Nike Air Max 90 FlyEase GS 'Metallic Gold'
Colorway: White/White/Black/Metallic Gold · Style code: CV0526-100 · Release date: March 19, 2020 · Price: $2452 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike Air Max 90 FlyEase GS 'Triple Black' (CV0526-002) · Nike Air Max 90 FlyEase GS 'White Industrial Blue' (CV0526-103) · Nike Air Max 90 (IR1979-010) · Nike Air Max 90 (Indianapolis Colts) (IW1137-001) · Nike Air Max 90 (Chicago Bears) (IW1138-400)
White dominates this one, on both the upper and the midsole, with black handling the small accents and metallic gold appearing as plating on the branding and hardware. Gold on a white base is a dressier treatment than youth pairs usually get, and it gives the shoe an occasion-wear angle alongside everyday use. The FlyEase construction is the real story. Nike built the system so a shoe can be put on and taken off without working through laces, and it has become a permanent fixture in the line rather than a one-off accessibility project. Applied to the 90, it leaves the panel layout, the visible heel Air unit and the waffle-pattern outsole exactly as they are.
Nike released the pair in March 2020 at $110, the same price as the standard grade-school version of the model, which means the adaptive build carries no premium. That pricing parity matters more than the palette: it puts the easy-entry version on the same shelf, at the same cost, as every other 90 in the size run.