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The History of the Air Jordan

  • The Birth of the Jordan I

    The Birth of the Jordan I
    The day Nike graced the world with Michael Jordans first signature sneaker. The motto Nike had set up for this event was "Notorious" which is a great choice of words for the beginning of a legacy.
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    Jordan 1 reign on the cout

    Time period in which Michael Jordan played in this silhouette, which was cumalitive to an NBA season( counting the playoffs)
  • Jordan 1.5

    Jordan 1.5
    Though this model of the jordan looks very similar to the first shoe that relesed, it was taken very differently by the masses becasue of it being a hybrid shoe( combination of 2 models) This shoe actually isnt listed as being part of Michael Jordans history of shoes because it was never made public, but he wore these during the time after his Jordan 1s were created and before his jordan 2s were getting ready to be done.
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    Jordan 1.5 Reign on the Court

    This shoe was being worn in the proces of the development of his 2nd signature series.
  • The Creation of the Jordan II

    The Creation of the Jordan II
    With great success coming from the Jordan 1 "Peter Moore" went back into the labs to develop the Jordan 2 signature shoe that drew aspirations from a womens italian boot. This shoe was acrtually the first and only nike shoe to be completely made over in Italy, While having completely Italian leather.
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    Jordans reign on the court in the jordan 2s

    Jordans reign on the court in his Air Jordan 2s were very dominant.
  • Jordan III

    Jordan III
    WIth Jordan on a limb thinking that he did not want to be with Nike anymore,the legend was close with cutting ties with the popular brand. But with great persuasion from his father he then stuck with the brand indefinetly.
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    Jordan 3 life span on the court

    While in the shoes michael jordan was seen creating the phenomenal dunk from the free throw line as he won the slam dunk contest in these shoes, as well as winning MVP at the All star game as well.
  • Birth of the Jordan IV

    Birth of the Jordan IV
    In this particular sneaker Michael Jordan started to gain great momentum as he was voted into his 4th allstar appearance. In these shoes he made famous the classical "Shot" that he hit over Craig Ehlo of the Cavailers in the first round of the playoffs.
  • Jordan V

    Jordan V
    In this Silhouette it is told that inspiration came from one of the WorldWarII fighter jets. In these shoes Jordan was elected to his 4th consecutive scoring title along with being named to yet anotrher AllStar Ballot.
  • Jordan VI

    Jordan VI
    In the Jordan 6s I believe it was one of the most significant Jordans shoes to date with him winning his first NBA Championship in these very sneakers.
  • Jordan VII

    Jordan VII
    In the jordan 7 Michael goes to great lenghts to win yet another championship . While not only hoistering a championship in his 8th season he also manages to lead the 1992 US Olympic basketball team to one of their first gold medals in the sport in years.
  • Jordan VIII

    Jordan VIII
    In the Jordan 8s this unique shoe brings a different style to the game with a new double strap technology on a sneaker. Michael Jordan takes his bulls team to their very first 3 peat championship in the history of the franchise in these sneakers,
  • Jordan IX

    Jordan IX
    This silhouette was actually one of the first signature shoes that Michael Jordan never stepped on the court to wear. With his father passing in late 93 and Michael deciding he wanted to take a step away from the game and persue baseball these were the first michael jordan shoes to be converted into a baseball cleat, in his short season.