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Jordan I - 1985

$ 93.00

Released in 1985, the Air Jordan I is considered to be a turning point in basketball shoe design. The Air Jordan I takes its form after an earlier shoe by Nike – the Nike Dunk. Designed by Peter Moore, this shoe gained much of its initial publicity and interest by being banned by the National Basketball Association. The league stipulated that the black and red shoe violated its color rules. Seeing the success of this model, many shoe companies scrambled to emulate the design. Many smaller companies even pirated knock-offs.

Original Jordans came with two sets of laces, one for each color on the “colorway” of the shoe. For example, the red/black shoe came with red laces and black laces. Including “sample” designs, twenty-three different “colorways” were created.