Air Jordan Release Dates
The Air Jordan XIV (14) was released in 1998/1999.
This was the very last Air Jordan model that Michael would sport in NBA before his retirement. On January 13th 1999 Michael announced his retirement from the NBA basketball for the second and final(?) time.
Retired in style The design was inspired by Michaels car, the Ferrari 550 M, and was made by Tinker Hatfield together with Mark Smith. A great stylish design and a great shoe for Michael to end his NBA career in.
This was the first Air Jordan that would feature laces with metal tips. Something that both the XV’s and XVI’s designs also would use.
14 = XIV The XIV’s also begun the trend of having a number of things that would count towards the model# of the shoe. On the XIV’s each shoe had seven jumpmans; ferrari-like shield, insole, sole, back, 2 x lacetip and front. Counting them on both shoes makes it a total of 14 (XIV) Jumpmans.
Again, lots and lots of fakes/factory variants went to the market and colorcombos that were horrible were seen here and there.
Original
White/Black
White/Black-Varsity Red
White/Black-Oxidized Green
Black/Black-Varsity Red
Black/Black-White-Indiglo
White/Obsidian-Columbia Blue (low)
Varsity Royal/Black-White (low)
Light Ginger/Black-White (low)
Retro
Black/Black-Varsity Red
White/Black-Varsity Red
White/Black-Varsity Red-Metallic Silver
Retro+
Light Graphite/Chartreuse-Black
White/Chartreuse-Black
Wht/Blk-Deep Forest Green-Light Graphite
Black/University Blue-Metallic Silver
Wht/Pacific Blue-Met S-Bright Ceramic (low)
Black/Pink Ice (wmns)
White/Varsity Red-Linen (wmns)
White/Cerise-Classic Green (wmns low)
Samples
White/Black-Oxidized Green Samples
White/Black-Columbia Blue Samples
White/Black-Varsity Purple 34 Samples
White/Black-Green Samples
Source:SolePedia
