The first two Air Jordan basketball shoes featured a "winged basketball"
logo. The Air Jordan 1 featured the "winged
basketball" logo on the top outside, at approximately ankle level. The Air Jordan 2 featured the same logo, but moved it to the tongue
of the shoe.
Michael Jordan broke a bone in his left foot wearing one of these two designs; somebody told me he was wearing the Air Jordan 1, but others have told me it was actually the Air Jordan 2. In either case, foot damage is NOT a good omen for a pair of basketball sneakers....
The first Air Jordan model featured the "winged basketball" Air Jordan logo on the outside at approximately ankle level. (It's on the blue portion of the pictured shoe.) This picture shows the atypical (for an original) Air Jordan 1 colors of black and blue.
Original versions were made in 1985 and cost $65. Reissues were made in 1994, 2001, and 2003.
There was a distinct subset of the Air Jordan 1 named the "Air Jordan AJKO." The "AJKO" variant was made from canvas. (Some people say that "AJKO" stood for "Air Jordan Knockoff" but they were indeed a Nike product.)
When
I saw these shoes in reissue in the fall of 1995, I was tempted to buy them. (Their design
simplicity reminded me a lot of the Air Jordan 9.) The
reissue had both low-top and high-top versions. The original shoes were made in Italy
during 1986 and 1987. They originally sold for $100.
The "winged basketball" logo present in Air Jordan 1 moved to the top of the tongue. The logo is partially visible through the laces in this
picture.
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