August ran on heritage retros and a back-to-school rhythm. September flips the switch: after August's retro engine, the collaboration calendar wakes up. J Balvin, Comme des Garçons, Awake NY, and Bad Bunny all land Jordan and adidas projects in the same month, stacked on top of a deep retro slate and a full run of fall signatures. It's the real start of the fall season — here's what's worth tracking and why, the marquee stories first, then the full dated calendar.
The collaborations
This is the month's headline. J Balvin returns to the Air Jordan 4 with an OG "Multicolor" (September 25, $225), a lemonade-toned build following his cult 2020 and 2022 collaborations — the reggaetón star remains one of the few musicians Jordan Brand keeps handing its marquee silhouette. Comme des Garçons Homme Plus brings two Air Jordan 11 colorways ($250 each), a black/white and a white/black, translating the line's most formal silhouette through Rei Kawakubo's studio. Awake NY adds two Air Jordan 6 makeups ($230 each), extending Angelo Baque's long Jordan run, and Bad Bunny keeps building his adidas world with the Badbo 1.1 ($120) and a Badbo 1.0 "Night Navy" ($160) on September 15. Four culture-first partners, one month — the kind of density the summer never had.
The retros
The retro slate underneath is deep. The Air Jordan 4 "Tour Yellow" ($220) opens it September 5, followed by the Air Jordan 7 "Tennis Day" ($215) on September 9, the Air Jordan 8 "Chrome" ($215) on September 12, and the Air Jordan 12 "Bucks" ($205) on September 19. The back half brings the Air Jordan 5 "Sunset" in women's sizing (September 25, $205), following the men's pair that dropped in July, the Nike Air More Uptempo "OG" ($170) the same day, and the Air Jordan 1 Low OG "Last Dance At The Garden" ($145) to close the month September 26. It's a wear-tier wall with a couple of genuine grails folded in.
The signatures
Fall is when the signature lines reset for a new season. The adidas Anthony Edwards 3 "Cold Blooded" (September 15, $130) is the headline — Edwards' third signature, now on adidas's new Hyperboost cushioning, arriving as one of the league's biggest young stars. Nike answers with the Ja 4 "Jaws" (September 18, $130), a second colorway of Ja Morant's fourth signature, and the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 "Penny Hardaway" ($200) on September 11 keeps the retro-performance thread alive. The Nike Air Foamposite Pro PRM "Glow in the Dark" ($250) rounds out the technical end on September 18.
The full September 2026 calendar
Every tracked drop this month, in order. Dates and prices are subject to brand changes; SNKRS and raffle releases can shift without notice, and several September drops — the Awake NY and Comme des Garçons collabs among them — are still being finalized.
- September 1 — Nike Kobe Air Force 1 Low, $125
- September 5 — Air Jordan 4 "Tour Yellow", $220
- September 9 — Air Jordan 7 "Tennis Day", $215
- September 11 — Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 "Penny Hardaway", $200
- September 12 — Air Jordan 8 "Chrome", $215
- September 15 — adidas Anthony Edwards 3 "Cold Blooded", $130
- September 15 — Bad Bunny x adidas Badbo 1.1, $120
- September 15 — Bad Bunny x adidas Badbo 1.0 "Night Navy", $160
- September 18 — Nike Ja 4 "Jaws", $130
- September 18 — Nike Air Foamposite Pro PRM "Glow in the Dark", $250
- September 19 — Air Jordan 12 "Bucks", $205
- September 25 — J Balvin x Air Jordan 4 OG "Multicolor", $225
- September 25 — Air Jordan 5 "Sunset" (W), $205
- September 25 — Nike Air More Uptempo "OG", $170
- September 26 — Air Jordan 1 Low OG "Last Dance At The Garden", $145
- September (date TBC) — Awake NY x Air Jordan 6 (two colorways), $230
- September (date TBC) — Comme des Garçons Homme Plus x Air Jordan 11 (two colorways), $250
The read
September is the month the calendar gets interesting again. Summer was about wear-tier retros priced to move; the fall opens with the collab slate that actually shifts culture — J Balvin and Comme des Garçons on Jordan, Awake NY extending its run, Bad Bunny building an adidas world of his own. Layer in a deep Jordan retro wall and a signature reset led by Anthony Edwards, and September reads less like a single theme than a full season kicking off at once. After a quiet August, the fall's opening move is a loud one.
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