33rd Shoe Review: BrandBlack 'Rare Metal' WearTesters Edition

    Background Information: WearTesters is a website that has information about shoe dates and performance reviews. WearTesters love the brand BrandBlack because BrandBlack provides very nice material in their shoes making the products extremely comfortable. Some BrandBlack product's prices are also very reasonable especially when the company have sales. When BrandBlack have sales the prices of the shoes can go from $90 to $45. 
    Quality: As I said BrandBlack provides great quality material which means a great quality product. The "Rare Metal" model is a basketball shoe and is extremely comfortable and it's material is jacquard which is becoming very trendy in today's basketball shoes. If protection is what you want in a shoe this is the shoe for you. It provides a very secure fit and great foot and ankle support reducing chances of injury. On the heel of the shoe is the WearTester's logo and the color way of the shoes is the color way of the superhero "Nightwing" from Batman because the owner of WearTesters who is Chris Chase has a youtube channel and is known as "nightwing2303". 
    Traction: 10, the traction on this shoe is amazing imagine the Kyrie 3's traction but also providing cushioning. 
    Retail: $140 
    What to Wear With: Basketball gear is the best option but if you really want to represent WearTesters go to the WearTesters website and buy some the merchandise. Link for WearTester Merchandise: http://weartesters.bigcartel.com/
    Where to Buy:  Finishline, WearTesters, BrandBlack
    Overall Summary: BrandBlack has great quality products even if it isn't a well known brand it is starting to be recognized by shoe reviewers. The "Rare Metal" is one of the best basketball shoes in the business and shouldn't be looked over. 

Special Edition Dress Shoe Review: Cole Haan Garret Grand Cap Toe

    Background Information: Cole Haan may be expensive, however they are probably the most comfortable dress shoes in the market. This is not only because of the quality Cole Haan uses but it's relationship with Nike material. Cole Haan soles sometimes associates it's shoes with  lunarlon(which is a material nike uses for most of it's running shoes). For example the Garret Grand cap toe has a lunarlon sole making the shoe extremely comfortable. 
    Quality: Beside from the shoes excellent comfortability, the material is great. It's material is real leather which makes the shoe have a very pricey retail price. The shoe is very simple and well done and can match with almost anything.

    Traction: Traction isn't really needed for a dress shoe since people don't really run in dress shoes. It's really about how comfortable the shoe is. 

    Fit: You can always buy your true size, however if you want a perfect fit get a half size down. 

    Retail: $230 

   What to Wear With: Obviously formal clothing such as a Suit or this can also be worn in with blue jeans. 

   Where to Buy: Cole Haan Outlet store

   Overall Summary: Even though Cole Haans are very pricey, they are super comfortable and last a long time. The Garrets Grand's can be found for sale at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont. Specifically these pairs are on sale at F.O.C for $120 so if you need super comfortable dress shoes I recommend these. For $120 these are considered to be very cheap and the shoe is really great because that comfortability on the shoe helps people who have foot gout or those who have really sensitive feet. 

30th Shoe Review: Air Jordan XXXI "Why Not"

    Background Information: Russell Westbrook plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder for the people that don't know who he is, Westbrook is the person who broke the record for most triple doubles in a season and is most likely to be named MVP of the NBA. This limited release of the Jordan 31 is designed for Westbrook and is very different from the other 31's as you can see in the image. The shoe is called "Why Not" is because it's Westbrook's motto. These shoes released on April, 29, 2017.
    Quality: Everything about this shoe is amazing. From start to finish, all the material is amazing and used really well on the shoe. Three logos are displayed on the shoe. The Jordan Jumpman is on the Elephant skin area, the swoosh is usually where it is, and Westbrook's logo is located on the tongue of the shoe. What makes this shoe stand out so much is the sole. Usually the sole on a Jordan 31 is like this...

however the sole on "Why Not"is the sole of the Jordan 29 which has more stability and traction. (the sole on the "Why Not" is the image shown below).

    Traction: 10 since the Jordan 29 has great traction. 

    Fit: True to Size

    Retail: $185

    What to Wear With: Basketball Gear or Joggers 

    Where to Buy: You won't find these for retail prices anymore since they did release in April. However you can find these shoes where people resell them. Online websites like Ebay or GOAT

    Overall Summary: These shoes are amazing and will definitely have a rise in price when Westbrook wins the MVP race. If you come across these shoes for $245 or less they are pretty cheap. But hopefully some of you reading this got these for retail and hopefully Russell wins MVP.