Nike Air Force 1 Premium 'West Indies 4'
Colorway: White/Varsity Red-Classic Green-Varsity Maize (Wi 4) · Style code: 313641-161 · Price: $350 · Availability: Available now
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West Indies is one of the longest-running color stories the Air Force 1 has. The first pair arrived in 2002 and tied the shoe to New York's Caribbean population and the West Indian Day Parade that fills Brooklyn every Labor Day weekend, and Nike has returned to the theme repeatedly since. This is the fourth version.
The palette does the talking. Varsity Red, Classic Green and Varsity Maize are laid over a white leather base, drawn from the flags of the islands the series honors, and Nike has printed the names of those countries on the insoles of releases in this line, among them Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Grenada and Barbados. Premium here means an upgraded leather grade rather than a change to the pattern. The shoe is the same low-top Bruce Kilgore drew in 1982, on the same rubber cupsole with an Air unit at the heel, priced at $130.