NYC Sneaker Watch: Nike Air Max Metro "Pale Ivory and Black" Arrives at $160

Nike launched a new running-inspired silhouette, the Air Max Metro, on October 1, 2026. Rather than reviving an archive model, it pairs a layered, performance-runner upper with an Air Max sole. Three colorways arrived together, and "Pale Ivory/Black" (style code IW4935-102) is the quietest of them. It retails for $160.

The upper stacks suede and molded synthetic overlays on open mesh, with the pieces wrapping through the toe, midfoot and heel. A standard Swoosh crosses the side, and smaller Nike marks sit on the tongue and forefoot.

In this colorway, pale ivory suede covers most of the upper over black mesh, while black suede frames the toe and heel. Light grey support pieces cross the midfoot, and the black Swoosh carries a white outline. The midsole is off-white, with a lightly tinted Air unit.

The sole is the main story. A long visible Air unit runs through much of the midsole instead of sitting only in the heel, surrounded by foam and finished with a rubber outsole. From the side, that gives the shoe a stretched, low profile.

The other two colorways are Black/Metallic Dark Grey-Bright Crimson and Black/Light Photo Blue-Illusion Green, both also $160. Nike.com and select retailers carry the line; SneakerFiles lists Finish Line, Foot Locker, Hibbett and Shiekh among them.

For New Yorkers, the pair is sold through Nike.com and those national retailers; the sources do not name specific city stores. Next to its darker and brighter siblings, this ivory-and-black pair is the most low-key of the three.

(Details are drawn from points that agree across reports by Sneaker Bar Detroit, SneakerFiles.)