While most of the output under the experimental banner reworks prototypes from the Department of Nike Archives, the Air Zoom Type derives from working real-time with the investigation of a new performance product. I came out to my parents first, and from there, I slowly came out to other people, Parr says. I came out to my best friend at the mall, which is so random - it's the Off-White x Air Max 90 little things.

Designed to illustrate what the future holds, the Air Max Day colors of Air Max 2090 imagine a future state Nike Off White where roads are dominated by electric and solar-powered vehicles. The Air Max 2090's initial colorway is available in unisex and youth sizing, and lava-glow is a women's exclusive colorway. Filtered throughout the shoe's design is Michael Jordan's transcendent influence on basketball culture.

Jordan Brand taps rappers like Travis Scott design their own versions. The day also helps Air Max wearers celebrate their style and showcase their creativity. The collaboration with FACETASM has been in the works since Westbrook met designer and founder Hiromichi Ochiai during the point guard's Asia tours in 2018 and 2019. Within the basketball landscape, we wanted Nike x Off-White to create a new language for light, says Jacqueline Lefferts, Jordan Brand Lead Materials Designer. And, with a subtle DNA touch, the breathable tongue is nod to another pioneering Nike running shoe, the Lunar Racer. I came out to my parents first, and from there, I slowly came out to other people, Parr says.

When Celtics owner Walter Brown was asked shortly after the selection if he knew Cooper was Black, Brown is said to have exclaimed, I don't give a damn if he's striped or plaid or polka-dot, Boston takes Charles Cooper of Duquesne! He played four years in Boston and finished his professional career in 1956 with the Fort Wayne Pistons, helping the team win the Western Division and advance to the NBA Finals. Her design ambitions reflect careful thinking of diversity as a mechanism that can, in fact, highlight relationships between groups. Nike brings back the cult-favorite duck camo print from the 2013 Air Max 90 Atmos as basis for a new Air Max Duck Camo Pack.

The bubble gum reference inspires subtle detailing, including a printed bubble gum splat on the bottom of the outsole. Pink Jumpman logos on the heel match the transparent outsole as well as the interior lining, with orange sharks tooth detailing in the upper. The neoprene-reminiscent mesh on the upcoming Air Jordan forgoes the multi-color and pattern tongues seen on colorways like the Bordeaux one, but branding on the spines and outsoles boast a series of geometric shapes covered in vibrant orange and red.