Nike Air Max 97 GS 'White Black'
Colorway: White/Black/Baroque Brown/Pure Platinum · Style code: DB2017-100 · Release date: September 9, 2020 · Price: $89 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: GS Nike Air Max 97 (918890-001) · Nike Air Max 97/Plus 'Max Mix' (AH8144-300) · Nike Air Max 97 (310021-061) · Nike Air Max 97 (AQ7331-002) · Nike Air Max 97 (312641-018)
The Nike Air Max 97 GS 'White Black' scales the 1997 running silhouette down to grade-school sizing in a white mesh upper offset by black paneling along the wave lines, with baroque brown trim and pure platinum accents. Nike priced the pair at $165 for its September 9, 2020 release, keeping the hidden lacing system and Swoosh branding from the adult build unchanged.
Like every Air Max 97, this pair keeps a visible Air unit running the length of the sole, the feature that set the model apart when Christian Tresser designed it in 1997. GS marks sizing only, not a different build, so the shoe is a smaller-proportioned version of the same silhouette that built a following in Milan before spreading into wider sneaker culture.