The answer to that question lies in the fact that the model itself has been around in one form or another since 1998, which is a lifetime in the sport shoe industry. It's quite often the fact that shoe makers like Nike will introduce the model one year and discontinue it just six months later. The Air Max TN is a notable exception, though.
What's for certain is that Nike wearers are a very loyal group. And they come in all ages, too. There are people running around in cheap nike shox shoes that remember getting their first pair of "waffle soles" way back in the mid-1970s. What's also for certain is that this particular pair of Nikes bears no resemblance whatsoever to those pioneering shoes. A particular favorite of the skateboard set, the Nike Air Max TN comes in a wide variety of looks, including one pair that sports a skeleton. Now that's a style that is sure to be welcome at some of the finest dining establishments in Manhattan or Beverly Hills, right? Standard black/white and a fine skeleton motif... That should go well with black tie and tuxedo or white tie and tails at an MTV Video Music Awards show.
A point of historical interest about the Nike Air Max SkyBin is that it was originally known as the Nike Air Max Plus, though almost nobody in the know refers to them as such these days. Sure, they also come in a nice white color but who really wants to hit the club scene or other events in plain old white when they have skeletons to show off or some other wild color combinations? Back in 1998, the Nike Air Max TN was originally released in what the company called "Hyper Blue" and it was immediately a big hit with many folks who thought they might want to take up running but who also wanted to look good while doing it. Who was the famous comedian that said "It's always better to look good then be good?" Regardless, one can not only look pretty good in these shoes but also eventually become pretty good at whatever it is they think they might want to do in them.
As far as truly memorable color combinations, the recently-released Orange/Black/Red shoe has really made an impact among the glitterati in Hollywood, though that particular color isn't really available at retail stores in the United States as yet. But when you're a Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan what does something like "not for sale in the US" mean, anyway? As if running wasn't hard enough, imagine the pain and suffering that people underwent when they had to tie shoes. One of the variations that this particular shoe was offered in by Nike was a slip on model for those who envisioned themselves being able to wake up, throw on a pair of running shoes and then hit the sidewalks to crank out a quick 5 miles in a driving rainstorm or whatever it was the commercials depicted people wearing these shoes doing back then in fact wanted them to do.
For sure, though, the Nike Air Max TN was there back then, is here right now and is sure to be around far into the distant future when shoes will most likely have high-tech motors on them to enable their users to be able to fly about like superheroes.
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