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This month’s installment of our Nike sneaker guide might heavily favor retro revivals, but that’s just because the athletic giant knows how to do them better than anyone else. From basketball shoes to stealthy winter runners, we’ve scoured the company’s catalog for this month and give you a few of our favorites, showcasing Nike’s versatile range in the process.
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Nike Field General Leather Cacao Wow
Nike fans can tell you just how beloved the Field General is. Originally released in 1982 as a football shoe for quarterbacks, the silhouette has now transformed into a modern-day lifestyle sneaker with its latest revivals. Boasting premium brown leather uppers, the new Cacao Wow variant taps into the vintage charm of the old-school Field Generals, with an off-white sole and one of the classiest aesthetics we’ve seen from the brand ever.
Nike Air Diamond Turf ’93
Nike always knows how to find an athlete’s unique identity with each one of its signature shoes. Debuting in 1993, Deion Sanders got his first-ever sneaker, the Air Diamond Turf. Where most Nike sneakers featured the Swoosh on the side, this one had the logo up top on the Velcro lace strap. Now, the shoe has been revived as an everyday sneaker, but still with retro styling. While past iterations took Sanders’ pro teams’ colors, the Golden Tussah/Mystic Green colorway you see here feels more like a nod to the University of Colorado Buffaloes, of which the Hall of Famer serves as head coach.
Nike Zoom Vomero Roam Black
Nearly two decades after the original Vomero was introduced, Nike decided to revisit the silhouette with a winterized version last year. Now going super stealthy with an all-black colorway, the Vomero Roam gets a water-repellant finish on the suede-textile uppers, 360-degree mudguard, and a grippy High Abrasion Rubber Tech (HART) outsole that can help you run through puddles without slipping. Underfoot, the Air Zoom units and cushioned foam midsole helps you get an extra boost, but we especially love the toggle laces so you can adjust the shoes on-the-go.
Nike Air Max 95 Court Purple and Wild Grape
Nike continues their Air Max 95 anniversary year by bringing back the “Big Bubbles” from back in the day. Designed as such when they first got released in 1991, the sneakers have been given noticeably smaller Air units with past reiterations, but now feature Sergio Lozano’s original, larger bubbles, which extend around the back of the heel. We’ve seen a handful of colorways this year so far, but few have been as stunning as this moody Court Purple/Wild Grape variant, featuring a camo-style pattern that complements the rippling upper design perfectly.
Nike Air Jordan 5 Fire Red ‘Black Tongue’
The Fire Red was the launch colorway (of only four colorways released total) for the Air Jordan 5 back in 1990. This month, it’s making a return, with faithful elements like the jagged midsole, bump-out collar, and vented panels on the side and tongue. Best of all, this will feature the original “Black Tongue,” which has remained absent from revivals of these sneakers for over a decade now. Faithful to Tinker Hatfield’s original design, the 2025 version also has the lace locks and small Air unit at the heel.
NikeCraft x Tom Sachs Mars Yard 3.0
Honorable Mention: We couldn’t let this month go by without mentioning the highly-anticipated Mars Yard 3.0 sneaker, which has been hyped up since getting announced back in February. Sprouting from Nike and Tom Sachs’ joint-venture NikeCraft sub-label, the original Mars Yard combined the worlds of art and sneakers when it debuted in 2012. Now, we’re finally getting a third iteration with NASA inspiration and the cleanest design we’ve seen so far, featuring open mesh polyester uppers, a silkscreen-printed Swoosh (rather than stitched), and the addition of a TPU heel clip.
