Colourway Corral: Safari

As y­­ou may or may not know, Nike’s revered Safari print has quite the origin story. It starts back in the mid 1980s when Tinker Hatfield was roaming the streets of NYC with a dream to take athletic shoes to luxurious new heights and happened upon an ostrich-skin swathed couch in a window display. Its buttery bumps were just the spark of inspiration that the Nike designer needed – and the rest is history.

Having debuted on 1987’s Air Safari, the Safari print has become a staple scheme in the Swoosh canon, and is employed in a rainbow of hues. We’re keeping things classic though, and limiting our round-up to the warm oranges and tans the speckles are most known for. Grab your binoculars, get in the truck, and let’s go on safari!