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In 1991, young superstar Michael Jordan had one of his best years yet in the NBA. In this year he captured his first NBA championship, led the league in scoring with an average of 31.5 points a game, took home a second league MVP award, and secured the finals MVP award, all while wearing one of the hottest and most wildly-designed Air Jordan shoes in the history of Air Jordan – the imposing black and red, Porche 911-inspired Air Jordan 6’s
In the history of Air Jordans, heck – in the history of basketball sneakers, the 6’s were a masterful, iconic stroke of form and function. A genius balance of functionality and style that remains one of the most unforgettable and cherished pieces of modern footwear.
How could this all-time sneaker be topped? How do you encore the 6’s? This question was surely front and center, as MJ and Nike design guru Tinker Hatfield got to work on designing the 7th shoe in the Air Jordan lineup…
Jordan 7 concept sketch, 1990
MJ wearing the “Olympic” 7’s, as part of the legendary Dream Team USA Olympic basketball team
MJ and MJ (wearing the “Bordeaux” 7s)
“Hare” Jordan advertisement
Hare Jordan commercial
Music Credits:
- “I Wanna Sex You Up” – Color Me Badd (from the album C.M.B.), 1991
- “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” – P.M. Dawn (from the album Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience), 1991
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana (from the album Nevermind), 1991
- “2 Legit 2 Quit” – Hammer (from the album Too Legit To Quit), 1991
- “Presenting the Hook” – John Williams (from Hook Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1991
- “Only Time” – Enya (from the album A Day Without Rain), 2000
- “New Horizons” – Bo Westman (from the video Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me), 1989
- “The Choice is Yours” – Black Sheep (from the album A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing), 1991
- All other music from the YouTube Audio Library and the Immortal Soles Podcast
