Air Jordan 5 RETRO Raging Bull Red Suede

Designed by Tinker Hatfield and released on 30 May 2009 as part of the Air Jordan 5 line. This release has a suede upper in Varsity Red/Black. Raging Bull is the Air Jordan 5 in red suede, and it is the clearest example of the line using material rather than graphic to make its point. Red, black and white have worked as Jordan brand colours in their own right since the Chicago years, and the bull reference is the same idea the brand returns to whenever it wants the palette to feel like an animal instead of a uniform. Rendering the 5 in a full red suede removes the contrast panelling entirely, so what you notice is the model's shark tooth midsole and aggressive lines, not its colour blocking. It is a loud shoe made loud through texture as much as tone.