Nike Dunk Low

The classic two-tone look of this Nike Dunk Low creates a fashionable sneaker filled with bold contrasts. Both colors can be found on the shoe’s durable rubber sole unit, whose foam-infused white midsole lies across a black outsole featuring circular grip patterns that facilitate twists and turns alongside more block-like structures for strong traction through the heel. The line where the two pieces join is not completely straight, but rather cuts diagonally up and down as it travels along the side of the sole, creating an eye-catching geometric design.

Meanwhile, the upper is made up of a white underlayer of smooth leather and black overlays in the same high-quality material. These are all joined together using intricately stitched lines, sometimes in double rows, such as on the forefoot and rear overlays, sometimes in delicate single bands of thread like those seen on the eyestay. These three pieces of sleek black leather overlap each other at different points, leading to a cohesive feel, while large portions of white can be seen between them through the toe box, the midfoot and the back half of the shoe. This last part has parallel white lines sewn into it below the black, crescent-shaped heel panel. Around the sides, it slopes upwards between the rear overlay and the topline of the collar. Soft black padding begins here before extending down inside the shoe to protect the ankle.

Over the top of the foot, lines of perforations decorate the toe, bringing breathability and aesthetic charm alike. Higher up, black laces add more tonal variation against the white tongue, whose top edge is rimmed with a band of black. A label has been sewn into it in the same dark hue, but with white Nike branding to brighten things up once more. This color arrangement has been switched on the insole, whose white surface contains black Nike text and a swoosh, but matches the heel panel, which has white Nike lettering embroidered into its black exterior. In a familiar final flourish, the sneaker’s sidewalls host black leather swooshes, thus completing this Dunk Low Panda in style.