27 colorways of the Nike Air Max 90 on SoleBook.
Nike's Air Max 90 dropped in 1990, designed by Tinker Hatfield as a follow-up to the Air Max 1 and originally released under the name Air Max III. The silhouette kept the visible Air unit at the heel that had made the Air Max line famous, but wrapped it in a chunkier, more athletic build with a mesh upper, mudguard overlay, and blocked color panels that gave designers room to play. That waffle outsole and layered synthetic-and-mesh construction made it as much a running shoe on paper as a canvas for colorways. Nike shelved it briefly before reissuing it under the Air Max 90 name later in the decade, and it never really left rotation since. The "Infrared" colorway became one of the most referenced in sneaker history, endlessly retroed and remixed by collaborators. Over the decades it's been reworked in patent leather, suede, tie-dye, and by names like Off-White and Comme des Garçons, while retaining the same paneled DNA. Unlike some running silhouettes that faded once performance tech moved on, the Air Max 90 stayed relevant as a streetwear staple, regarded by many as the definitive Air Max shape.