Nike Court Shot Black White

Nike's first professional athlete endorser was the tennis player Ilie Nastase, which is a useful reminder that before the brand meant basketball or running culture, it made court shoes. The Court Shot is that heritage in its simplest form: a low leather court silhouette with the stitched Swoosh, a flat outsole and nothing else going on. In black and white it becomes a pure graphic object, the two colours split across the panel map so the construction reads at a glance. This is the version that stops looking like a sports shoe entirely and starts looking like a plain leather trainer, which is how most court silhouettes have ended up being worn.