Some colourways you understand at a glance. This Air Max 1 ’87 QS “Obsidian” (DV3887-400) is one you keep looking at. From across the room it reads as a dark blue sneaker with a green base. Up close there is far more going on, and the detail that makes it work is the one you notice last.
Two navies, a bottle green, and one hit of purple
The upper runs two shades of navy at once: a softer, slightly greyer blue with a suede-like nap on the side panel and heel, and beneath it a deeper, almost black-blue along the mudguard line and toe. The difference is subtle, but it gives the silhouette depth instead of one flat block of colour. Over that sits a full, dark bottle-green mudguard — smooth and lightly glossy where the rest of the shoe is matte. Navy and green is a classically awkward pairing, and it works here precisely because both tones are dark and saturated: they stack rather than fight.
Then the part that lifts the whole thing: a small purple Swoosh on the green toe, with purple embroidered lettering on the heel in a soft, towelling-like yarn. It is the only colour that appears nowhere else, and it stays small enough never to take over. The big Swoosh is white, the midsole is white, and underneath runs a gum sole that warms the shoe up more than navy and green alone would suggest. No pink anywhere this time, which for me is a small loss — but the purple earns its keep.
What to put it with
This is an autumn shoe, and that is down to the palette, not the calendar. The gum sole and the deep green ask for earthy tones beside them: camel, ecru, warm grey, dark brown. A cream knit with wide dark trousers, and the sneaker does the work down below. If you want the green to really speak, set something undyed next to it — unbleached linen, a sand-coloured coat — so the bottle green is the only saturated point in the look.
Denim works too, but choose on purpose. Light, faded jeans set the navy apart; a dark indigo blends into it and you lose the layering the shoe depends on. Under a skirt with a thick tight in dark green or black it sits well, especially if you echo the gum sole in the colour of your bag or belt. What I would not do is add another bright colour. The purple on the toe is already the accent. Anything you place beside it just competes.
Only resale and marketplace now
The release dates back to 30 September 2022 and Nike itself sold through long ago. On Solezilla.com we track fourteen active offers today across twelve shops, every one in euros — no UK or US listing on this pair, so pounds-and-dollars buyers should count shipping and import before getting attached to a number. The spread is wide, from €55 up to €190. Do not let those extremes steer you: the realistic cluster sits between roughly €89 and €167, with Collect District, Noirfonce and Side Kicks at the lower end and Mentastore, The Attic and House of Sneakers higher up. That €55 on StockX is a from-price tied to a single leftover size, usually a far edge of the range. Filter on your size first, then compare; the gap between the cheapest and dearest shop in the same size is often more than fifty euros here.
The Hypescore sits at 81, band ATOMIC, which tells you something: four years on, interest in this Air Max 1 is still running high and supply is not getting any wider. So compare calmly — with a pair like this the win is less about being quick and more about finding the right shop for your size. The full Obsidian listing is the place to start, and the rest of Nike sits right beside it.