Nike Air Max 90
Colorway: White/Neo Turq Rave Pink · Style code: 325018-141 · Release date: December 17, 2008 · Price: $125 · Availability: Available now
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Bright-on-white is a very 2008 way to treat this silhouette. The upper stays white through the base and overlays, then Neo Turquoise and Rave Pink take the panels, the Swoosh and the heel, so the two accents sit beside each other rather than fighting over the same area. Nike listed it at $75.99 and released it in December 2008, a period when the 90 was priced well below the $110 to $130 the model settled at a decade later.
The shoe is otherwise the standard build of the era: layered upper panels, a visible Air unit at the heel inside its plastic frame, and a waffle-pattern rubber outsole. Turquoise and pink together is a combination Nike used often on the 90 through the late 2000s, and it has aged into something closer to a period marker than a neutral option. Pairs from this run are getting harder to find in wearable condition, since fifteen-year-old foam and the white base both show their age.