Appreciate the Cheerful Colours of Jordan 1 Low Easter Pastel
The Air Jordan 1 is the trainer that started it all, marking the beginning of the most iconic lineage of trainers in history. In many ways, it's responsible for launching modern-day trainer culture as a whole - and it almost didn't happen.
History of Air Jordan 1
As the story goes, the year was 1984, and Chicago Bulls' rookie Michael Jordan was a hot commodity for endorsement deals, with trainers naturally being paramount.
Jordan had just come off a stellar college basketball season at the University of North Carolina. He wore Converse and was a personal fan of Adidas, so he took meetings with both companies, but they never reached a deal. It seems strange today, but at the time, Michael Jordan hated Nike - so much so that he refused to take a meeting with them.
He was persuaded by his mother, Deloris Jordan, to visit the Nike campus in Oregon and listen to their pitch. His plan was to go through the motions to appease his parents and agent but he ultimately left with a contract unlike any other.
Rather than walking in the shadows of established athletes like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird (which may have been the case had he signed elsewhere), Michael Jordan shone in the Nike limelight. He was paid more than any other athlete with a trainer endorsement at the time. Nike made him the face of its growing presence in basketball, and gave him his own trainer line - called Air Jordan.
Jordan 1 Low Easter Pastel
The Jordan 1 Low Easter Pastel gets its name from its soft pastel colour scheme. These shoes update the classic low-top Jordan 1 profile with shades of purple, pink, aqua and grey. A soft yellow Jumpman logo and Nike Swoosh complete the shoe's bright, summery aesthetic. The upper is made up of layered leather strips that add dimension to the shoe while the synthetic sole has a fun, two-tone colour scheme. To increase breathability for the basketball shoe, Nike has added perforations in the toe and the nylon tongue of the shoe.