Billie Eilish is stepping back into the spotlight—this time, with a fresh pair of kicks: The singer announced Tuesday that she will be releasing Air Jordan 15 and Air Jordan 1 KO styles in collaboration with Nike.



Scheduled to drop on September 27th and 30th—on Eilish’s&nbsp;<a href="https://store.billieeilish.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">online store</a>&nbsp;and Nike’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nike.com/launch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SNKR</a>&nbsp;site, respectively—the sneakers are vegan and made from more than 20% recycled materials, fitting for a star who wore Oscar de la Renta&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/style/met-gala-billie-eilish.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">go fur-free</a>&nbsp;as a condition of wearing the designer to the recent Met Gala.



“You can make cool s***t and you don’t have to be wasteful,” she said in a video for <a href="https://www.nike.com/launch/t/behind-the-design-billie-eilish-ajko-1-and-aj-15?cp=usns_aff_nike_content_PID_100093542_Skimlinks&amp;cid=4942550&amp;cjevent=32fc5e211bdd11ec82a29e460a82b836" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nike</a> on the collection.



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fimageserve%2F614b94786f7e1b82d9a98203%2Fnike-be-02-114-v3-final%2F960x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale" alt="nike_be_02_114_v3_final" width="481" height="758"/><figcaption>Going Green: Eilish&#8217;s sneakers are vegan with more than 20% recycled material.&nbsp;NIKE</figcaption></figure></div>



The designs also come with a healthy dose of nostalgia: The Air Jordan 1s are green, an ode to her iconic former hair color.



“This color is such a classic, stupid, little ‘old me’ thing, I guess,” Eilish said. “I really wanted to have almost a kind of ode to myself, in an appreciative way, in a kind of sentimental way.”MORE FOR YOU<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2021/09/21/john-fogerty-gives-rare-interview-headlines-pandemic-benefit-concerts/">John Fogerty Gives Rare Interview, Headlines Pandemic Benefit Concerts</a><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabellord/2021/09/13/the-best-of-the-met-gala-red-carpet-2021/">The Best Of The Met Gala Red Carpet 2021</a><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2021/09/22/will-creedence-clearwater-revival-ever-reunite-we-asked-john-fogerty-thatand-much-more/">Will Creedence Clearwater Revival Ever Reunite? We Asked John Fogerty That &#8211; And Much More</a>



But what she really loves about the Air Jordan 1 KOs are their style. “These are the best shape, with anything—with pants, with shorts, with dresses, with skirts,” she said, a fact which she herself has proven, sporting them countless times on stage.



The 15s, meanwhile, honor Eilish’s present aesthetic in their neutral tan. “The 15s have actually been my favorite Jordan, since I knew what Jordans were,” she said. “I begged for the 15s, in the black and the red, and when I got them&#8230;I looked at them as if they were $1 million sitting right in front of me.”



Inspired by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flightclub.com/air-jordans/air-jordan-15" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA’s X-15 fighter jet</a>, the 15s are “not a popular shoe,” Eilish continued, “and I don’t give a f***k. Because what you feel about something you love deeply is all that matters in the world.”

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