Nike SB 'City of Love' Dunk Low Premium Skate Shoes - Burgundy Crush/Dk Team Red-Earth-Dk Pony-Univ Red-Earth

Celebrating the City of Love, Nike SB unbind a diametric doublet of impassioned Dunks that prove opposites do, in fact, attract.

Gushing with glorious culture, Paris’ arousing architecture and softly lit evening streets envelope the selection, stimulating Nike SB’s creative vein and urging on the tender use of textiles. Riding the complimentary contrast between them, the two colourways engorge the seminal silhouette with the city’s amorous synonymity, the first teasingly dressed in brilliant bedsheet whites, and its counterpart erected in raw, throbbing rouge.

Like any perfect match, the pair share subtle qualities despite their outer countenance. Yearning lace yarns pleat the midsole, dressed in lusty red; a swollen Swoosh thrusts across the edging, straddled over a second, submissive layer; a supple tongue tag flecked with individualistic flair licks the tongue’s end; and, exploring deeper inside, a voluptuous Zoom Air sockliner softly contracts against the foot.

Gently extending a cool and careful touch, the first flirtatious proposition is delicately dressed in flowing white fabrics. Enticing suede seduces silky satin with its sensual caress, stroking the silhouette’s smooth curves and creating a glossy sheen along its length, whilst its outsole is playfully pinched with speckles.

A reflection of a more carnal romance, its counterpart drips in a deep and virile claret colourway: rough, provocative, and passionate. Tight leather panelling grips its plunging suede body hard, its sturdy outsole peppered with electric kisses, working as one to push a warm composition and a long-lasting shoe.

The climactic collection is an aesthetic aphrodisiac, appealing to the most primordial desires, a pairing of Dunks with a serious relationship to romance, and the City of Love. Nike, meet Aphrodite.

Lord, have mercy.

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