Nike Dunk High
Colorway: Sail/Orange Blaze-Baroque Brwn · Style code: 305287-181 · Release date: 1985 · Price: $374 · Availability: Available now
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Three materials and three colours, arranged so each one has a job. Sail leather carries the bulk of the upper. Orange Blaze takes the Swooshes. Baroque Brown, a deep reddish brown, covers the mesh at the heel, which is the only breathable panel on the shoe. The tongue logo repeats both accent colours, so the orange and brown read as a pair rather than as one colour plus a shadow. Double stitching runs through the construction, and the rubber cupsole underneath uses a contrasting tread.
Orange and cream on a Dunk High is an old combination. Nike introduced the model in 1985 as a college basketball shoe designed by Peter Moore and sold it on team palettes. This makeup is a looser, warmer reading of that idea rather than a team specific one, with brown standing in where a second team colour would normally go.