Air Jordan
XV (15)
Head Designer: Tinker Hatfield
This was it. The first shoe after Michael's
retirement. It could't have been easy
for Nike/JB to decide to release a shoe
when the athlete that was 100% connected
to this product had just retired. But
the decision turned out to be good.
Prada rip-off or original flying
design
The design of the XV's originated from
the air craft X-15 which was developed
by NASA during the 1950's and was, to
say the least, a bit radical.
The tounge of the shoe was sticking out
in a style that very much made your thoughts
go directly to Michael himself and his
tounge sticking out. The sides of the
shoe were in a woven pattern.
Many people said this was a rip-off of
a Prada shoe when it comes to the red
stripe at the back of the shoe. Maybe
the Prada shoes were inspiration sources
for Hatfield as well, but that's very
uncertain.
The slip-on Moc
This time there were not only high and
low-tops released but also so called Mocs.
Stylish and cool to be worn in summertime
or on the beach but maybe not that great
to ball in.
If there were many factory variants when
it came to the XIV's then we'd have to
say that for the XV's there was an army
of them. Once again in horrible colors
and very bad quality.
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