Air Jordan 1 Ko 'chicago' 2021

Released on 12 May 2021 and part of the AJKO line. This release has a canvas upper in White/Black/University Red. The KO is the 1's softer sibling, a version of the same outline built with a lighter, less structured upper, and putting Chicago on it is the sharpest thing the brand can do with the idea. Chicago is the model's founding palette, red, black and white, colours that operate as brand property on their own. Rendering them in the KO's stripped down build takes the most valuable colourway in sneakers and removes the leather that usually carries it. The whole line traces to Nike signing a Bulls rookie on 26 October 1984 because it was losing basketball and needed a face of its own, then watching a 3 million dollar forecast turn into a shoe that passed 150 million.