The Nike Dunk Mid is very much treated like the middle child compared to its High and Low counterparts, but it’ll be awfully hard to ignore what the silhouette has cooked up for Halloween.
An assortment of spooky details arrive on the mid-cut sneaker, making it a can’t miss for those who like to take their love for the holiday all the way down to their feet. Almost the entire sneaker arrives in black, including overlays that take on a scaled texture that stands out even against the pebbled leather underlays. One of the only deviations in color arrives on the outsole, and it’s quite the deviation for its use of a marbled, glow-in-the-dark rubber in green and grey.
Nike branding in a special font arrives in orange and grey for the tongue tag as the only other flash of color on the exterior. Once you look inside the shoe, though, you’ll find an insole hosting a menacing Jack-o’-lantern with a green glow and a highly detailed forest background behind it. Given the barren trees visible, it wouldn’t be a stretch to connect the scene with the classic tale of the Headless Horseman.
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This Dunk Mid is one of several sneakers Nike has planned for the holidays. Its skateboarding division, long a fan of Halloween, has a “Candy Corn” SB Dunk High that’s a dead ringer for the polarizing treat itself. Ja Morant’s signature sneaker, the Ja 1, is also taking on a “Zombie” theme that may very well end up as the most beloved iteration of his debut model.
The Nike Dunk Mid “Halloween” has been confirmed for an Oct. 26 release through the Nike website instead of the SNKRS app. Pricing is set at $140.
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