Nike Dunk High Premium SB 'Denim'
Colorway: Midnight Navy/Obsidian · Style code: 313171-401 · Price: $249 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike SB Dunk High Mork & Mindy Sneakers (313171-002) · Nike Dunk High Premium SB 'Dinosaur Jr' (313171-003) · Nike Dunk High SB Premium 'MF Doom' (313171-004) · Nike Dunk High Premium SB 'Bloody Sunday' (313171-005) · Nike Dunk High Premium SB 'Twin Peaks' (313171-006)
Two tones of blue-black are all the 'Denim' Dunk High Premium SB uses: midnight navy across the denim upper and obsidian as the secondary shade, so the texture of the weave does the talking rather than any bright accent. The Premium label marks the higher-grade materials tier Nike SB reserves for special makeups, the same tier used for the Brown Paper Bag, Cork and Acapulco Gold Dunk Highs. Underneath, the build is the standard SB skate spec, with a padded tongue on elastic straps and Zoom Air in the heel. Retail was $135.
Denim has a long thread in the SB Dunk story. Reese Forbes, one of the four original Nike SB team riders, put patchwork denim on his Dunk Low among the division's earliest releases, and a Dunk High version of that design followed years later. This navy pair is a different, quieter take: a single dark wash from toe to collar instead of a patchwork. That restraint makes it easy to wear with almost anything, and a dark indigo hides scuffs better than a light wash. For collectors who sort Dunk Highs by material rather than by collaborator, it sits on the fabric shelf beside the corduroy and cork makeups.