Nike Cactus Plant Flea Market x Swarovski x Nike Dunk Low 'Pure Platinum'
Colorway: Pure Platinum/Pure Platinum · Style code: CZ2670-001 · Release date: November 17, 2020 · Price: $3677 · Availability: Available now
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Cactus Plant Flea Market's Dunk collection in late 2020 ran the model through the brand's usual treatment (doubled lace flaps, mismatched textures, the four-eyed smiley) and then added a version that took a different route entirely. This one is covered, panel by panel, in Swarovski crystals: toe, overlays, tongue, heel, the removable flaps and the Swoosh itself, all set over the suede rather than printed onto it. The reference is less luxury than the crystal-encrusted custom sneakers that circulated well outside official channels for years, redone with a crystal manufacturer supplying the stones. Pricing followed the material, listing at several times a standard Dunk, and the run was small enough that the pair functions more as an object than as footwear. It released in November 2020 next to a green colourway from the same set, at a moment when the Dunk had just re-entered heavy rotation and Nike was leaning on collaborators to keep the model from flattening into one shape. The crystals make it close to unwearable, which is arguably the point: the shoe marks the outer limit of what the silhouette will carry.