In 2023, when Jordan Brand started work on recreating a 2025 reissue of the original black and red Air Jordan 1, that mythical "Banned" sneaker that kickstarted Air Jordan mania when it released ...

Air Jordan Retro 1 Banned -- New Images. Fat Joe posts additional photos of the upcoming Banned Retro 1 High. By Brandon Richard. Oct 11, 2010. COMMENT. words_Brandon Richard. Once ...

The Original 'Banned' Air Jordan 1 Is Back. How Accurate Is the Retro? Jordan Brand’s 2025 release of the black and red Jordan 1 is meant to be an exact remake of the 1985 version.

Nike’s story of the black-and-red Air Jordan 1 makes for sexy marketing: When then-NBA commissioner David Stern saw Michael Jordan wearing the shoes in a 1984 preseason game, he banned them.

(And to be clear, sneaker historians disagree on whether the banned shoe was an Air Jordan or the Nike Air Ship.) But that red and black meant something to Chicago, and to a lot of other people too.

WASHINGTON - 1985: Detail of the "Air Jordan" Nike shoes worn by Chicago Bulls' center Michael ... More Jordan #23 during a game against the Washington Bullets at Capital Centre circa 1985 in ...

NBA bans 'banned' Air Jordan jersey concept Jed Wells It's one of the most iconic stories in sneaker history, Michael Jordan's original signature shoe being 'banned' by the NBA.

Among hardcore hoops fans and sneakerheads, the myth surrounding Nike’s original Air Jordan shoe is canon. Michael Jordan enters the NBA in 1984 with a new style and swagger that, beyond his ...

When Michael Jordan made his NBA debut on October 26, 1984, the budding basketball legend wore a pair of white and red sneakers. According to Nike, they were the now famous Air Jordan 1, Jordan’s ...