The sneakers that were released for one second at Biden’s inauguration, soared to 8.8 million won What is the identity?

The sports shoes worn by the president and his family at the inauguration of US President Joe Biden are a hot topic online.

CNN said on Twitter on the 23rd (local time) that a video of Senator Amy Cloversha’s speech at the inauguration ceremony of President Biden was posted on Twitter. Reported that he paid attention to.

‘Air Jordan 1 OG Dior’ was created in June last year by Nike in collaboration with’Dior’, a high-priced French brand.

It is a limited edition with only 4700 families distributed around the world, and the list price at the time of launch was measured at $2,200 to $2,200 (2,200,000 to 3 million won). Due to the limited edition, it soared to 17 million won in Korea. It was less than a second that these sneakers were caught by the camera.

However, the story of “Someone wore’Air Jordan 10G Dior’ at the inauguration ceremony” spread on social media, and netizens began to pay attention.

Afterwards, interest intensified when media reports that the owner of the shoe was the niece of Vice President Kamala Harris. As the video spread rapidly, the price of sneakers started to jump again.

After the inauguration ceremony, the minimum price of these sneakers on the online resale market platform was 8,000 dollars and 8.84 million won in Korean currency. The price is far more than four times the price. It is known that five transactions were made on this day alone.

In response to the news of her husband’s sneakers, Vice President Harris’ nephew Mina Harris tweeted, “I only knew now that my partner had spent so much money on this pair of shoes.”

In addition, the Nike Air Jordan 1 Mid Sister Hood, worn by President Biden’s granddaughter Meiji Biden, also became a hot topic.

The sneakers, priced at $125 (138,000 won), were sold for more than double the price on a used trading site the day after the inauguration ceremony.

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