Jordan Designers Detail The Creation Of The Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 Retro
Jordan Brand is ready to roll out the Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 “Bred” ahead of its expected February launch. After resurfacing the fabled story... © Sneaker News, 2025. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us The post Jordan Designers Detail The Creation Of The Air Jordan 1 Hi '85 Retro appeared first on Sneaker News. The post Jordan Designers Detail The Creation Of The Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 Retro appeared first on Sneaker News.

Jordan Brand is ready to roll out the Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 “Bred” ahead of its expected February launch. After resurfacing the fabled story of Michael Jordan’s banned sneakers, the Jordan Brand Instagram account suddenly went incognito, wiping its feed before disappearing off the grid. Now, retail partners for the upcoming Air Jordan 1 release are sharing some inside footage of the shoe to detail the design behind the iconic Retro.
You might be thinking: what’s there to design? Given the shoe’s forty-year history, there might not seem like much to do bringing back a time-tested sneaker. Despite that, there hasn’t been a true one-to-one replication of the original, although the Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 does come close.
The design team at Jordan reveals that they started from the ground up. “There wasn’t a recipe book left behind by the original team. We had to basically create this from scratch, sorta reverse engineer it,” says Jason Grisby, Jordan Product Director.
Sources close to Sneaker News confirm that the Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 will be an extremely limited release, with only 23 total retail partners chosen to partake in the launch. Each of these shops will conduct their own promotional roll-out of the shoes with a “white-glove” presentation.
We’ll have a full store list of the Air Jordan 1 Hi ’85 soon; for now you can check the list of retailers as well as the promo video below. Don’t forget to see the latest updates on our Jordan Release Dates 2025 page.
WHERE TO BUY
Air Jordan 1 High 85
Retailer | Release type | Status |
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KICKS CREW | Aftermarket | Aftermarket |
Nike SNKRS US | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Sneaker Politics | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Concepts | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
WOODstack | Standard | Coming Soon |
BAIT | Standard | Coming Soon |
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