I love color, I love pastels, and I love when a sneaker looks like it was dipped in a basket of Easter eggs. The Nike Air Force 1 Low "Easter" is exactly that — Yellow Pulse, Pink Foam, Hydrangeas, and Emerald Rise in full patent leather. Spring in sneaker form, reviving a 20-year-old tradition.
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Nike Air Force 1 Low 'Easter': Release Date, Price, and Where to Buy
Headlines Nike's spring seasonal lineup in full family sizing.
- Release Date: March 13, 2026
- Retail Price: $125
- Style Code: IQ9706-701
- Colorway: Yellow Pulse/Pink Foam/Hydrangeas/Emerald Rise/White
- Sizing: Full family (adult, GS, PS, TD)
- Materials: Patent leather upper, cracked egg tongue tag, and insole graphic, pink lace dubraes
- Where to Buy:Nike, Foot Locker, Hibbett, Finish Line, Shiekh
Glossy, colorful, unapologetically spring. The pastel blocking is playful without being overdone, and the cracked egg graphic ties it to the original "Easter Egg" lineage. If the "Now Accepting All Flowers" was the appetizer, this is the main course.
Why Haven't We Seen a Patent Leather Easter AF1 in 20 Years?
Nike's Easter AF1 tradition started in 2005 with the original "Easter Egg" — patent leather pastels with a cracked egg logo that became an instant hit. A different version followed in 2006. Then the patent leather Easter AF1 went quiet.
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Nice Kicks noted that the 2017 retro and 2018 remix both skipped the full patent execution. The AF1 Low "Easter Basket" went woven. Highsnobiety called 2026's pair a return to early-2000s basics and part of a broader patent leather AF1 revival.
Twenty years between patent leather Easter AF1s. At $125, the Easter Bunny came through.
