Nike Air Max 95 'Black Earth'
Colorway: Black/Earth/Sequoia/Cargo Khaki · Style code: FD0652-001 · Release date: December 17, 2022 · Price: $355 · Availability: Available now
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Suede covers the 'Black Earth' upper in black, Earth brown, Sequoia green and Cargo Khaki, worked across the ridged, layered panels that run the length of the shoe. The palette stays in deep, ground level tones rather than the brighter accent colors used on other Air Max 95 releases, with the darker suede giving the pair a heavier, colder weather feel than mesh or canvas built versions of the model. Eyelets and overlays keep the same ribbed, segmented shape found across the line, just rendered here in a tighter range of browns and greens.
Beneath the suede sits a black midsole, a detail original to the Air Max 95's 1995 debut, when Nike used a black sole unit on the model for the first time in the line despite objections inside the company during development. Nike released the 'Black Earth' colorway on December 17, 2022 at a retail price of $180, positioning it as a general release rather than a limited collaboration. The dark, tonal upper pairs naturally with the black sole, keeping the whole shoe close to a single color family from laces to outsole.