How good are Nike's new Made-in-Italy Air Max 95s?
In 2001, I was bouncing back and forth in Long Island managing Finish Lines. You should know that. The town will tell you. Over 4,000 miles away in a secret factory in Montebelluna, Italy, they were putting together the 2001 Air Max 95 Lux Edition. They wanted to keep the factory on the low, a little bit of Omertà going on. Everything was coming up Italy for me. I was already into Air Max 95s, and across the street from me, my OG, Carmine Martino, had the gold Presi on his wrist. That's who I looked up to, not your fictional favorites from the movies.
Then 18 years later, Supreme spins the block. In 2019, they do three colorways of the Lux Air Max 95: blue, triple black, and a red one.
And now we're here, 2026. One Block Down, a store that's been at the center of sneaker and streetwear culture in Italy since 2009. An Air Max 95 project, maybe one of the best of the year. Am I biased? Yeah, I still want an invite to Christian Petroni's booth at San Gennaro next year. But look, four different colorways: triple black, the green, all red, and white with the different shades of gray. The soles all have the red, white, and green. I may need the whole set.
You guys ever wake up and see a pack of sneakers that you feel were designed specifically for you? You guys can relate, right? What a feeling. One Block Down x Air Max 95. Four for four. Well done.
