Vintage Tennis Infused Into This Upcoming Nike Air Max 98 Red Pink

While the Nike Air Max 98 Red Pink began as a basketball shoe, anyone with an interest in sneakers will know that those original intentions haven’t restricted the silhouette’s later stages. Spending time as a skate staple and a lifestyle shoe as chapter, it’s has worn plenty of hats throughout its decades on the shelf. So what’s stopping it from adding another? The latest edition of the Nike Air Max 98 Red Pink embraces vintage tennis aesthetics, including in its branding.

The retro Nike Tennis logo that stands front-and-center on the tongue is both the most intriguing edition and the guiding light for this Fontanka. Pallete-wise, that iconography is matched by deploying blue and green in moderate fashion, dotting the Swoosh, outsole, sockliner and heel tab. Outside of that, the profile is dominated by neutral greys and whites, particularly brilliant on the tongue. That section swaps to mesh for this release, an aesthetic choice and no doubt a performance one to mirror the material’s prevalence on the court.

Though neither a release date nor a retail price has been confirmed for this Nike Air Max 98 Red Pink, expect a drop in the coming weeks for this women’s release.

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