Nike Dunk Low (Coconut Milk/LT Armoury Blue): Reviewed

On a recent trip to Toulouse, I found myself in a typical position of touring the city’s vast sneaker shops where I picked up a new variation of the Nike Dunk Low from Size?

This particular edition has an upper consisting of two shades of beige suede described as ‘oat milk’ and ‘coconut milk’ which gives the overall appearance an understated look for the most part. Only when worn with an entirely dark outfit will this edition of the dunk low be the focal point of an outfit. The surprisingly appealing beige on beige is then complemented by a midsole in a third shade of beige.

But not the last.

Finally, we have a gum sole to complete a quartet of beige on the shoe, rounding off what sounds like a dull and uninspiring shoe on paper, but is quite the opposite in its physical form. That’s all thanks to an ‘armoury blue’ Nike swoosh and matching laces that take centre stage, all thanks to their contrast to what is occurring elsewhere.

I bought these shoes as I wanted a new pair for the summer in a colour I hadn’t owned before. I also noticed how most of my current collection is made up of shoes that are all primarily one colour: white, black, and grey. So, while beige is not exactly a huge change from what I wear, it is still something different that I haven’t not owned before.

Another driving factor is how I have only previously owned one pair of Dunks before, and that was a Nike ID edition. This is arguably one of the most identifiable shoes in the history of sneaker culture and one of the first products associated with the brand Nike. With Nike now releasing new colourways on a regular basis, including re-releases of popular editions such as the ‘Panda Dunk’ and collaboration with brands such and Ben n Jerry’s, dunks are also now one of the most accessible sneakers on the market making both rare and older editions with thousands at the right time. While it remains a personal ambition to own a sneaker collection valued in the thousands, the ‘Coconut Milk’ edition we’re discussing here is easily considered a generic edition and is readily available online for the standard retail price of £120.

While its primary colours may appear to be boring and underwhelming, I believe this dunk low’s appealing nature and ability to attract the wandering eye is partly due to the sheer volume of plain black or white shoes currently on the market, and their incredibly large popularity. Plain sneakers in silhouettes such as the Nike Air Force 1 are so common in today’s streetwear that any other colour, with even a small degree of personality, is now increasingly desired by the public and considered alternatively popular.