Nike Air Griffey Max 1 (2026 Retro) — Team Gold / Fresh Water
The Kid returns in his most regal palette to date — a deep Midnight Navy nubuck base draped in Metallic Team Gold Swoosh-inspired overlays and pops of Fresh Water teal on the tongue, heel, and inner strap. **Materials:** premium matte navy nubuck upper with pebbled tactile grain, tumbled leather side panels, mesh tongue construction, and a hook-and-loop ankle strap embroidered with a metallic gold '24' emblem. **Textures:** the nubuck's brushed nap is rendered in raised satin stitching, while the gold Swoosh-inspired panels use high-density metallic thread that catches light like real foil leaf. Fresh Water teal accents are laid down in glossy satin fills to mimic the shoe's synthetic overlay sheen, and the exposed Max Air heel bubble is translated through crystal-clear tonal thread with contrast navy shading. **Rarity:** part of the 2026 Fall retro run (style code IV6299-410), distributed sparingly through Shiekh and select Nike accounts — a numbered Open Archive edition, capped and never restocked. Junior wore navy pinstripes in Cincinnati and Seattle blue in the Sound; this colorway is the crossover jersey, dressed in gold like a Hall-of-Fame plaque.
Every print is meticulously designed to visually mimic the look, depth, and tactile feel of a real embroidered patch — simulated stitch direction, thread sheen, merrowed border, twill backing, and subtle fabric shadowing are all baked into the artwork. The result reads as a physical patch on the garment, achieved through ultra-high-resolution DTG / DTF rather than thread.
This release uses our DTG / DTF print process — chosen so the monogram artwork can render at a fidelity, color range, and detail level that traditional embroidery cannot match, while keeping the silhouette of every colorway in the ever-growing archive intact.
Physical embroidered patches — woven, with merrowed borders and heat-press backing — are reserved for select future drops in small, numbered quantities tied to specific colorways and collections. They are a separate, limited future format, not a replacement for the print line.
LS31-GRIF-EBE889-139
2025.04.19
#139
— pending —
Each L.S.3.1ST piece will be paired with a tamper-proof NFC chip and on-chain certificate of authenticity. Provenance data above is illustrative only (placeholder edition #139).





The Silhouette
Griffey Max 1 in Midnight Navy — a modern retail return to the Mariners-adjacent ’96 icon.
Explore the Griffey Max 1 Midnight Navy patch up close — every thread, stitch, and texture detail revealed at different magnifications.
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