Orange waves rolling across a grey Air Max 1. That’s the first thing you see, and honestly the last thing your eye lets go of. The Patta Waves here aren’t a print or a side detail, they’re built into the last. The whole lower half of the shoe is made of those scalloped edges, done in Hyper Crimson leather, sitting on an upper of Pure Platinum mesh and grey panels. Clean up top, loud down below.
The black Swoosh sits calm on the grey, with a small mini-swoosh on the toe as a second layer. The midsole has that cream, slightly vintage tone that makes the orange read warm instead of harsh, with black rubber underneath. There’s a tiny crimson accent tucked near the heel too. You clock the Air Max 1 instantly, but the waves lift it out of the standard rotation.
The waves are the whole point
Patta has been doing this with the Air Max 1 for a few years now, and the Waves line has become its own thing: Noise Aqua, Monarch, Maroon, and this Hyper Crimson from spring 2026. Where a normal AM1 has a straight mudguard, Patta curls it into waves that run all the way around the shoe. On this colorway it pops extra because the orange is the only bright surface. Everything else stays grey, cream and black.
That makes it surprisingly easy to wear. Throw it under baggy jeans or cargos and the orange does the rest, you don’t need much else. There’s a white version of the same drop too, but this platinum one is the more wearable of the two if you ask me. Grey forgives more outfits.
Twelve listings, all in euros
Here’s where it gets practical. On Solezilla there are 12 active listings across 10 shops for this colorway right now, and every single one is priced in euros. The floor sits around 155 euros, with most offers landing between 180 and 303 euros. It’s mostly resale and boutique stock, no big-box retailer carrying it at a flat price.
If you’re shopping from the UK or US, read that carefully: there are no GBP or USD listings on this one yet, so you’d be buying in euros and adding shipping and any import costs on top. Factor that in before you compare it against a local price. And for everyone: the gap between cheapest and dearest is wide, so line the shops up side by side and filter on your size before you drop 280 euros. With a collab like this, the common sizes sometimes sit mid-pack, and that’s where you grab it 100 euros under the hype price.
The Hypescore sits at 82, deep in the ATOMIC band, so this isn’t a shoe flying under the radar. The charge is high and the stock moves, which also means prices swing depending on which size you’re after. Want it without the hype markup? Compare the shops first and filter on your size, because the price spread on this one colorway is bigger than on most Air Max 1s. And if you want to go deeper into the collab, the full Patta x Nike line is all in one place.