Unlike the black-dominant offerings prior, the Air Max 97 opts for a look far more clean.<\/p>\n
This offering of the Nike Air Max 97 comes constructed with recycled materials featuring an all-White mesh and leather upper highlighted with 3M reflective detailing and a full-length Air max unit.<\/p>\n
A part of Nike\u2019s Next Nature line, which is made up of at least 20% of recycled material by weight in Nike\u2019s journey toward zero carbon and zero waste.<\/p>\n
Nike\u2019s pinwheel logo appears on the insoles while the shoe is completed an all-White rubber sole.<\/p>\n
The Air Max 97 was first released in 1997 as a running shoe. Designed by Christian Tresser, its look was said to be inspired by high-speed Japanese bullet trains and alternatively the titanium metal frames on mountain bikes,<\/p>\n
Taken for granted now, but a new technology at the time, the hidden lacing system on the Air Max 97 was a first. Compared to the Scotchlite dazzle of that 360-degrees of reflectivity and the silver shine on those synthetic panels, this concealed element of Christian Tresser\u2019s design is easy to ignore, but it was an important detail.<\/p>\n