Air Jordan 4 (IV) was first released in 1989. Michael earns another All-Star selection, his third consecutive scoring title, and is chosen for the First Team and the All-Defensive First Team. Gravity-defying dunks and the tongue are all becoming his trademarks. In the year, Tinker Hatfield was back at his tricks storming up an idea for the Air Jordan 4. How would he top the Air Jordan 3 (III) Tinker wanted to get further into performance, rather than some other inspiration that was used on the last three models. The Air Jordan IV was the first in the line that had an over-molded mesh. The reason for this is, the consumer would think the shoe was made cheap. So what Tinker did was dip the mesh in a soft plastic and blew air through it to clear out the plastic in between.
When the new Jordan shoes was first released, people disliked the shoe, said it looked very ugly. Overtime the model grew on a lot of people. Another feature of the Air Jordan IVs was the capability to lace your IVs in 18 different patterns.This gave your IVs your own style. The overall personality of the Air Jordan 4 was saying “get back to work”. Michael was a father and husband for the first time in his life, and since the Air Jordan III was such a luxurious model, Micheal Jordan and Tinker wanted to bring back to the original draw board.