Air Jordan V (AJ5)

The Air Jordan 5 continued taking the Air Jordan line into new heights. Tinker Hatfield looked even further outside the box to feature a World War 2 fighter plane look on the shoe itself, complete with a #23 embroidered on the side, new icey (clear) soles, lace locks, and a new custom 3M reflective tongue.



Nike continued their Mars Blackmon “It’s gotta be the shoes,” marketing efforts in popular culture. Perhaps in todays retro world, one of the more unique features of the shoe was the ‘Grape’ colorway. In ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’ Will Smith helped keep the Air Jordan’s ingrained in everyone’s minds by wearing the Grapes, as well as other Air Jordan 5s on the show and in promotional materials.





The original Air Jordan 5 was ultimately released in four colorways. Jordan himself wore three on the court and seen wearing the ‘Grapes’ in Nike advertising. However, Jordan wore a still-unreleased player exclusive featuring a unique 23 embroidered on the site and a grey reflective tongue.

The four original colorways and the player addition version are as follows:

• Air Jordan V White/Black – Fire Red
• Air Jordan V Black/Black-Metallic Silver
• Air Jordan V White/Grape Ice-New Emerald
• Air Jordan V White/Red-Black
• Air Jordan V White/Red-Black Fire Red