Air Jordan
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brand of shoes and athletic clothing designed, owned, and produced for Michael Jordan by Nike
Key facts
- Product type
- Basketball shoes, sportswear shoes and clothing
- Owner
- Nike
- Country
- United States
- Introduced
- November 17, 1984 ; 41 years ago ( 1984-11-17 )
- Markets
- Worldwide
- Website
- nike.com/jordan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- brand
- Subclass of
- footwear
- Country
- United States
- Industry
- fashion
- Sport
- basketball
- Official website
- www.nike.com/jordan
- Image
- 2023 Buty Nike Air Jordan.jpg
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- Commons category
- Air Jordan
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- social media followers
- 414000
- inspired by
- Michael Jordan
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Encyclopedic overview
Air Jordan is a line of basketball and sportswear shoes produced by Nike, Inc. The shoes, related apparel and accessories are now 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 shoes were designed for Nike by Peter Moore, Tinker Hatfield, and Bruce Kilgore. The brand's logo, known as the "Jumpman", originated from a photograph by Co Rentmeester that was taken before Jordan played for Team USA in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Air Jordan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.