Air Jordan 3 III

Now Nike needed a new designer to make the Air Jordan III. So they went to world famous Tinker Hatfield. His name is known mainly for designing Air Jordan III-XV, and also making a return on the AJ XXs, but Tinker also designed some really nice Nike’s as well. Tinker and Michael worked hard, talked to each other on what were good ideas, and what could “work”. Air Jordan III HistoryMichael wanted a lightweight shoe, with a lot of durability. So with the Air Jordan 3 they both decided to make them a Mid top, the first mid top to be seen in the Air Jordan shoes. On the AJ III model Tinker placed the famous jumpman logo on the back of the shoe, and adding in a “elephant print” on the toe box. Also the IIIs were the first AJ to have a visible air-sole unit.While Michael was certainly embarrassing defenders many times over by this stage of his still young career, the III truly gave birth to the mystique of “Air Jordan.” As evidenced by his now famous free throw line leap to win the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest, it’s the III and its elephant hide paneling that has emerged to be most iconic. Whether in white or the more dramatic black colorway, the III has gone on to serve as not only a performance innovation, but also a fashion statement the world over, some twenty years later.1987-1988 was an outstanding year for Michael Jordan performance wise. Air Jordan 3 III Mj won the Slam Dunk contest, All Star MVP, All-Defensive First Team and Defensive Player of the Year. Through all this success, he was wearing the Air Jordan 3.Peter Moore (which designed the Air Jordan I and helped on the II) was let go from Nike, as well as Bruce Kilgore. When they had left, Peter and Bruce were trying to convince Michael to leave Nike with them, good thing MJ said no.Also, in 2007, we saw the retroed versions of the Air Jordan III's in two monotone colorways, all black and all white, nicknamed the "Black Cats" and the "Pure Moneys" respectively.In 2007, the "Flips"moved the elephant print from the trim to the entire shoe and replacing it with white leather, indeed "Flipping" the original design of white leather with elephant print trim.In 2009,  Jordan Brand  re-retroed the highy sought after Air Jordan 3 in the True Blue colourcode.