Mowalola reworks Air Jordan 14 in black, burnt red and gold

Mowalola is putting a clean, provocative twist on one of Jordan Brand’s most loaded silhouettes with two Air Jordan 14s set for September 18, 2026: a standard pair in Black/Burnt Red-Metallic Gold, style code IQ5708-001, and a mule in Black/Metallic Silver-Burnt Red, style code IR0908-001. The collection lands at $255 for the sneaker and $180 for the mule, with unisex sizing and distribution expected through Mowalola, Nike, Jordan Brand and select retailers.

The mule is the wild card, and the reason this collaboration feels less like a safe retro play and more like a proper fashion intervention. Stripped-back and backless, it recasts the Air Jordan 14’s usually aggressive, race-car lines into something sleeker and stranger, with the metallic silver and burnt red palette giving the shoe a polished, almost showroom finish. That is classic Mowalola Ogunlesi territory: sharp, subversive, and just glamorous enough to make the silhouette feel newly charged.

The standard pair carries the heavier lift. In black, burnt red and metallic gold, it leans into the Air Jordan 14’s built-in drama, a shoe that already has plenty of visual muscle thanks to Tinker Hatfield’s 1998 design. Jordan fans know the story well. Michael Jordan wore the model during his final Finals appearance, pairing it with the “Last Shot” run that turned the 14 into a trophy-case relic rather than just another retro.

That history matters because the Air Jordan 14 has always sat at the intersection of performance and spectacle. Nike’s own history pages tie the shoe to Jordan’s sixth championship and say the design took cues from the Ferrari 550M, which explains the sculpted, high-velocity feel that still gives the model presence more than two decades later. Mowalola’s job here is not to soften that energy. It is to push it further into the fashion lane without losing the edge that keeps sneakerheads interested.

The collaboration has also been teased on social media, which has only sharpened the anticipation around the pair as a Fall 2026 release. Early reports suggest an apparel capsule may join the footwear, though that has not been officially confirmed. Even without it, the two-shoe pack already makes its point: this is Jordan Brand using a heritage model to test how far it can stretch into runway language, and the mule may be the clearest sign yet that the answer is farther than most collaborators dare.