The Air Jordan 9 is one of the most significant Air Jordan sneakers in history, because it released the same year that Michael Jordan retired. This black,white and red colorway works extremely well on this Air Jordan 9 silhouette. It construsts of a leather upper surrounded by a durabuck, material, which made it very sturdy. The stitching on the upper seem to form a pattern which got smaller as u moved your eyes from the back of the shoe to the front. This could have been away to sort of focus you sight either from back to front or front to back. Enjoy it.