Nike will release the Air Force 1 Low Atomic Violet and White on November 20, adding a purple pair to the run of shaggy Air Force 1s that began with “Campfire Orange” in August. The color reaches from the laces to the outsole, with a white midsole cutting across the side of the shoe. Even the Swoosh wears the same furry material as the panels around it, so the logo comes into view through its outline.
SNEAKERS
The fibers extend over the edges of the panels, softening the lines that usually make the Air Force 1 easy to pick out from across a room. Pink stitching traces some of those seams, particularly around the toe and along the sides. The tongue label and heel tab have a smooth finish, giving the Nike Air lettering a clear surface amid the purple fibers. Turn the shoe over and the translucent purple rubber still shows the familiar circular tread.
That tread goes back to Bruce Kilgore’s original Air Force 1. Nike introduced it in 1982 as the first basketball shoe to use Nike Air cushioning. Kilgore experimented with mesh on an early high-top prototype before the retail shoe went with leather. More than four decades later, the sole still does much of the work of identifying the model. On the “Atomic Violet,” the raised Air lettering at the heel and the pivot circles underneath are easier to spot than some of the seams on the upper.
Nike has taken the material further before. The 2009 Halloween Air Force 1 Low “Savage Beast” carried orange hair over the midsole as well as the upper, with a white Swoosh and the words “Savage Beast” at the heel. This year’s “Campfire Orange” stopped the shaggy material at the upper and left the midsole white. October’s “Team Red” took a different route, matching the midsole and outsole to the red above. “Atomic Violet” brings back the white band from the August pair and picks up the upper color again in the translucent rubber below.
The Nike Air Force 1 Low Atomic Violet and White arrives through Nike SNKRS on November 20, 2026, for $140 in the U.S.
Name: Nike Air Force 1 Low Atomic Violet and White
Colorway: Atomic Violet/Voltage Purple-White
SKU: IR1940-500
Price: 140 USD
Release Date: November 20
Available at: Nike and select retailers
