AIR FORCE 1 was created by designer Bruce Kilgore and first introduced in 1982. It is also the first basketball shoe equipped air bag in NIKE history. Then AIR FORCE 1 undoubtedly became the sneaker icon in basketball culture. Clean and stitched overlays and the perfect finish completes the street hoop look. The AIR FORCE 1 SHADOW returns to the spotlight yet again, adding new materials to what is otherwise a familiar colorway. Though typical elsewhere, the texture of the heel flap is intentionally eroded, cracked along the entire exterior face. This gives the light pink shade a weathered feel, its darker insides partially on display. Forward, white leathers steer the scheme, wrapping adjacent and underneath red trims and dual-Swooshes, respectively. Appearing yet again along the heel, tongue, and dubrae, the bold tone acts as the perfect tonal opposite to the baby blue lining.