Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit 2 'Cookies and Cream'
Colorway: White/Black-Black · Style code: 942842-107 · Release date: December 13, 2018 · Price: $260 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit 2 'Black' (942842-001) · Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2 'Wolf Grey' (942842-002) · Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit 2 'Hot Punch' (942842-003) · Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit 2 'Team Red' (942842-006) · Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit 2 'Pink Blast' (942842-008)
The Air VaporMax, which arrived in 2017, was the first Air Max shoe with no foam in its midsole. Every previous model had sealed an air unit inside or beneath a foam carrier; the VaporMax removed the carrier entirely, so the upper sits directly on a cluster of hollow pods that flex independently as the foot rolls through the stride. It took Nike years to make an airbag that could survive being the whole midsole.
The Flyknit 2 followed in 2018 and concentrated on the upper. Flyknit is engineered in a single piece with different densities knitted in where the foot needs stretch or containment, and here it is paired with Flywire: filament cables that run up from the sole and connect to the lacing, so pulling the laces tightens the whole midfoot rather than just the throat of the shoe.
This colourway is built around contrast: white knit flecked with black, a black Swoosh and heel, and a translucent sole that lets the pods show through. The nickname it picked up describes the pattern rather than anything Nike printed on the box.