It’s confirmed. Next spring, you could get your hands on a pair of Nike Mags, the self-lacing trainers worn by Marty when he travelled Back To The Future.
Yes those power-lacing trainers are now real.
The news we’d all eagerly awaited on Back To The Future Day was confirmed in a series of tweets from Michael J. Fox himself.
First, he shared a letter from the shoe’s designer Tinker Hatfield. It began: ‘Hey Michael, almost thirty years ago, we embarked on a journey to create a glimpse ‘into the future’. Although the project started as science fiction, we’re now proud to turn that fiction into fact.’