Air Jordan 12 Retro 'Black Taxi' CT8013-071

Air Jordan 12 Retro ‘Black Taxi’ — New York’s Iconic Black-and-White Visual Language Rendered on the AJ12’s Most Structurally Formidable Silhouette

• The Air Jordan 12 was designed by Tinker Hatfield and introduced in 1996, built around the visual metaphor of a flag — the quilted upper pattern referencing the Rising Sun flag of Japan as a nod to Jordan’s global cultural reach — and engineered to be one of the most structurally rigid and supportive high-tops Jordan Brand had produced to that point. The ‘Black Taxi’ colorway takes its name from the black-and-white color architecture of New York City’s iconic taxicabs, translating that urban visual reference into a color story built on the AJ12’s quilted leather construction. The result is a colorway that reads as simultaneously clean and deeply rooted in a specific cultural geography — a shoe whose palette is restrained without being anonymous, and whose cultural referent gives it a sense of place that purely aesthetic color selections rarely achieve
• Premium full-grain leather upper with the AJ12’s signature quilted paneling — the silhouette’s most distinctive construction detail, a stitched diamond-pattern that references both the Rising Sun flag design concept and provides the structural rigidity that made the AJ12 one of the most ankle-supportive high-tops of the mid-1990s, rendered here in the ‘Black Taxi’ colorway’s high-contrast black-and-white palette
• Black-and-white colorway architecture across the leather upper, inner lining, and accent details — a palette whose tonal contrast creates the visual tension that gives the ‘Black Taxi’ its graphic clarity, applying the AJ12’s quilted construction in a color story built on maximum tonal separation rather than tonal blending or gradient transitions
• Embroidered Jumpman logo on the tongue — the Jordan Brand heritage mark rendered in a tone consistent with the ‘Black Taxi’ colorway’s high-contrast palette, anchoring the AJ12’s construction within Jordan Brand’s legacy while maintaining the shoe’s graphic tonal discipline
• High-top ankle collar with internal support system — the AJ12’s defining structural element, a padded and reinforced collar construction that provides lateral stability and ankle lockdown consistent with the shoe’s mid-1990s performance engineering, retained faithfully in the Retro build
• Lace-lock eyelet system with the AJ12’s signature two-tone lacing architecture — a design detail rendered in tones consistent with the ‘Black Taxi’ colorway’s palette, contributing to the shoe’s high-contrast visual layering while providing the adjustable lockdown that complemented the AJ12’s high-top support structure during play
• Black Taxi–specific interior details — inner lining and insole elements that carry the colorway’s black-and-white palette into the shoe’s interior, creating a build whose tonal story extends beyond the visible external construction to the surfaces only the wearer experiences
• Solid rubber outsole with the AJ12’s herringbone traction pattern — the court-performance geometry carried through from the original 1996 build, rendered in a tone consistent with the ‘Black Taxi’ colorway’s palette and providing the multidirectional grip that made the AJ12 a high-performance option during Jordan’s fourth championship run

Comfort & Fit

• Full-length Air-Sole unit for responsive, all-day cushioning with the AJ12’s characteristically substantial underfoot feel
• Padded high-top collar and tongue for superior ankle support and a secure, locked-in fit
• True-to-size fit; the AJ12’s structured build runs true with a slightly narrow feel in the midfoot

Product Info

• Style Code: CT8013-071
• Silhouette: Air Jordan 12 Retro
• Colorway: ‘Black Taxi’ (High-contrast black-and-white palette, NYC taxi reference)
• Available in Men’s sizes 7–13 and Women’s sizes 5–10