1985 Air Jordan Short Sleeve Jacket

The Air Jordan line launched in late 1984 behind Michael Jordan's rookie campaign with the Chicago Bulls, and Nike backed the opening season through 1985 with a tight capsule of satin and nylon outerwear built around the Wings logo — the basketball-and-outstretched-wings symbol designed by Nike's then-creative director Peter Moore, the same designer who shaped the original Air Jordan 1 silhouette itself. The Wings mark functioned as the first major Air Jordan visual identity and ran across the brand's launch-era apparel and footwear program before being replaced by the Jumpman silhouette with the arrival of the Air Jordan III in 1988. This 1985 short-sleeve shooting-shirt silhouette comes from the Wings capsule: a glossy black satin body with electric blue side panels running from the underarm down through the hem, ribbed black crew collar, ribbed black cuffs and hem band, five-button snap-front placket, and an embroidered red Wings logo set to the right chest at the heart. The silhouette is cut deliberately generous through the body with a dropped-shoulder sleeve, framing the garment for layering over the Air Jordan 1 and the early Nike basketball tee program. The Nike collar tag reads to the specific 1985 production window.