Jordan's, Playstation 4, and Labron James

Contemporary Icons

           

            The three contemporary icons that first came to mind for this era of popular culture is Michael Jordan tennis shoes, Play station 4, and the great King Labron James. It seems to me that these three pop culture icons arrive in many of the conversations I have with the adolescent groups I work with on a weekly basis through a youth program called Ambassadors. I realize how important fashion is to everyone in this new day and age, because it can easily define one’s personality as well as their popularity. My reasoning for choosing the Nike Air Jordan tennis shoes is because of the demand for the shoe on every release date. Last month I took a trip to Eastland mall here in Columbus Ohio, with my son to purchase him a pair of Jordan’s he has been wanting for a while. Every store that sold Jordan’s told me they were sold out of the shoe within the first hour of opening. I thought to myself, WOW that’s a lot of money the Jordan brand company just made. Then one of the employees from the shoe stores randomly told me the price of the shoes, he said they were priced at $245.00. I couldn’t believe it.