A “Beef and Broccoli” Colorway Lands on the Nike Air Force 1 Low Patent Leather

Name: Nike Air Force 1 Low Patent Leather “Beef and Broccoli”
Colorway: TBC
SKU: IX4088-352
MSRP: $125 USD
Release Date: Fall/Winter 2026

Nike is layering more gloss into its Air Force 1 Low rotation with an incoming Fall/Winter 2026 “Beef and Broccoli” colorway that pairs standard leather with patent leather overlays. The upcoming Air Force 1 Low arrives in a Dark Team Red and Dark Spruce palette, designed as a cold-weather build that leans into the sheen and structure of patent panels rather than the silhouette’s more familiar matte finishes.

Construction on the pair follows a two-tier leather setup. A Dark Team Red leather base forms the toebox and underlays, providing the muted, warm-toned foundation that anchors the shoe. Sitting on top of that base are Dark Spruce patent leather overlays, applied across the eyestay, mudguard, heel counter, and Swoosh, where the higher-shine finish delivers the visual contrast the colorway is built around. The overlay placement follows the Air Force 1’s standard panel structure rather than reworking the silhouette itself, keeping construction changes limited to material rather than form.

The two-tone palette leans firmly into the cold-weather register. The Dark Team Red reads earthier and more subdued than Nike’s brighter reds, while the Dark Spruce sits deep enough in the green spectrum to lean toward black in low light. That combination gives the shoe a decidedly late-autumn temperament, one that pushes the release well outside the summer window and toward a Fall/Winter drop. The patent treatment amplifies that reading further, adding a dressier, evening-ready surface quality that separates this pair from more casual seasonal makeups on the same silhouette.

The colorway also fits into Nike’s broader push on the Air Force 1’s finish variety, where the brand has increasingly treated the silhouette as a testing ground for elevated material work. Patent leather has featured prominently in that experimentation, giving the model access to a more polished aesthetic without altering its architecture. This release adds another data point to that trajectory, applying the glossy treatment as an overlay rather than an all-over covering, and using material contrast to do the work that a more graphic-heavy makeup might otherwise handle.