GS/Men size jordans made differently?

• Aug 26, 2012

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martian

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I've always had this question come to mind. Maybe somebody on here might have the answers.

There is always a slight difference between GS and men's size.

** None of these pictures are mine, they are directly from google ** I take no ownership unless stated otherwise.

Retro 4

Pay attention to the midsole area, notice the difference?

MENS:

GS:

Retro 5

GS "23" on the back end of the shoe has a smaller font and men's "23" has a larger font size

MENS:

GS:

Retro 7

The tongue is attached to the sock liner in men sizes and GS has a real tongue which can pop out.

What do you guys think? Another thing is GS sizes get exclusive color ways from both jordan and Nike brands. Most of the time different materials are used between the two.

What retro Jordan color ways were made exclusively for men's size?

 

• Aug 26, 2012

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futuredhughes

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Has been the case for a while.

Smaller shoe/foot, so they have to design them a bit differently.

I guess they change the materials because they're kids shoes.

Self explanatory.

With the case of the 4s, the midsole change was done because the shoe isn't "long" enough and would look weird.

As a wise man once said, "that's just the way it is."



To answer your other question though, the GS crowd gets some heat too though.

Mens only colorways:

GS only colorways:

 

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• Aug 26, 2012

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This has been the case forever. Even the children's 3s from back in the day had the huge elephant print panel on the toe. The kids' shoes aren't big enough to have all of the details on the men's pairs. Most of the time it's the laces holes (i.e. AJ 3, 4, etc.) A lot of the time, different materials are used as well, sometimes better on the GS sizes.

 

• Aug 26, 2012

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MartiaN said:

What retro Jordan color ways were made exclusively for men's size?

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All of the LS and most of the Limited retros. Off the top of my head: Thunder and Lightning IVs, Grape Vs, Chambray VIIs, 05 Altitude XIIIs, CG IIIs, DTRT IIIs, Tour Yellow IVs, Ceramic VIIs, Mist Blue IVs, Olive Vs, Burgundy Vs, those black/carolina Vs, both the white and the grey Chartreuse XIVs, the DMPs. That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

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• Aug 26, 2012

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LimitedRetroOG said:

All of the LS and most of the Limited retros. Off the top of my head: Thunder and Lightning IVs, Grape Vs, Chambray VIIs, 05 Altitude XIIIs, CG IIIs, DTRT IIIs, Tour Yellow IVs, Ceramic VIIs, Mist Blue IVs, Olive Vs, Burgundy Vs, those black/carolina Vs, both the white and the grey Chartreuse XIVs, the DMPs. That's all I can think of at the moment.

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• Aug 27, 2012

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I guess they just do that to distinguish the difference between GS and regular sizes easily.

 

• Aug 27, 2012

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limitedretroog

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zzzlll said:

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The retros are mens only...

 

• Nov 28, 2012

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Are the Columbia retro+ any different? My friend is a size 4.5 and she has the columbia 4's. The midsole is just like any other 4's from this year with the pods on the side.

 

• Nov 28, 2012

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johnandrew13 said:

Are the Columbia retro+ any different? My friend is a size 4.5 and she has the columbia 4's. The midsole is just like any other 4's from this year with the pods on the side.

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Nope. They were the same I remember seeing a 4.5 and they looked like this size 6.5

 

• Dec 10, 2012

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LA-CA said:

Nope. They were the same I remember seeing a 4.5 and they looked like this size 6.5

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Back then, kids had a choice of choosing the midsoles with the pods, or the ones without it.

 

• Mar 17, 2013

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Are there any differences in the model XI help me please

there  are diffrecnes in air jordan III

 

• Mar 17, 2013

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johnandrew13 said:

Back then, kids had a choice of choosing the midsoles with the pods, or the ones without it.

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I don't think that's true except for size 7, which they make in both men's and gs.

 

• Mar 17, 2013

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MartiaN said:

I've always had this question come to mind. Maybe somebody on here might have the answers.

There is always a slight difference between GS and men's size.

** None of these pictures are mine, they are directly from google ** I take no ownership unless stated otherwise.

Retro 4

Pay attention to the midsole area, notice the difference?

MENS:

GS:

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i feel bad to some of the girls & kids that i know... the midsole is one of the best part of this shoe

but nike had no midsole problem in this youth size flight 89

both are gradeschool

they also have no problem having Nike Air & that price tags on the F'89s

 

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• Mar 18, 2013

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guys what abaout GS and MEN in XI Bred or coll greys. i have auction with ds col greys 100 usd but GS and  men for 250 i have 7 us. Please help me