Nike Sportswear White Pack – Dunk High + Air Force 1 Low

A sneaker’s style quotient is usually a function of its retro charm, and an inverse of its underlying technology. Hip dressers love vintage Nike Dunks, nike Superstars and Converse Chucks. A cutting-edge Nike Shox, with its bulging springlike heel? Not so much. So it’s surprising that the “it” shoe suddenly gracing the feet of the fashion set is the Nike Dunks Low, a high-performance running shoe. As Nike’s answer to the barefoot-running movement, the Free aims to biomechanically mimic an unencumbered stride.
 

Nike Dunk CL Low New Rasta Yellow

The resulting design is stripped down, innovation mostly restricted to the sole’s highly flexible grip and the upper’s foot-anchoring webbing. Unlike “barefoot” models, Nike Dunks hits an aesthetic sweet spot. According to Free’s inventor, Tobie Hatfield, getting people to wear it off the track — let alone to a chic restaurant — requires “a balance of simple and high-tech. You don’t want the thing to look like a foot.”
Back in the end of December we brought our readers a first look at the Nike Air Trainer 1.3. But this bit of news revolves around the 1.2 Pictured here in a metallic silver/volt-black colorway, this Nike Trainer 1.2 boasts an eye-opening upper with the volt accents that so many have grown to love. You can cop these now for $85 in adult sizes.