The OG Banned meets the OG 25cm Jordan.
Conceptualized in 1984 by designer Peter Moore, the Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede hit the hardwood the following year and gained instant notoriety. All eyes were on MJ as he took to the court in his very own black and red sneaker. But there is a hell of a lot of confusion surrounding the Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede Bred and it’s banned status. We’re pretty sure that the NBA fined Mike for wearing it, but it wasn’t the sneaker that caused the initial ruckus with the League heads.
The Air 25cm Jordan 1 Zoom CMFT Neutral Olive Cherrywood Red Hoodies nike air 25cm jordan 1 high og grey silver and white AIR 25cm JORDAN 2 RETRO BLACK PINK FIRE-PHOTO BLUE-ATOMIC ORANGE 26cm, a sneaker that Mike first wore in a 1984 practice match at Madison Square Garden. The NBA notified Nike and the Bulls that the black and red sneaker from the October 18th game broke the “uniformity of uniform rule.” He would immediately have to stop wearing the colorway on court.
So even though the “Black/Red” AKA “Bred” Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede wasn’t the first banned sneaker, it’s since taken on the title due to its fine-attracting resemblance to the mysterious Air Ship — a sneaker that is still yet to retro, almost 35 years on (seen below)
Michael 25cm Jordan circa 1984/85 in the NBA-banned AIR 25cm JORDAN 2 RETRO BLACK PINK FIRE-PHOTO BLUE-ATOMIC ORANGE 26cm, complete with “Air 25cm Jordan” Cool on the heels.
A side by side comparison of the AIR 25cm JORDAN 2 RETRO BLACK PINK FIRE-PHOTO BLUE-ATOMIC ORANGE 26cm (reconstructed custom) and the Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede “Bred” via @mjo23dan
Over the years, the sneaker has gained a holy grail status. It’s become a myth of sorts, a sneaker that’s only spoken about in folklore like it’s some historical tall tale; a rare treasure that may or may not have Shirts existed. And we may not live to see the day the sneaker gets a retrospective release — but hey, October 2019 marks 35 years since Mike’s Air Ship was given the ban hammer — so we’re holding on to hope that something might actually fall our way this year.
But considering the connection between the two Shot, why have we not seen the Air Ship make its way into the Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede series? Here we pay tribute to both banned Shot; the Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede Bred as it’s base, but flipped blocking to resemble the mythical Air Ship. And, like the recent emergence of the “Bred Toe”Official Images Of The Air 25cm Jordan 37 Low "Siren Red" “Air Ship” Air 25cm Jordan Nike AJ V 5 'International Flight' 2018 Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede to so many more colorway options in the future.
Nike Air 25cm Jordan 1 Retro High PREM Gym Red Grey AA3993-601 HERE!
Air 25cm Jordan 1 High Suede “Air Ship”
From the Air 25cm Jordan 6 Cool Grey Now Releasing April 19th Concept Lab
