The newest Air Force 1 skips leather, suede, and canvas. It goes with hair instead. Long purple pony hair covers nearly the whole shoe, toe box to heel, and the fuzz changes how the whole silhouette reads.
The Air Force 1 has worn denim, satin, patent leather, and snakeskin prints across four decades of remixes. This remix still finds a new trick. Purple is simply the loudest turn the shoe has taken yet. Nike calls the colorway Atomic Violet, and it drops November 20 on SNKRS and at select retailers for $140, in men’s sizing.
Nike Air Force 1 Low QS Pony Hair, Atomic Violet
Pony hair upper in Atomic Violet and Voltage Purple · Foam midsole with an Air unit · Rubber outsole with pivot circles
Price: $140
Where to buy: More details at Nike
The hair does all the talking
Every panel wears the same long fibers, brushed in one direction like a coat. The Swoosh doesn’t sit on top of the hair. It hides inside it, traced by stitching and a shift in the fur’s direction.
Pink stitching peeks through along the panel lines, and it’s the only real contrast up top. The laces stay flat and purple, the tongue carries a stitched Nike Air label, and a small AF1 lace dubrae sits at the base as the one shiny bit.
At the back, the heel tab’s Nike Air stitching shows through the hair instead of hiding under it. Up close, the shoe reads less like a sneaker and more like a stuffed animal that happens to have a sole.
Expect your pair to look a little different from these photos. Listings for the orange pair note that hair length and direction vary from pair to pair, and the purple run follows the same cut. A soft brush keeps the fibers lying one way. The shelf beats a squished stack in a closet for storage.
The bones stay classic
Under the fuzz, the recipe doesn’t change. Nike lists a foam midsole with an Air unit inside for lightweight cushioning, plus a padded collar. The rubber outsole keeps the heritage pivot circles, the round tread pattern built for hard turns on court.
A clean white midsole does the visual heavy lifting here. It’s the one hard break between the purple hair and the purple outsole, and it keeps the shoe from blurring into one fuzzy mass. If you know the regular leather pair, you already know the fit and the feel underfoot.
Sizing runs in extended men’s sizes, and the fit tracks the standard leather AF1 Low. Roomy toe, flat sole, no surprises if a pair already sits in your rotation.
The ride stays stock. The wild part is all surface.
Red and orange came first
This purple pair closes a three-color run at the same $140. Campfire Orange landed in August, and Team Red followed in the fall. Same hair, same shape, three very different moods on a shelf.
Purple is the one that splits a room.
The series nods to the Horse of a Different Color from The Wizard of Oz, the horse that kept changing shades while Dorothy watched. Nike designer Frank Cooke showed the hairy design early, months before the first pair reached shelves. The Oz reference explains the color-hopping, even if the movie horse never tried purple fur this loud.
What to know before November 20
The style code is IR1940-500. The listed colors are Atomic Violet, White, and Voltage Purple, and the name on the box adds a QS tag. Sales haven’t opened yet, so there’s no cart to check today.
| Style code | IR1940-500 |
| Colorway | Atomic Violet/White-Voltage Purple |
| Price | $140 |
| Release date | November 20, 2026 |
| Sizing | Men’s, extended sizes |
| Upper | Pony hair |
| Sold through | SNKRS and select retailers |
The QS in the name marks a Quickstrike, a limited run sold through launch channels instead of a wide general release. That setup is why the calendar and the raffles carry the weight here.
The SNKRS launch calendar already carries the pair, and the reminder button is the move for now. Select retailers tend to run pairs like this through raffles and launch pages. Check your local shop’s release list this week so the date doesn’t sneak up on you.
Buy: set the SNKRS reminder if the look grabbed you in one glance. $140 is standard Air Force 1 money, first-paycheck territory, and the texture is the entire reason to spend it.
Skip: pass if your pairs earn scuffs daily. Long hair and wet pavement are a rough mix, and this shoe wants dry days and a gentler rotation.
Wait: hold off if you want to see real pairs first. The hair sits a little differently on every pair, and in-hand photos land once the drop opens.
This one’s for: the collector with shelf space for one strange pair that starts conversations at the door.
Nike Air Force 1 Low QS Pony Hair, Atomic Violet
Pony hair upper in Atomic Violet and Voltage Purple · Foam midsole with an Air unit · Rubber outsole with pivot circles
Price: $140
Where to buy: More details at Nike
