Kind of a short update today. This is really one of the better Air Max 97s of the last few years. Besides the original colorway - not the one with the wrong, splayed air bubble - this is the best one since the shoe stopped being regularly produced. Monochrome kix - brogues, boots, flats, japanese slippers, crocs, white on whites, etc can be blocky. These are not blocky. Voltage Zoom Havens can be too sexy for some, but these are Air Max 97s. No one will think you’re wearing anything cool, unless you’re in Turin, the East Village, or similar environs. You want to see a dozen pairs of beat silvers in a row? Head there. Wanna see any old girl in a sundress buying an $11 coffee? Go there.

Nothing too bananas here but this is really a shoe worth looking at, what with all the fakes and boring co.jp’s chilling on ebay by the dozens. This shoe is a blue fire… any brighter flame would be a lie.

Take a gander: