Nike air max 97 silver bullet 2023

Footwear

In honor of the “Silver Bullet’s” 25th anniversary.

There’s no intellectualizing it, the Nike Air Max 97 is just cool. Somehow the silhouette transcends trends, being duplicitously retro and modern.

Designed by Christian Tresser, the Air Max 97 “Silver Bullet” was inspired by chrome mountain bikes, though sneaker folklore also points the designer’s inspiration toward Japanese bullet trains. The shoe’s layered wave-shaped overlays were informed by the shape a drop of water makes as it drips into a puddle. Just poetic.

Last seen in 2017 for the model’s 20th anniversary, the “Silver Bullet” will return this year in honor of it’s 25th anniversary. November 11 has been reported as the shoe’s release date, although it has yet to be confirmed by Nike. Fans can expect the pair to carry a $180 price tag.

In other footwear news, the Air Jordan 1 Low returns in an Easter-inspired colorway.

25 years ago, Christian Tresser’s Air Max masterpiece was born. The sneaker’s radical combination of reflective overlays, curved lines, and metallic silver finishes anchored around the brand’s biggest Air bubble yet, was as avant grade as it got. Like many of Nike’s designs of the era, the shoe was inspired by industrial design, with Japanese bullet train influence so prevalent that its debut colorway quickly became known as the Silver Bullet. That OG offering has been the basis of many off-set colorways, none more famous than 1999’s Air Max 97 “Gold Bullet”

Last seen in 2017, the Air Max 97 “Gold Bullet” will be returning in 2023, as told to Brendan Dunne of Complex.

A simple alternative to the original release, the pair is often considered an original colorway due to its close ties and proximity of release to the original. It’s widely regarded as one of the best Air Max 97 colorways of all time and, with such status, has seen a handful of retrospective releases over the years, as well as a gold-dipped pair for Christiano Ronaldo and one dressed entirely in Swarovski crystals. For Spring 2023, you should expect something very closely aligned to the last release (2017, pictured below) with metallic gold mesh uppers and overlays, bold black and red accents throughout, and white midsoles encapsulating a metallic gold Air support system underfoot.

Reacquaint yourself with the colorway here below, and look to learn more about the return of the Nike Air Max 97 “Gold Bullet” in late 2022/early 2023 in the coming months; We’ll be sure to keep all the updates posted right here on our official Twitter account.

Update 09.06.22 // A very first look at the 2023 interpretation of the Nike Air Max 97 “Gold Bullet” has landed by-way-of official Nike.com imagery. See for yourself below, and expect to learn more about the pair’s return in the coming weeks.