THE CUT.

The visible-Air starting point. Architecture turned into footwear language.

A harder-edged evolution of the Air Max language and one of the line's most recognisable profiles.

Layered panels, visible forefoot Air and a body-inspired construction that still looks radical.

Tuned Air, aggressive lines and a silhouette that grew far beyond its original performance brief.

Basketball roots, street permanence. One of Nike's clearest examples of a performance shoe becoming a uniform.

Layered mesh, technical detailing and the kind of early-2000s runner language that returned to everyday rotation.

A dense running-derived upper with a deliberately busy Y2K rhythm.

Slim, direct and historically central to Nike's transition from running utility to cultural object.

A low-profile archival runner with the kind of proportion that makes old performance design feel current again.