The Nike Air Force 1 Turns The Charm Up With Extended Tongues
What to know
ClosetKept AI- Nike Air Force 1 features extended fold-over tongue with embedded stars, pearls, and stainless steel buckles.
- Colorway: Anthracite tumbled leather upper with silver Swoosh and debossed heel branding.
- General Release (GR) with no firm release date; expected weeks after article publication.
- Jewelry-inspired design adds hardware expression to classic Air Force 1 silhouette.
Good companies copy. Great companies steal. Perhaps that’s a blunt assessment of how charmed footwear have taken over the industry, but it’s now undeniable that the success of a certain California skate brand’s “Pearlized” aesthetics have been adopted and co-opted by their competitors. For their part, Nike hasn’t wasted any time in bringing their own interpretations to the catalog, as the Nike Air Force 1 “Charms” in “Anthracite” shows once again.
It’s a double-whammy with this pair, adding new hardware and jewelry expression to their always-on icon. Of course, we’re referencing a soccer-like fold-over tongue, an unexpected look for the AF1 but one it takes the distance with embedded stars, pearls, and buckles in stainless steel. To match that, Nike goes minimalistic with the branding, reaching for a pronounced silver Swoosh on the ide and debossed “Nike Air” on the heel. To keep this pair grounded overall, tumbled “Anthracite” leather coats almost all of this shoe, allowing the studded choices elsewhere to really take center stage.
As a true GR, the Nike Air Force 1 “Charms / Long Tongue” doesn’t carry a firm release date. Instead, you can expect it coming to Nike.com or a store near you in the coming weeks. We’ll have this page and our Sneaker Release Dates hub updated with direct links once this pair touches down.
