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The Nike Air Max 95 Sole Collector Seattle is a limited event exclusive built around the Air Max 95 silhouette and dressed in a blacked-out buffalo-print upper that gives the shoe a textured, almost reptilian surface quality. White contrast stitching runs along the traditional gradient panel lines of the 95, reinterpreting Sergio Lozano’s original spine-inspired design language with a premium materials focus rather than the graduated color blocking most associated with the model. The heel Air unit glows in a volt green tone, and the same green appears on the lace aglets and pull tab, while the lace dubrae feature a multicolor system, including red, blue, and green hits, that adds an understated but deliberate complexity to the upper. A black and white rope lace completes the look. The outsole and midsole maintain the all-black theme, keeping the volt Air window as the primary pop of color from the side profile. The shoe arrived in a dark box with orange accents, visible in the background here, consistent with the packaging approach used for Sole Collector event-specific releases. Buffalo print on the Air Max 95 platform was used across several regional and event exclusives during this period, making precise attribution reliant on the dubrae configuration and box details rather than the upper material alone.
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