Nike Air Max 1 Essential "University Gold"
The Nike Air Max 1 Essential "University Gold" (FZ5808-100) released in July 2024.
Original retail (2024): $140 · Lowest resale ask: $160 on Flight Club (Nov 6, 2026)
Colorway: White/University Gold/Pure Platinum · Style code: FZ5808-100 · Release date: July 2024 · Lowest resale ask: $160 · Availability: Available now
Source: GOAT's catalog · stores checked Nov 6, 2026, 4:24 PM ET
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About the Nike Air Max 1 Essential "University Gold"
University Gold builds on a white leather base, with university gold covering the mudguard and quarter panel and pure platinum filling in the eyestays and heel counter. The Essential naming marks it as one of Nike's core, ongoing Air Max 1 colorways rather than a retro or collaboration release, aimed at year round rotation at a standard 140 dollar price point. It arrived in July 2024.
Like every Air Max 1 since its 1987 launch, University Gold keeps the cut out heel window that exposes the Air unit, the detail Tinker Hatfield introduced after leaving architecture to design for Nike. The Essential tier has become the steady backbone of the line, refreshing the same leather construction in new palettes each season without altering the shoe's original proportions or its Air bubble.
Written with AI from brand specs; facts checked against our catalog data on Sep 18, 2026.