Nike Dunk High Vntg 'Sail Black'
Colorway: Sail/Black/Natural · Style code: 318850-101 · Release date: April 14, 2008 · Price: $1182 · Availability: Available now
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Nike revived its college colours line in 2008 and built the Vntg Dunk High for it, a version of the 1985 shoe finished to look like a surviving pair rather than a new one. Pure white is replaced by Sail, the midsole is Natural rather than bright, and the panels are cut from mixed materials instead of a single hide.
Black takes the overlays, the Swoosh and the heel. Against the cream base the contrast is softened, which is the point: a black and white Dunk High in standard finish looks graphic, and in this finish it looks old. The silhouette is untouched, a full high top with a padded collar, Swoosh branding on the side panel and the heel, and a black rubber outsole under the Natural midsole. It released on 14 April 2008 at 120 dollars.