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With the Nike On Air initiative soon to be behind us, the lessons learned from the many winning creatives have surely sent Beaverton down a rabbit hole of adventurous retoolings, offering up quite a few of their own inline modifications with the now arriving on the cutting floor. Departing from its standard layered color blocking and mixed bag of materials, the Sergio Lazano silhouette is going beyond its construction, adding woven uppers that cascade towards the foxing in an almost tiled arrangement. Hits of grey and black suede overarch the many intertwined synthetics, which transition from a bright volt to a more earth toned brown. Open knit mesh adds extra dimension towards the lace unit with a red-hued air bubble further pushing this dichotomous color story.
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With several memorable collaborations already under their belt, China’s CLOT is a power player in the world of street culture, and now they’re linking up with Nike yet again to create a brand-new hybrid: the Nike Air Max 97 Haven. The shoe features an outsole, cushioning unit and midsole from the , one of most popular silhouettes in the Swoosh Brand’s Air Max lineage. Up top, however, the design switches from mainstream favorite to cult classic by using a modified take on the upper from the Zoom Haven, a training-centric sneaker that released in 1999 as part of Nike’s Alpha Project.
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After traversing the continental US, Nike’s City Pride pack is set to take a trip north of the border with this Toronto-inspired take on the . Looking to the city’s beloved Blue Jays for its color palette, the shoe’s upper combines a forefoot/midfoot that uses the light powder blue from the team’s throwback uniforms with a heel that draws its rich royal blue from their current uniforms. Sail accents on the Swoosh, heel, midsole, and outsole then offer contrast. That’s not all for the baseball-themed stylings though: the tongue patch is secured with the same red stitching you’d see on a major league ball, while the green insole nods to the underbrim color that’s present on throwback baseball caps.
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Ready for orbit? Since debuting astro themes with the , Beaverton has continued to gaze at the stars with each passing release, though with the advent of this “Mars Landing” colorway, they may be dosing in light nostalgia to those fond of the original. While quite a departure in its own right, the forthcoming iteration dons the imprints and craters of the planet’s surface along the entire upper, bathing the model in a clay-like tone. Reflective materials, though unnoticeable upon first glance, draw a connection to the astronautical in unison with the metallic heel counter and tongue tab. Midsoles come blacked out with speckles of grey, resembling the astroid-filled void of the last frontier.

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