1990
Air Jordan 5 OG 'Fire Red' 1990
Over the course of the 1989-1990 NBA season, Michael Jordan put up numbers that separated him from his peers. Likening his ruthless style to American WWII fighter jets, Nike designer Tinker Hatfield stamped a shark tooth graphic on Jumpman’s fifth Air Jordan sneaker. First released in 1990, the ‘Fire Red’ model represents one of the shoe’s four OG colorways. The Air Jordan 5 gained further recognition from the original ‘It’s Gotta Be The Shoes’ commercials, a Nike campaign fronted by Mars Blackmon, Spike Lee’s character from the 1986 movie She’s Gotta Have It.
| Release Date | 06-01-1990 |
| SKU | 4491 |
| Nickname | Fire Red |
| Colorway | White/Fire Red/Black |
| Main Color | White |
| Technology | Air |
| Category | Lifestyle |
| Designer | Tinker Hatfield |