Nike Floods The Air Max 90 In “Old Royal” Blue

Heel to toe.

Matt Varga July 2nd, 2026 (updated)

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Truly, Air Max is always in the ether, pushed forward every Air Max Day with new takes on Nike’s vaunted tech and living in the spaces between via their mainstay silhouettes. For a year and change at this point, we’ve been laser-focused on the Air Max 95 as the face of the latter; only natural for the 30th anniversary and riding high off of that celebration into 2026.

Looking ahead, Paris Fashion Week has divulged that the Nike Air Max 97, somewhat invisible in the catalog as of late, is set for the same treatment come 2027. However, beyond that single silhouette, it’s also the 40th birthday of the product line as a whole, inspiring more diverse festivities already confirmed to include the Air Max 90 “Square Toe.” Before those experimental treatments tee off, the Nike Air Max 90 “Old Royal” offers a chance to enjoy Tinker Hatfield’s design in the here and now, one of a few flooded colorways to hit the newswire. Keeping to the standard leather and mesh base, the entire shoe is wrapped head to toe in this cerulean shade, a head-turning arrangement on a model that skews understated in most general release applications.

The Nike Air Max 90 “Old Royal” should be touching down sometime in the coming weeks, retailing for $135 in women’s sizing.

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Womens Nike Air Max 90

SKU: IV4892-400

RETAIL PRICE: $140

RELEASE DATE: 2026

US 2026

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Written by

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.