Nike Air Max BW Persian Violet (2016)

The Nike Air Max BW Persian Violet (2016) recalls its popular debut colorway with a black mesh and leather upper.

Having made its debut in 1991 and designed by Tinker Hatfield, the original Air Max BW Persian Violet featured a sizeable Air Max unit. The Air Max unit became known as the Big Window, nicknamed BW. The BW went on to endure relevance as one of Nike’s legacy designs. The shoe’s signature color, vivid Persian Violet, appears on the Swoosh, collar, and midsole. An optic white leather upper and midsole house the transparent visible Max Air unit, and the look is tied together with a black tread sole.

Our experts think the best feature of the Nike Air Max BW Persian Violet (2016) is its classic styling, which is as wearable in the present as it was in the 1990s. It was released on March 8, 2016, and retailed at $120.