Air Max Day came with some heavy promotion, as the signature I-can-see-the-air-in-the-heel-window Nikes celebrated a 30th anniversary on March 26. The classic Nike Air Max line was born in 1987, long after the Jordans made their debut — but before Nike really stomped all over the competition. The Air Max was like the iPhone of its moment — a high-tech, good-looking, must-have for a certain set of style-conscious consumers. Turned out there were tens of millions of them.
Nike knows how to feed the new and the nostalgia, thus the heavy promotion. (Hey, 30 years is a longtime to win hearts and minds and soles.) Begin, as Nike did, with the Air Max 1. Three great styles below, listed from most expensive to least expensive:
This nearly all white colorway for the NIKE Women’s Women’s Air Max 270 is the most futuristic take on the pure archetype of the style — and wearable at Wimbledon. Available on Amazon (click image below) for $224:
NIKE Women’s Air Max 90 in coral colorway. Wear forever, under $90.
NIKE Women’s Air Max 1 Ultra 2.0 FK Metallic, Black — super style, then and now. Starting $83:
