In case you missed it, 2025 marks the fortieth Anniversary of the Dunk. However given the present state of the basic basketball shoe on a cultural standpoint, it’s a milestone which may go by ignored by most people as a result of exhaustion from market saturation. Merely put, Nike overdid it with the Panda Dunks, and so they’re persevering with their methods as a result of the identical white/black shoe is dropping later this 12 months. Nonetheless, an ACTUAL pair of Panda Dunks are confirmed to launch in August of this 12 months, straight referencing the bear.
First look photographs have been revealed displaying the low-top Dunk Low in the identical white/black colorway. Nonetheless, Nike swaps out easy black leather-based for a shiny exterior end on the overlay and the tongue, whereas the laces seem with seem with a gradient end. Behind the tongue label is an emoji-like face of the bamboo-eating animal de-bossed into the leather-based with “EST. 1985” to name out simply how lengthy the journey’s been.
You’d determine a furry exterior like 2008’s Nike Dunk Excessive “Ueno” could be becoming, however the Swoosh is content material with letting the colorway do the speaking right here.
A launch is at the moment anticipated August 2025 for $125; keep tuned for official photographs and extra updates on the Dunk’s fortieth Anniversary celebrations.
