If you don’t have at least one pair in your collection, then you can’t really consider yourself a sneakerhead. And chances are if you’re reading this, you have at least five. Only then can you understand why the Nike Air Force 1 is doing it big for its 30th birthday.
As the first basketball shoe to feature a Nike Air Max unit, the Air Force 1 will get three new premium colorways representing the shoe’s three-decade legacy. And with innovation always at the heart of design at Nike, the “Pearl” collection will combine the latest technologies with the classic silhouette.
The first colorway within the collection finds itself on the Air Force 1 Lux MX Air ’08, featuring a full-length visible Air Max unit, a first for the AF1, with a Mother of Pearl-inspired reflectivity throughout the upper. It’s inspired by the original colorway and remixed with Vac-Tech construction.
The second is a low top featuring a black denim upper, ice outsole, premium leather accents and the first denim wrapped midsole in a AF1.
The final drop is a low top with an all white reflective upper, translucent milky-white midsole and is a crisp modernization of a classic.
Each of the styles within the collection carry some consistent design cues including Mother of Pearl-finished deubres and aglets for the laces, retro AF1 grid graphic on the sockliner, and special edition pearlized finished box with commemorative tissue wrapping.
If you want to get your hands on a pair, the “Pearl” collection drops at select NSW accounts on March 3.