Nike SB Dunk High 'Brown Paper Bag'
Colorway: Filber/Black-Gum Dark Brown · Style code: 313171-202 · Release date: June 16, 2015 · Price: $298 · Availability: Available now
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Filbert is the brown Nike chose for the SB Dunk High Premium 'Brown Paper Bag', and the leather it sits on is deliberately crinkled so the upper looks like a paper sack folded around a bottle. The wrinkled texture runs across every panel, which gives a plain brown high-top far more surface interest than smooth leather would. Black handles everything else on the upper: the Swoosh, the padded tongue and the laces all go dark, and the midsole follows suit before a dark brown gum outsole closes it out. The pair released in 2015 on the Premium tier.
Texture is the point here, so the details stay simple. There are no prints or gimmicks, just a tonal brown-on-brown-on-gum scheme with black as the divider, which makes it one of the easier SB Dunk Highs to wear with anything from raw denim to work pants. The Premium label signals the upgraded materials, and the SB platform underneath supplies the padded collar and Zoom Air sockliner cushioning that separate this from the basketball Dunk High it descends from. Expect the crinkles to deepen with wear, which only sharpens the paper-bag effect.