Verdy x Nike Dunk Low SB 'Vick' Friends & Family
Colorway: White/Black · Style code: FN6039-100 · Price: $4400 · Availability: Available now
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Verdy built his following on characters rather than clothes: a crying face, a smiling flower, a small cast of mascots that appear across his labels and get recognised long before the brand names do. This Dunk carries one of them. Rather than printing the figure onto the panels, the shoe translates it into material: faux fur runs across sections of the upper so the surface reads as something plush and drawn instead of as leather, with suede filling in around it and a leather Swoosh laid over the top. White and black do all the colour work, which is unusual for a designer whose graphic output is normally saturated. Tongue labels carry both the skate line's mark and the artist's name. This version never reached retail; it was produced in a small run for the collaborator's own circle, standard practice for the line, which means it circulates through resale rather than through shops. Underneath the styling sits the same skate build the model has used for years: a padded tongue, extra collar padding and a Zoom Air unit in the heel, with a two-tone outsole as the only concession to the graphics above it.