Air Jordan 'Black Pack' Brings Four All-Black Retros for Holiday 2026

Jordan Brand's Air Jordan 'Black Pack' brings four all-black retros — the AJ14 Low, AJ15, AJ16 and AJ17 Low — in premium materials like ostrich, snakeskin and stingray, arriving Holiday 2026.

Air Jordan 'Black Pack' Brings Four All-Black Retros for Holiday 2026
The Air Jordan "Black Pack." Image: Jordan Brand via SneakerNews

Key Points

  • The Air Jordan "Black Pack" bundles the AJ14 Low, AJ15, AJ16 and AJ17 Low
  • All-black builds in premium materials: ostrich, snakeskin, nubuck and stingray
  • Releases Holiday 2026 via Nike SNKRS and select retailers
  • Prices unannounced; stock is expected to be limited

Jordan Brand is lining up an all-black collection of its deeper cuts. The Air Jordan "Black Pack" pulls together four retros — the Air Jordan 14 Low, 15, 16, and 17 Low — each blacked out from the midsole up and built in premium materials, with a Holiday 2026 release.

The materials are the point. The Air Jordan 14 Low (IZ3884-001) gets black ostrich leather on the side panels. The Air Jordan 15 (IZ2585-001) arrives in black snakeskin. The Air Jordan 17 Low (IZ2638-001) pairs nubuck with stingray leather eyelets. The Air Jordan 16 rounds out the set, with its build still unconfirmed and pony hair floated as a possibility. Across all four, the tonal black upper is the throughline that ties the pack together.

The read here is the lineup, not the color. These are not the AJ1, 3, or 4 — the silhouettes that move on nostalgia alone. The 14 through 17 are the late-'90s and early-2000s numbers that sit lower on the hype ladder, and Jordan Brand is dressing them in exotic materials to elevate them rather than leaning on a heritage colorway. It is the same instinct behind premium retro plays like the Air Jordan 3 "True Blue" and the Air Jordan 5 "White Metallic", only pointed at the overlooked end of the catalog: turn a deep cut into a grail through material, not memory.

That positioning comes with a cost. Pricing has not been announced for any of the four, but SneakerNews expects it to land above standard retro pricing given the elevated builds, and notes stock may be limited by the rarity of both the materials and the models. The pack is expected to release through Nike SNKRS and select retailers, in the same premium lane as recent material-forward retros like the Air Jordan 12 "Bloodline."

For collectors who already own the obvious grails, a snakeskin AJ15 and an ostrich AJ14 are exactly the kind of left-field swing that gets a deep cut back into rotation. Full pricing and on-feet looks should surface closer to the Holiday window.

Air Jordan 14 Low Black Pack with black ostrich leather side panels, style IZ3884-001
Air Jordan 14 Low, IZ3884-001, with ostrich-leather side panels. Image: Jordan Brand via SneakerNews
Air Jordan 17 Low Black Pack in nubuck with stingray leather eyelets, style IZ2638-001
Air Jordan 17 Low, IZ2638-001, in nubuck with stingray eyelets. Image: Jordan Brand via SneakerNews
Air Jordan 15 Black Pack in black snakeskin, style IZ2585-001
Air Jordan 15, IZ2585-001, in black snakeskin. Image: Jordan Brand via SneakerNews

Source: SneakerNews

Comments

Get the next release calendar in your inbox.

One email each morning. Sneakers, sports, culture, tech.

Link copied