After years of going low, Supreme is now going mid.
The Supreme x Nike Air Force 1 Mid will release in all-white and all-black colorways this fall, as revealed Monday by the streetwear brand in its preview for the upcoming season. Now rendered in its mid-top cut with an ankle strap, the sneakers feature the same arrangement as the Air Force 1 Lows regularly restocked by Supreme. A debossed Box Logo sits on the lateral heel, while co-branding features on the tongue, insole and silver-tone lace dubrae.
While not as popular as the low-tops, the Air Force 1 Mid is not without its adherents, the most famous being Rasheed Wallace. Nike first introduced the Air Force 1 High as a basketball sneaker in 1982 and followed up with the low-top iteration a year later. The Air Force 1 Mid then came out in 1984, but that didn’t stop Wallace from wearing the sneaker on the NBA court in the late-’90s through the 2000s.
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Supreme launched its all-white and all-black Air Force 1 Lows in 2020, which, similar to other staple items such as its Hanes T-shirts and underwear, are some of the few items that the New York City streetwear brand rereleases. Additional AF1 Low variants with the same branding arrangements have also been released in “Baroque Brown” and “Wheat” suede, while a Shanghai-exclusive release earlier this year saw a red Swoosh added to the white sneaker.
Prior to those AF1 Lows, Supreme and Nike’s most recent footwear release was the Darwin Low, an outdoor basketball sneaker from 1994 brought back for skateboarding through Nike SB.
Supreme has also released other Air Force 1 Mid variants in 2014 and 2018, first with its “World Famous” branding and then with patchwork NBA team logo treatment.
The Supreme x Nike Air Force 1 Mid in all-white and all-black doesn’t yet have a release date, but you can expect it to come at some point during Supreme’s fall season drops, which begin this week. Pricing is set at $133.
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Ian Servantes is a Senior News Editor for Footwear News specializing in sneaker coverage. He’s previously reported on streetwear and sneakers at Input and Highsnobiety after beginning his career on the pop culture beat. He subscribes to the idea that “ball is life” and doesn’t fuss over his kicks getting dirty.
