A Farewell to the Air Jordan III

What if the Air Jordan III goes away for awhile? Complex explores this.

BySole Collector

August 29, 2014

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Word has it that the Air Jordan III is going to be put back in the archives for quite some time, and sneakerheads are going to miss it. Russ Bengtson, who remembers when the Air Jordan III first came out, wrote a temporary goodbye to the III--recalling his personal experience with the sneaker. Click here to read it.

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