Supply: @wutangclan / Nike Sportswear
With sneaker firms dropping so many retros, a criticism is that the novelty of an OG shoe’s rarity and the sentiments they evoke are actually being misplaced. One shoe that has managed to duck the re-release remedy for years, and thus had its legend solely exponentially develop is the famed Wu-Tang Clan x Nike Dunk.
Nicely, the black and yellow basketball shoe is lastly getting the retro remedy. On Sunday, June 30, the official Wu-Tang Clan Instagram account (and Nike Sportwear’s) teased the return of the extremely grail-level sneaker with the caption “BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ” and a shoe lined in bees. Initially launched in 1999, the Wu-Tang x Dunk Excessive LE was gifted strictly to family and friends of the Staten Island Hip-Hop group. The shoe is a excessive high Nike Dunk in a yellow and black colorway (launch sneakers take into account it the “Iowa” colorway), with the acquainted Wu-Tang Clan brand on the heel.
Phrase is just about 100 pairs of the sneaker had been ever created. Discovering a deadstock pair has grow to be more and more uncommon, and expensive—for instance, an alleged deadstock promo pattern is going for a clean $45,000 on eBay proper now.
The retro will price much less coin, however relying on what number of Nike decides to truly manufacture, you’ll be able to wager the aftermarket worth will skyrocket since resellers and bots shall be itching to get their fingers on as many pairs as potential to money out. In the meantime, sneaker civilians will pray for the most effective by way of raffles and fast fingers, and robust wi-fi, on drop day.
No phrase on a correct launch date, but (and certainly it will likely be someday within the Fall), however I would like two pairs, not less than.
