The Curious Case of the Air Jordan 1 KO

The Air Jordan 1 is quintessential to Jordan Brand, in the same way the box logo tee is to Supreme, the shell chair to Modernica, and the companion figure to KAWS. It's a shoe of firsts: Michael Jordan's first signature silhouette, the first sneaker to clear $500K USD at auction, the "first" shoe to be "banned" by the NBA (at least, that's what Jordan Brand would like you to believe, most aficionados know the silhouette that was "banned" was in fact the Air Ship). In short, the Peter Moore-desig...