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Air Jordan is a line of basketball shoes produced by Nike, Inc. Related apparel and accessories are marketed under Jordan Brand.. The first Air Jordan shoe was produced for basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls on November 17, 1984, and released to the public on April 1, 1985.
The startup company was founded by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, [7] Greg Schwartz, and Chris Kaufman in 2015, [8] and launched in February 2016. [9] [10] Luber had previously founded StockX's predecessor website about rare sneakers called Campless (established during 2012–2013), [11] [12] a site which was featured in Josh Luber's TED Talk on the sneaker market. [13]
Jordan scored 37 points in the contest. After the game, Jordan gifted the shoes to ballboy Preston Truman, who assisted with the visiting team's locker room. The shoes get their name from the documentary miniseries The Last Dance, which focuses chiefly on Jordan and the 1997–98 NBA season. The shoes were sold by Truman in 2020 for US$215,000.
The Air Force 1 kept its original form and features, with the deconstruction occurring on the tongue and the laces. Abloh removed the signature Nike Swoosh logo that is placed on both the inner and outer section of the outside of the shoe and restitched in the same original place, showing all the stitches.
Consumers started to collect, trade and resell sneakers in the 1970s, and the sneakerhead subculture came to prominence in New York City during the 1980s. Sneakers such as the Adidas Superstar and Puma Suede were popularized by b-boys and hip-hop artists, [4] and Nike's Air Jordan line revolutionized the industry with its marketing linked to superstar basketball player Michael Jordan.
Jordan used 'Benson & Hedges' logos, except at the French, British and United States Grands Prix, which was replaced with "Bitten Heroes". This was a reference to the stylized drawing of a shark on the nose and the fin on the side of the car, which had replaced the Hornet since 1998 and the accompanying lettering "Buzzin Hornets".