Vibrant and vivid colorways commonly govern the summer months year in and year out. Brands routinely unleash the brightest of sneakers during the three-month period midway through the year when everyone is out and about enjoying the sun. At the same time, we’ve noticed the sprinkling of dark, tonal and subtle-colored sneakers during these months in preparation of the fall and winter seasons. Matter of fact, there has been a number of highly-anticipated, all-black releases during the summer over the years. Today, we take a look back at 12 memorable, all-black sneaker summer drops.
Air Jordan 3 “Black Cat”
During the summer of 2007, Jordan Brand prepared the masses for summer with lively, vibrant colorways of the Air Jordan 3, such as the re-release of the “Fire Red” 3, the Orange Peel-accented Air Jordan 3 “Cool Grey,” the “Do the Right Thing” 3 and the “Pure Money” colorway. The rare “Black Cat” Air Jordan 3 stuck out like a sore thumb in its subtle, all-black allure during the month of June.