“If you knew what you had was rare, you would never waste it.” This is one of several inspirational messages hidden throughout Los Angeles based designer Melody Ehsani’s take on the Air Jordan I Mid. Raised in a traditional Persian family, Ehsani manifests her message of female empowerment and self-expression into her vision for the AJI. Making the entire silhouette her own, a decorative gold watch makes for an ideal dubrae, and each quote is hand-lettered.