Vintage Ad: Nike Air Penny II

Today's first vintage ad is the Air Penny II in the Atlantic Blue colorway.

words & image // Zack Schlemmer

To continue this week's Penny Hardaway theme in honor of the Sole Collector x Nike x Penny Hardaway event in Las Vegas, today you'll get a look at two vintage Penny shoe ads.  Both ads come from Nike's simple ad campaign of only displaying the shoe, a Swoosh, and a phone number (back before everybody had websites) against a white background.

First up is the Air Penny II in one of it's three original colorways from 1996, Atlantic Blue.  Where does the Air Penny II rank among your favorite Penny Hardaway signature models? Discuss in the comments below.

Stay tuned to find out what shoe today's second vintage ad will bring you!