Nike Moon Shoe 'Soft Yellow'

About this shoe

The Nike Moon Shoe Soft Yellow is one of the most historically loaded pieces of footwear Nike has ever brought to a general retail audience, a women's exclusive colorway of a silhouette that co-founder Bill Bowerman originally developed in 1971 and that never saw a public release until now, over half a century after it first left crater-like imprints in the dirt at the University of Oregon and inspired the waffle sole revolution that changed running forever. Soft Yellow nylon covers the upper in a butter-warm tone that leans fully into the vintage running aesthetic of early track footwear, with tone-on-tone suede accents around the heel and eyestay adding depth and texture without disrupting the shoe's deliberately minimal character. Soft Pearl leather Swooshes run across both side panels with a smoothness that complements the yellow base, cream laces and a traditional woven Nike tongue tag push the retro direction further, and an exposed zig-zag trim gives the construction a raw handmade quality that feels authentic to the shoe's origin story. The black outsole grounds the entire look with an aggressive square-shaped traction pattern that is a direct reference to the waffle design Bowerman famously developed after studying the grid pattern on his wife Barbara's waffle iron, seeking a solution for the slick urethane track surface at Oregon. That outsole detail is not just design language but documentation, connecting every pair of Moon Shoes released today to the exact moment that changed how Nike thought about performance footwear. The Soft Yellow colorway in particular has been widely embraced as the most wearable and season-appropriate of the current Moon Shoe lineup, its warm tone translating effortlessly from the track to everyday wear in a way that the silhouette's heritage fully supports. The Nike Moon Shoe Soft Yellow Women's was released on May 7, 2026 with a retail price of $105. | Nike Moon Shoe OG (Women's) Sneakers in Soft Yellow/Soft Pearl/Black