The design of the Air Jordans XIV was inspired by
Michaels car, the Ferrari 550 M, and was made by
Tinker Hatfield together with Mark Smith. A fantastic
stylish design and an awesome shoe for Michael Jordan
to end his fantastic NBA career in.
This was the
first Air Jordans XIV that would feature laces with
metal tips. Something that both the XV's and XVI's
designs also would use.
The Air Jordan XIV 's also begun the trend of
having a number of things that would count towards the
model# of the shoe. On the Air Jordan XIV 's each shoe
had seven jumpmans; ferrari-like shield, insole, sole,
back, 2 x lacetip and front. Counting them on both
shoes makes it a total of 14 (XIV) Jumpmans.