11-11-2019, 12:53 AM
Nike and The Basement have collaborated to create a 'City Pack' collection of Air Max 90s, and the Manchester shoe will drop this weekend.
The black and neon trainers are the second to be released from the collection, with the Glasgow style selling out almost instantly last week.
The collaboration sees streetwear community phenomenon The Basement team up with the famed athletics brand to relaunch the sneakers nearly three decades later.
Popular for their visible airbag Nike Air Max 95 Dame heels, Air Max 90s first debuted in 1990 and are being re-released in three special colourways inspired by UK cities.
Nike is launching vegan Nike Air Max 270 Womens Air Max 90s made from sustainable materials like upcycled sawdust, recycled foam, and organic cotton.
The Maharishi x Nike Air Max 90 features an organic cotton upper in one color — Maharishi’s signature “maha Olive” — dyed naturally with pomegranate and turmeric. The outsoles are made from Nike Grind, a material created from recycled athletic footwear and manufacturing scraps. Nike’s signature checkmark logo as well as other details on the shoe feature sawdust made by grinding down shipping palettes for a woodgrain effect.
Founded in 1994 by Hardy Blechman, Maharishi is a clothing brand committed to making “environmentally sound, fair-trade produced, long-lasting, high-quality, Adidas Stan Smith Mujer utilitarian clothing.”
The sustainable fashion label made an impact in the 1990s, favored by celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Victoria Beckham. Its aesthetic combines utility clothes (Blechman worked in the army surplus trade prior to founding the brand) and Japanese aesthetic. Maharishi is largely credited with bringing functional military style to high fashion — think cargo pants, camo patterns, and the brand’s signature olive color.
Demand for vegan shoes is on the rise as more consumers opt for leather-free leathers. But Nike has been slow on the uptake. It launched the vegan Air Max 1 x Air Max 97 with Sean Wotherspoon last December. Its new Air Zoom Pegasus 35 Running Shoes are also vegan.
Athletic wear giant Adidas has a stronger track record for vegan shoes made from sustainable materials. It just Nike Air Max 90 Dámské launches its second sneaker made in collaboration with Parley for Oceans featuring fabric made from recycled ocean plastic. It has partnered with sustainable designer Stella McCartney on a few occasions to launch vegan shoes, including its signature Stan Smith sneakers.
The Nike Air Max 90 was actually originally known as the Air Max III, or just ‘Air Max’ on the box label. When creating the AM90, legendary Nike designer Tinker Hatfield had the somewhat unenviable task of improving upon his monumental 1987 design – now known as the Air Max 1 – and 1989’s Air Max Light. And it was these two iconic silhouettes that seemed to inform much of the design language of the Air Max 90 when it first Nike Cortez Dame appeared in 1990. In particular, you can see elements of the Light in the variable-width forefoot eyelets, microfibre and mesh upper, and lightly Adidas Stan Smith Womens padded nylon tongue. Ultimately, the AM90 could be seen as a functional and aesthetic improvement upon its well-known predecessors.
Spend enough time on the Internet and you may see photos of – gasp – people actually running in Air Max 90s. One such example is legendary Australian distance runner Steve Moneghetti, who acted as an early evangelist of the AM90. Moneghetti was the literal poster boy for the shoe, plastered on walls all over the place sporting the ‘Spruce’ edition. Fun fact: Moneghetti still holds the course record for annual Sydney fun run City2Surf, set in 1991. Could he have been wearing Air Max 90s?
To remain within the early years of the AM90, the new decade ushered Adidas Stan Smith Femme in an accompanying spectrum of highlighter hues, laying the groundwork for the neon and fluorescent colourways of later flagship runners. Nike Air Max 95 Damen Compared to other Air Max models, the AM90’s panelling gives much more scope for unique colour and material choices. When executed properly, the result is balanced colourways and instant classics that are highly desirable.
The black and neon trainers are the second to be released from the collection, with the Glasgow style selling out almost instantly last week.
The collaboration sees streetwear community phenomenon The Basement team up with the famed athletics brand to relaunch the sneakers nearly three decades later.
Popular for their visible airbag Nike Air Max 95 Dame heels, Air Max 90s first debuted in 1990 and are being re-released in three special colourways inspired by UK cities.
Nike is launching vegan Nike Air Max 270 Womens Air Max 90s made from sustainable materials like upcycled sawdust, recycled foam, and organic cotton.
The Maharishi x Nike Air Max 90 features an organic cotton upper in one color — Maharishi’s signature “maha Olive” — dyed naturally with pomegranate and turmeric. The outsoles are made from Nike Grind, a material created from recycled athletic footwear and manufacturing scraps. Nike’s signature checkmark logo as well as other details on the shoe feature sawdust made by grinding down shipping palettes for a woodgrain effect.
Founded in 1994 by Hardy Blechman, Maharishi is a clothing brand committed to making “environmentally sound, fair-trade produced, long-lasting, high-quality, Adidas Stan Smith Mujer utilitarian clothing.”
The sustainable fashion label made an impact in the 1990s, favored by celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Victoria Beckham. Its aesthetic combines utility clothes (Blechman worked in the army surplus trade prior to founding the brand) and Japanese aesthetic. Maharishi is largely credited with bringing functional military style to high fashion — think cargo pants, camo patterns, and the brand’s signature olive color.
Demand for vegan shoes is on the rise as more consumers opt for leather-free leathers. But Nike has been slow on the uptake. It launched the vegan Air Max 1 x Air Max 97 with Sean Wotherspoon last December. Its new Air Zoom Pegasus 35 Running Shoes are also vegan.
Athletic wear giant Adidas has a stronger track record for vegan shoes made from sustainable materials. It just Nike Air Max 90 Dámské launches its second sneaker made in collaboration with Parley for Oceans featuring fabric made from recycled ocean plastic. It has partnered with sustainable designer Stella McCartney on a few occasions to launch vegan shoes, including its signature Stan Smith sneakers.
The Nike Air Max 90 was actually originally known as the Air Max III, or just ‘Air Max’ on the box label. When creating the AM90, legendary Nike designer Tinker Hatfield had the somewhat unenviable task of improving upon his monumental 1987 design – now known as the Air Max 1 – and 1989’s Air Max Light. And it was these two iconic silhouettes that seemed to inform much of the design language of the Air Max 90 when it first Nike Cortez Dame appeared in 1990. In particular, you can see elements of the Light in the variable-width forefoot eyelets, microfibre and mesh upper, and lightly Adidas Stan Smith Womens padded nylon tongue. Ultimately, the AM90 could be seen as a functional and aesthetic improvement upon its well-known predecessors.
Spend enough time on the Internet and you may see photos of – gasp – people actually running in Air Max 90s. One such example is legendary Australian distance runner Steve Moneghetti, who acted as an early evangelist of the AM90. Moneghetti was the literal poster boy for the shoe, plastered on walls all over the place sporting the ‘Spruce’ edition. Fun fact: Moneghetti still holds the course record for annual Sydney fun run City2Surf, set in 1991. Could he have been wearing Air Max 90s?
To remain within the early years of the AM90, the new decade ushered Adidas Stan Smith Femme in an accompanying spectrum of highlighter hues, laying the groundwork for the neon and fluorescent colourways of later flagship runners. Nike Air Max 95 Damen Compared to other Air Max models, the AM90’s panelling gives much more scope for unique colour and material choices. When executed properly, the result is balanced colourways and instant classics that are highly desirable.