The Nike Air Max 90 Lifts Off In A “Mandarin” Colorway For Kids

Interstellar shades drape the 90's legend.

Matt Varga January 7, 2025

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Air Max fans are eating good. While the product line is always a staple of year-in, year-out release calendars, Beaverton’s renewed focus on original releases seen in the 2025 Jordan Release Dates slate also extends into the Swoosh’s side of things, highlighted by the return of beloved pairs like the Air Max Plus “Eclair” and Air Max 95 “Pink Foam.” Additionally, the novel colorways they’ve let loose so far have been mighty impressive, again the case with the Air Max 90 “Mandarin.”

If Beaverton’s prompt was to create one of the more visually arresting looks for the model we’ve seen recently, they passed with flying colors — literally. Jumpsuit “Mandarin” orange coats the upper in two slightly tinted applications, vivid “Blue Fury” wedges in between on the Swoosh and select accents, and a black contrast sole adds visual depth and allows those hi-vis coatings to stand out all the more. On top of the aesthetics, the shoe itself carries a slightly different tooling, with perforated leather taking the place of fabric mesh on the base layer.

As mentioned in the title, as of right now this shoe has only surfaced in GS sizing, but we’re certainly holding out hope that an adult counterpart is on the way. The Nike Air Max 90 “Mandarin” doesn’t have a concrete release date as of this writing. Instead, the shoe should hit Nike.com and partnering retailers as we get into the Spring ’25 slate.

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Matt Varga, Junior Editor

Matt Varga is an Editor at SneakerNews. Initially earning a degree in Video Arts and Technology, he got his start in video editing and writing in the music world — primarily on hip-hop and electronic. A long-standing interest in sneakers led him to switching over to footwear. An avid collector, his favorite sneaker of all time comes down to either the Air Jordan 1 “Black Toe” and Air Jordan 5 “Laney,” his first ever pick-ups. When he’s not writing, you can find Matt cooking, traveling, attending concerts and when weather permits, on the handball court.