Aaron Hope 
The confluence of a Christmas 2011 Air Jordan XI Retro ‘Concord’ release and the past few years’ general trend toward elegant if simple colorways has resulted in this spring being totally inundated with the kind of sneakers that are always on store shelves, yet often get overlooked for flashier builds. Spring ’12 is the season for black and white designs, this new adidas Originals ZX 500 reminding us that the real reason these kinds of looks are so popular is that this one is just as plausible as an OG from 1984. So not only are you getting the hottest palette of the young year, but on a silhouette with serious experience and that nod-worthy old school look; the question now is not whether you’ll get a pair, but which size to grab from Three Stripes stores like SNS.
