Nike Air Max 90 EasyOn PS 'Flax'
Colorway: Flax/Sail/Flax · Style code: HF6357-200 · Release date: October 23, 2024 · Price: $89 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: PS Nike Air Max 90 EasyOn (HF6357-101) · PS Nike Air Max 90 EasyOn (HF6357-102) · PS Nike Air Max 90 EasyOn (HF6357-104) · PS Nike Air Max 90 EasyOn (HF6357-001) · PS Nike Air Max 90 EasyOn (HF6357-002)
Nubuck is the interesting choice here. Most preschool shoes are built in leather or synthetic panels, and a brushed nubuck upper changes both the texture and the way the colour sits, giving the Flax tone a depth that flat leather would not carry. Sail on the midsole and trim keeps the whole shoe in one warm neutral family. The EasyOn build handles entry. Nike reworks the heel and opening so a small child can get the shoe on without help, replacing the fiddle of lacing with a single adjustment.
It released in October 2024 at $80. Everything structural is inherited from the adult version: stacked side panels, a visible Air unit at the heel behind its moulded window, and the waffle-pattern outsole. Sand and tan palettes have run consistently through the Air Max 90 range for years, and they translate well to small sizes because the tone hides scuffing far better than white does while still reading as a light shoe.