Air Jordan 4(1988-1989):This year, Michael Jordan achieved excellence both in the beginning & the end. A.J.4 is the fist retro+& innovative shoes in the history of Nike Air Jordan shoes. The logo of Jump Man is transferred from the back of the shoes to its tongue.
It also applies the advanced technology of visible Air Sole, which strengthens stability & durability & bradyseism. Besides, the vamp is nety, so it wears comfortable. In general, Air Jordan 4 is very cool.
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The Air Jordan 4 took the world by storm in 1989. Along with a career season came a career sneaker.
TiNiker Hatfield once again designed this shoe. The Air Jordan 4 featured many new design concepts. First, the straps on the side for increased ankle support. It was nearly impossible for MJ to roll his ankle in these shoes. The Air Jordan 4 again featured the air sole heel for dded cushioning and a full length midsole. In the White/Black-Cement, the shoe featured a unique texturing nicknamed "Cookies & Cream" for its striking resemblance. The Air Jordan 4 was another masterpiece to the Jordan lineup.
While wearing the Air Jordan 4, Michael Jordan reached new points in his career. Taking home another scoring title with 32.5 points per game, Jordan also appeared in the All-Star Game, First Team NBA, and All-Defense. This year was arguably Jordan's best year despite no championship.
It was in the Air Jordan 4's that Jordan made "the shot" which was a series winning shot at the buzzer to advance the Bulls to the next round in a do or die situation.
Nike continued the Jordan 4 commercials with Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee) and created the famous Can/Can't TV commercial. Spike Lee really liked these shoes personally and gave them some extra promotion in his movie Do The Right Thing.
A classic scene for all AJ fans is when one of the persons in the movie gets his brand new AJ IV's scuffed by a bicycle rider and flips out about it, places his shoe upon a fire-hydrant and cleans it with a toothbrush. Rent the movie today if you haven't it!
Unlike the first series of retro Jordans in the mid-90s, the retro Jordans were an incredible success starting with the Retro Air Jordan 4 in 1999. When the Air Jordan 4's were retro'd 1999 in white/black and black/cement grey it was crazy. Stores sold out after a few hours and everyone seemed to want a pair. As you can see a totally different approach to when the Air Jordan I's, Air Jordan II's and Air Jordan III's were first retroed.
Nike, or Jordan Brand, realized that this was a golden opportunity to cash in so they started releasing so called Retro+ models. These had a similar design to the original but featured new colors or some minor design changes. There have been different reactions to the Retro+ models and not all of them have been positive but they seemed to sell pretty well so probably most people were happy with them.
The Air Jordan 4 is also the first laser etched Jordan retros to be released. An online exclusive created 2 days of chaos across the US as thousands of Jordan heads tried to logon to Nike's website to buy the limited sneakers. Nike released 2 colors of lasered Jordan 4's and there are samples floating around of 2 more colors (all red and all blue).Jordan Brand is set to retro more Air Jordan 4's in 2006. If all rumors are true on releases, there will be a total of 6 colorways released which would bring the total of retro colorways to 16! The Air Jordan 4 is a legendary Jordan shoe and will always be one of the most coveted models in the Air Jordan line.
The most popular Jordan 4 of all time are the Jordan 4 Fire Reds. They are on the holy grail list of just about every Jordan collector and thankfully, they are making a second appearance 17 years in the making. We have dedicated an entire page to the Air Jordan 4 Fire Red. |
