{"id":424094,"date":"2015-01-01T12:13:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=424094"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:31:51","slug":"nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 2015 already upon us, a bevy of iconic silhouettes will soon capture their respective silver items by achieving the twenty-five year milestone. With that in mind, today&#8217;s edition of <strong>Throwback Thursday<\/strong> features the iconic <strong>Nike Air Max 90<\/strong>. After the video below, flip through the pages to receive a detailed account of the aforementioned silhouette and how its lasted for a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ohi4k1jKdu4\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Nike Air Max\u00a0Line<\/h2>\n<p>Before 1990, the Nike Air Max legacy completely revolutionized how consumers and sneaker companies viewed technological innovations. Incorporating Nike Air cushioning throughout the applicable silhouettes, the Nike Air Max lineage began with the Nike Air Max I in 1987; a model in which was created by noted designer Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker. Going forward, the Nike Air Max Light would be released in 1989, until the arrival of the Nike Air Max 90 in 1990.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>1990: Year In Review<\/h2>\n<p>The year 1990 was pivotal for a variety of reasons as the world entered yet another decade. With the 80s complete, we found various entities with strong 80&#8217;s influence continue to dominate the new year. For starters the San Francisco 49ers won yet another championship by defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV, The &#8220;Bad Boy&#8221; Detroit Pistons captured an elusive NBA championship\u00a0and NWA released their notable EP <em>100 Miles and Runnin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Nike Air Max 90<\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned prior, the Nike Air Max 90 hit retailers in 1990 and captivated plenty of consumers with its innovative design. Incorporating a sleek and angular cut, the Nike Air Max 90 features Nike Air Max cushioning throughout, while employing\u00a0a mesh toe box as leather accents comprise portions of the aforementioned model. In addition, Nike Air Max branding can be seen along the tongue tab and heel panel of the silhouette.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Variations of the Nike Air Max 90<\/h2>\n<p>As we are approaching the 25-year milestone of this silhouette, the bevy of variations in between have really solidified this model as being among the best Nike silhouettes ever. For instance, Nike has graced consumers with the <em>Nike Air Max 90 EM<\/em> silhouette, the <em>Nike Air Max 90 ICE<\/em> model, and also the <em>Nike Air Max Lunar 90<\/em>. Each of the variation incorporating distinct variations\u00a0to the iconic Nike Air Max 90 silhouette.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Legacy of the Nike Air Max 90<\/h2>\n<p>The legacy of the Nike Air Max 90 continues to remain intact due to bevy of variations and colorways gracing retail shelves across three different decades. However, it may be the plethora of celebrities rocking this silhouette, such stars include Kanye West, <em>&#8220;The Lord&#8221;<\/em> Scott Discik, Jamie Foxx and 50 Cent, that help keep this model hot.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, it&#8217;ll be interesting to witness how the Nike Air Max 90 lineage will continue to evolve and if this notable silhouette can remain relevant for another 25 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 2015 already upon us, a bevy of iconic silhouettes will soon capture their respective silver items by achieving the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":424111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1225736,359,1225558,1225484],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday - NiceKicks.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Head over to nicekicks.com to check out the latest edition of Throwback Thursday featuring the iconic Nike Air Max 90.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Head over to nicekicks.com to check out the latest edition of Throwback Thursday featuring the iconic Nike Air Max 90.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Snkrs Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NiceKicks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthalfhill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-01T17:13:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-03T17:31:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Halfhill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/matthalfhill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Halfhill\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ItemPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/\",\"name\":\"Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday - NiceKicks.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-01T17:13:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-03T17:31:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Head over to nicekicks.com to check out the latest edition of Throwback Thursday featuring the iconic Nike Air Max 90.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":420,\"caption\":\"NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Columns\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/columns\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Throwback Thursday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\",\"description\":\"Sneakers News. Culture. Community.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2020\/10\/nice-box-400-225.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2020\/10\/nice-box-400-225.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":225,\"caption\":\"Snkrs Day\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NiceKicks\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicekicks\",\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicekicks\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/asnkrsdaya\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@snkrsday\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/nicekicks\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday - NiceKicks.com","description":"Head over to nicekicks.com to check out the latest edition of Throwback Thursday featuring the iconic Nike Air Max 90.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/","next":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday","og_description":"Head over to nicekicks.com to check out the latest edition of Throwback Thursday featuring the iconic Nike Air Max 90.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/","og_site_name":"Snkrs Day","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snkrsday","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthalfhill","article_published_time":"2015-01-01T17:13:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-03T17:31:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Halfhill","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/matthalfhill","twitter_site":"@snkrsday","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Halfhill","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["WebPage","ItemPage"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/","url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/","name":"Nike Air Max 90: Throwback Thursday - NiceKicks.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg","datePublished":"2015-01-01T17:13:41+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-03T17:31:51+00:00","description":"Head over to nicekicks.com to check out the latest edition of Throwback Thursday featuring the iconic Nike Air Max 90.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/12\/NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90.jpg","width":770,"height":420,"caption":"NK-TBT-Nike-Ari-Max-90"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-air-max-90-throwback-thursday\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Columns","item":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/columns\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Throwback Thursday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/","name":"Snkrs Day","description":"Sneakers News. Culture. Community.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#organization","name":"Snkrs Day","url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2020\/10\/nice-box-400-225.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2020\/10\/nice-box-400-225.png","width":400,"height":225,"caption":"Snkrs Day"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snkrsday","https:\/\/x.com\/snkrsday","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrsday","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/asnkrsdaya","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@snkrsday","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/snkrsday"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424094"},{"taxonomy":"cultivate_rss","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cultivate_rss?post=424094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}