Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Hyper Royal'
Colorway: hyper royal/sail · Style code: 555088-401 · Release date: July 6, 2018 · Price: $139 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Banned' 2016 (555088-001) · Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Perforated' (555088-002) · Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Shattered Backboard' 2015 (555088-005) · Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Cyber Monday' (555088-006) · Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Royal' 2017 (555088-007)
The Air Jordan 1 is built for two colors. Its pattern splits into a toe, a quarter panel, an eyestay, a heel counter and a collar, and almost every version of the shoe uses those divisions to set one shade against another. This one refuses to.
Hyper Royal, a strong saturated blue, covers all of it in full grain leather, so the panel lines survive only as stitching. White is reserved for the Swoosh, the midsole and the branding on the tongue and collar, which leaves the shoe with a single contrast element where it normally has several. It was one of the more expensive retros of its year at $160, released in July 2018 on the OG build with Nike Air lettering on the tongue tag rather than a Jumpman.