With its debut in 1985, the Air Jordan 1 is considered to be a turning point in basketball shoe design. Designed by Peter Moore, this shoe gained much of its initial hype by being banned by the NBA. The league stated that the black and red shoe violated its color rules for sneakers. Seeing the success of the Air Jordan, many other shoe companies hurried to create similar designs. Original Jordans came with two sets of laces, one for each color on the “colorway” of the shoe. For example, the red/black shoe came with red laces and black laces. Including “sample” designs, twenty-three different “colorways” were created. The white/black-red and black/red Air Jordan 1 was released as a retro in 1994 and sold very poorly, however in 2001 they released them again in patent leather and the demand was much greater. Despite the changing of the times, the Air Jordan line has managed to survive controversy and changes in fashion while producing a quality basketball shoe. Original Black/Red (March 1985) White/Black-Red (March 1985) White/Black/Red (March 1985) Black/Royal Blue (1985) Black/Grey (1985) Grey/Black (1985) White/Natural Grey (1985) White/Blue (1985) White/Black (1985) White/Carolina Blue (1985) White/Metallic Blue (1985) White/Metallic Green (1985) White/Metallic Dark Red (1985) White/Metallic Purple (1985) White/Metallic Orange (1985) White/Metallic Blue (low) (1986) White/Natural Grey (low) (1986) White/Dark Red (low) (1986) Retro (1994) White/Black-Red Black/Red Re-Retro (2001-2004) Black/Varsity Red Black/Varsity Royal Blue-White Re-Retro + White/Metallic Sliver-Midnight Navy Neutral Grey/Silver-White White/White-Metallic Silver (low) White/Black-Midnight Navy (low) Re-Retro + 2001 Edition (Japan) Neutral Grey/Metallic Silver Black/Black-Metallic Silver White/White-Midnight Navy White/Metallic Silver-Midnight Navy Re-Retro + Platinum White/Metallic Silver Re-Retro + Patent White/Carolina Blue White/Black-Varsity Red Black/Metallic gold Nu’Retro Black/White-Varsity Red (low) White/Midnight Navy (low) Black/White (low) Samples White/Metallic Red White/Metallic Black White/Purple-Yellow Black/Metallic Gold-White Black/Metallic Gold-Black