Nike Air Max 1 'Athletic Department - Midnight Navy'
Colorway: Sail/Light Orewood Brown/Phantom/Deep Royal Blue · Style code: FQ8048-133 · Release date: September 7, 2023 · Price: $101 · Availability: Available now
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Released September 7, 2023 for $140, this Air Max 1 leans on suede across the toe box and mudguard in sail and light orewood brown, with phantom grey stitching behind a deep royal blue hit on the heel and lace unit. The tonal build reads closer to a campus warmup jacket than a running shoe, fitting its place in Nike's 2023 Athletic Department series. A white midsole carries the design down to the outsole, keeping the palette calm everywhere except the heel.
Nike's Air Max 1 line traces back to Tinker Hatfield, an architect-trained designer who cut a window into the midsole so the Air unit could be seen for the first time, an idea he later credited to the exposed pipework of the Centre Pompidou museum in Paris. This colorway keeps that same visible Air-sole cushioning in the heel, built onto a suede upper rather than the mesh-and-leather mix of the model's original 1980s version. At $140, it lines up with the brand's standard Air Max 1 pricing, letting the layered navy, brown and grey color story carry the design.