This Nike Air Force 1 Low Resembles A Grail From 2002

French aesthetics for this Summer edition.

Matt Varga June 20th, 2025 (updated)

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Updated June 20th, 2025: The shoes are available now on Nike.com; check the Where To Buy links just below.

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Mens Nike Air Force 1 Low

SKU: II7630-001

RETAIL PRICE: $120

RELEASE DATE: Jun 20, 2025

US 06/20/2025 Friday

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It’s pretty common to find someone who can rattle off archival Jordan styles with ease, but knowledge of classic Air Force 1 edition is undoubtedly a cut above when it comes to hobby knowledge. That might inherently limit the target of this comparison, but the Nike Air Force 1 Low “Anthracite” that just hit the newswire bears heavy connections to that exact category.

To plainly spell out the comp, it’s the gum-soled Courir Air Force 1 Low that immediately jumps to our minds. The ultra-simplistic arrangement of that ’02 edition makes subsequent pairs easy to tap into its register, as the shoe at hand does with its black leather foundation, gum bottoms and white Swooshes and midsole tones slicing through that arrangement. To ensure that “grail” piece still has territory to itself, Beaverton shifts the heel cup to black leather and utilizes orange embroidery on top of it.

As a true GR, the Nike Air Force 1 Low should be hitting Nike.com and partnering retailers sometime in the coming weeks, likely hovering around the usual $115 MSRP.

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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.