma Suede

8. Reebok Pump

9. Nike Air Max 95

10. Nike Air Mag

The History of Sneakers

Sneakers go back a long way. In the late 18th century, people wore rubber soled shoes called plimsolls, but they were pretty crude—for one thing, there was no right foot or left foot. Around 1892, the U.S. Rubber Company came up with more comfortable rubber sneakers with canvas tops, called Keds.

By 1917, these sneakers began to be mass produced. (They got the nickname sneakers because they were so quiet, a person wearing them could sneak up on someone.)

That same year, Marquis Converse produced the first shoe made just for basketball, called Converse All-Stars. In 1923, an Indiana hoops star named Chuck Taylor endorsed the shoes, and they became known as Chuck Taylor All-Stars. These are the best-selling basketball shoes of all time.

Sneakers went international in 1924. That’s when a German man named Adi Dassler created a sneaker that he named after himself: Adidas. This brand became the most popular athletic shoe in the world. Track star Jessie Owens wore Adidas when he won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Adi’s brother Rudi started up another famous sports shoe company: Puma.

During the first half of the 20th century, sports shoes were worn mostly to play sports. But in the 1950s, kids began wearing them as fashion statements. Even more teens followed the fad after seeing James Dean in sneakers in the popular movie Rebel Without a Cause.

Sales of sneakers really took off in 1984, when Michael Jordan signed a contract to wear a Nike shoe called Air Jordans—the most famous sneaker ever made. Even after Jordan retired from the NBA, his shoes continued to be best sellers. As companies like Nike, Reebok and Adidas competed, they changed the way sneakers looked, adding wild colors and some even doing away with laces. Sneakers began to be produced for every sport, including walking, skateboarding and “cross training.”