For a while they sat on shelves and Nike eventually halted production on the model and shifted budget elsewhere. The silhouette had actually garnered a new and slightly-bad reputation according to many, with the legendary status tarnished by how mainstream they had become.

Some of the easiest details to compare the original and fake Nike Huarache models are the sole, the number of eyelets and the tongue. For the outsole you have to look at the Nike Air logo, in the real silhouettes it always appears detailed in color, also the quality of the outsole is quite differential to the touch.

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The Air Huarache has become a mainstay, with releases hitting many other categories, including training, tennis, aerobics, lacrosse, American football and baseball. The minimal design also went on to inspire other lightweight and flexible footwear designs of the future, like the Kukini, Presto and Nike Free concepts.