Air Jordan 4 Women's 'Birds of Paradise'

Birds of Paradise. The Air Jordan 4 in Full Bloom.

The Air Jordan 4 Women's 'Birds of Paradise' brings one of Jordan Brand's most botanically ambitious colorway concepts to the AJ4's iconic 1989 silhouette — a tropical floral execution that takes the bird of paradise flower's specific combination of vivid orange, electric blue, and deep green and translates it into a shoe that wears the reference without being costumed by it. This is the Air Jordan 4 that blooms.

The Air Jordan 4: The Silhouette That Changed Basketball Footwear

Tinker Hatfield designed the Air Jordan 4 in 1989 for Michael Jordan's third NBA season — the shoe that Jordan wore when he scored 55 points against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, that he had on when he hit the shot over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 playoffs, and that Nike chose to debut globally through a commercial that introduced the Air Jordan brand to markets beyond North America. The AJ4's design innovations — the plastic wing eyelets that give the midfoot its distinctive look, the mesh panels for breathability, the visible Air heel unit, and the lace lock system — were all Hatfield's responses to Jordan's specific feedback about what a basketball shoe needed to do. The Women's AJ4 brings those same design elements to a women's-specific construction that fits the female foot correctly.

What You're Getting

• Upper: Textile and leather construction with the 'Birds of Paradise' floral print and colorway — the tropical botanical palette applied to the AJ4's panels in the color combination that the bird of paradise flower reference provides: vivid orange, electric blue, and deep green in a distribution that references the flower's structure without reproducing it literally
• Birds of Paradise Colorway: The specific combination of vivid orange, electric blue, and deep green that the Strelitzia reginae — the bird of paradise flower — produces, translated into a sneaker palette that carries the reference's tropical energy without becoming costume
• Plastic Wing Eyelets: The AJ4's signature midfoot hardware — Tinker Hatfield's distinctive design element that gives the silhouette its most immediately recognizable visual detail
• Visible Air Heel Unit: The AJ4's heel Air cushioning on full display — the performance technology and design transparency that Hatfield pioneered
• Women's Fit: AJ4 construction in a women's-specific last and proportioning — the iconic silhouette built for the female foot
• Mesh Panels: The AJ4's breathability panels — original design details that remain on every retro release

How to Wear 'Birds of Paradise'

The 'Birds of Paradise' AJ4 leads every fit it enters and works best when the fit respects this. White, cream, and ivory fits give the tropical palette maximum contrast and let the orange, blue, and green read at full saturation. Black fits create high contrast that brings out the vivid colors' intensity. Neutral earth tones — tan, camel, olive — give the tropical palette a grounded backdrop that prevents the color from reading as seasonal-only. The 'Birds of Paradise' AJ4 is the Jordan that brings summer energy to any fit, any season, without asking anything in return.

The Air Jordan 4 Women's 'Birds of Paradise' is a botanically inspired, vibrant women's colorway on one of basketball's most significant silhouettes. Women's Jordan Brand releases in statement colorways move fast — secure your size today.