{"id":956270,"date":"2026-05-19T19:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/?p=956270"},"modified":"2026-05-20T05:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:46:34","slug":"nike-moon-shoe-malachite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/style-en-2\/footwear-en-2\/nike-moon-shoe-malachite\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Moon Shoe Malachite: OG Colorway Drops at $105"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-carousel>\n\n\n\n

Nike Moon Shoe<\/strong> returns in a new Malachite colorway, with Nike listing the Moon Shoe OG at a retail price of $105<\/strong> USD. The release pairs a deep Malachite green upper with Soft Pearl highlights and a Gum Light Brown outsole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nike Moon Shoe OG: design and color<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new Nike Moon Shoe balances a muted palette and readable detail: Malachite green dominates the upper, Soft Pearl provides subtle accents, and the Gum Light Brown outsole adds natural warmth to the silhouette. The combination aims for a timeless look rather than a strictly retro pastiche<\/strong>, keeping the model approachable for both collectors and runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nike Moon Shoe OG: the waffle sole story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nike attributes the Moon Shoe’s signature waffle sole to co-founder Bill Bowerman. According to Nike, Bowerman experimented in 1971 by pouring rubber into a waffle iron at home, producing the grid-patterned tread that defined early running shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Moon Shoe, introduced in 1972, was the brand’s earliest application of that sole. Nike says the nickname Moon Shoe comes from the crater-like impressions the grid made on soft surfaces during track tests, an image that has stuck with the model for more than five decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price, availability, and who it suits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nike lists the Moon Shoe OG at $105<\/strong> USD, making this OG reissue an accessible entry point for people discovering the model for the first time as well as long-time collectors. The brand says the current OG reproductions use modern materials and construction while preserving the waffle texture and overall contour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an antecedent to later Nike icons such as the Air Max and the Dunk, the Moon Shoe occupies a clear place in the company\u2019s origin story, and this Malachite colorway is positioned to keep that history visible in today\u2019s sneaker market, Nike said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nike Moon Shoe Malachite revives the OG waffle runner, priced at $105, with deep green Malachite, Soft Pearl accents, and a gum-light-brown sole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":956062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5094],"tags":[22099,12361,537,22993,10863,36473],"class_list":{"0":"post-956270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-footwear-en-2","8":"tag-bill","9":"tag-malachite","10":"tag-nike","11":"tag-shoes","12":"tag-sneaker","13":"tag-waffle-sole"},"raw_content":"\n<\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/amp-carousel>\n\n\n\n

Nike Moon Shoe<\/strong> returns in a new Malachite colorway, with Nike listing the Moon Shoe OG at a retail price of $105<\/strong> USD. The release pairs a deep Malachite green upper with Soft Pearl highlights and a Gum Light Brown outsole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nike Moon Shoe OG: design and color<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new Nike Moon Shoe balances a muted palette and readable detail: Malachite green dominates the upper, Soft Pearl provides subtle accents, and the Gum Light Brown outsole adds natural warmth to the silhouette. The combination aims for a timeless look rather than a strictly retro pastiche<\/strong>, keeping the model approachable for both collectors and runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nike Moon Shoe OG: the waffle sole story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nike attributes the Moon Shoe's signature waffle sole to co-founder Bill Bowerman. According to Nike, Bowerman experimented in 1971 by pouring rubber into a waffle iron at home, producing the grid-patterned tread that defined early running shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Moon Shoe, introduced in 1972, was the brand's earliest application of that sole. Nike says the nickname Moon Shoe comes from the crater-like impressions the grid made on soft surfaces during track tests, an image that has stuck with the model for more than five decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price, availability, and who it suits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nike lists the Moon Shoe OG at $105<\/strong> USD, making this OG reissue an accessible entry point for people discovering the model for the first time as well as long-time collectors. The brand says the current OG reproductions use modern materials and construction while preserving the waffle texture and overall contour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an antecedent to later Nike icons such as the Air Max and the Dunk, the Moon Shoe occupies a clear place in the company\u2019s origin story, and this Malachite colorway is positioned to keep that history visible in today\u2019s sneaker market, Nike said.<\/p>\n\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956271,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956270\/revisions\/956271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}