FLOAT 100 · Sneakers · No. 22
Nike Dunk Low x Off-White 'Pine Green'
Virgil Abloh announced his first retail Dunk with a single photo captioned "1 of 3," and the green-and-white pair in that post opened a run of Off-White Dunks that would grow to fifty numbered colorways.
- Year
- 2019
- Maker
- Nike x Off-White
- By price in sneakers
- 66 of 100
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Create a free account- Official name
- Off-White x Nike Dunk Low, 'Pine Green'
- Style code
- CT0856-100
- Colorway
- White/Pine Green-Pine Green
- Designer
- Virgil Abloh (Off-White) with Nike
- Pack
- One of three Off-White Dunk Lows released together: Pine Green, University Red and University Gold/Midnight Navy
- Retail price
- $170
- Released
- December 20, 2019, through Nike's web store and select retailers
- Signature details
- Second hiking-style lacing system with orange laces, white zip tie, exposed tongue, medial Off-White/Nike text
- Production
- Not published by Nike
A college shoe that skaters adopted
The Dunk began in 1985 as a basketball shoe. Nike first called it the College Color High; designer Peter Moore borrowed elements from the Legend, the Terminator and the Air Force 1, and the shoe's early appeal came from color schemes made to match the colors of university basketball teams.
Skaters later adopted it, and Nike built a skateboarding version, the SB Dunk, signing riders such as Reese Forbes, Richard Mulder and Danny Supa to its first team. Collaborations followed through the 2000s with skate shops, artists and brands, including Supreme and the graffiti artist Futura in 2003.
The Pine Green color blocking itself is not one of the 1985 college colors. Product notes for the Off-White pair say it derives instead from the 'Gorge Green' Dunk Low that first appeared as a general release in 2003.
The architect who edited shoes by three percent
Virgil Abloh was born September 30, 1980, in Rockford, Illinois, to Ghanaian parents; his mother was a seamstress who taught him to sew. He earned a civil engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 and a Master of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2006, then interned at Fendi in 2009 in the same class as Kanye West.
He launched Pyrex Vision in 2012 and turned it into the Milan-based label Off-White in 2013, describing the name as the gray area between black and white. In 2018 he became artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear. His working rule for Nike, as summarized in his biography, was to edit a classic shoe only about three percent of the way, keeping the original design legible.
His partnership with Nike began with 'The Ten' in 2017, a set of reworked classics led by the Air Jordan 1 'Chicago.' By 2019 he had reworked runners and basketball shoes from the Air Presto and Air VaporMax to the Flyknit Hyperdunk. One retailer's history of the partnership describes the Dunk as the start of a new phase in his work with Nike.
Futura on the runway, then "1 of 3"
The first Abloh Dunks the public saw were not for sale. At Off-White's Spring/Summer 2020 show in Paris in June 2019, titled 'PLASTIC,' the runway was a field of white flowers around a Futura sculpture, and models wore Dunk Lows designed with Futura under the name 'Virgil Abloh x Futura Laboratories.' Those pairs went to friends and family, and eight were later auctioned in April 2023 for the Virgil Abloh Foundation.
The retail Dunk came into view that summer. On August 20, 2019, Abloh posted the Pine Green pair to his own Instagram with the caption '1 of 3 @off____white c/o nike,' confirming rumors and hinting at two more colorways. The teaser pair wore neon pink hiking laces; the finished shoe shipped with orange ones.
Release talk first pointed to October, then slid. By late November the date was set: all three colorways, Pine Green, University Red and University Gold/Midnight Navy, would release December 20, 2019, through Nike's web store and select retailers, each at $170.
How to read the shoe
The upper is white leather with Pine Green leather overlays across the toe, forefoot, mid-panel and heel, with a perforated toe box. The Swoosh is green. A white rubber midsole sits on a green outsole.
Abloh's changes sit on top of that base. A second, staggered lacing system with hiking-style hardware runs over the standard laces, threaded with bright orange cord. A white zip tie hangs from the laces, orange tabs mark the Swoosh and tongue, the tongue foam is exposed, and black Off-White/Nike text is printed on the medial side.
Pairs came with yellow 'Off-White' paper, the white zip tie, and two sets of laces: flat green and round orange with green tips. Nike has not published how many pairs were made.
Fifty more, and a goodbye
The three-pack of 2019 set the template for the much larger 'Dear Summer' collection, often called 'The 50': fifty numbered Off-White Dunk Lows in a white leather and gray canvas base, released starting July 31, 2021, at $180. Each pair kept the 2019 shoe's secondary lacing, zip tie, exposed foam tongue and Helvetica text, and added an 'XX of 50' badge on the lateral midsole.
Abloh was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma in 2019, the year this shoe was designed, and kept it private. He died in Chicago on November 28, 2021, at 41.
On October 1, 2026, the lowest listed price across sizes on one large resale platform was $363 before fees, and its most recent recorded sale was $362; a second seller listed a size 9 at $438, with other sizes listed higher.
The numbers
- Style code
- CT0856-100
- Colorway
- White/Pine Green-Pine Green
- Retail price
- $170
- Release date
- December 20, 2019
- Sister colorways
- University Red (University Red/University Red-Wolf Grey) and University Gold/Midnight Navy-White, same day
- Included accessories
- Yellow 'Off-White' paper, white zip tie, flat green laces, round orange laces with green tips
- Production
- Not published by Nike
Timeline
Nike introduces the Dunk, designed by Peter Moore and first called the College Color High.
The 'Gorge Green' Dunk Low, the color blocking the Pine Green later draws on, is a general release.
Virgil Abloh founds Off-White in Milan.
Abloh's first Nike collaboration, 'The Ten,' begins with the Air Jordan 1 'Chicago.'
Off-White's Spring/Summer 2020 show in Paris debuts Dunk Lows made with Futura, given only to friends and family.
Abloh posts the Pine Green pair on Instagram captioned '1 of 3,' confirming the Off-White Dunk Low.
The originally rumored release month passes; the date moves to December.
Detailed photos of the Pine Green appear with a December 20 release and $170 price.
A closer look at all three colorways is published ahead of release.
Pine Green, University Red and University Gold/Midnight Navy release at $170 via Nike's web store and select retailers.
The 'Dear Summer' collection of fifty numbered Off-White Dunk Lows begins releasing at $180.
Virgil Abloh dies in Chicago at 41.
Eight pairs of the 'Virgil Abloh x Futura Laboratories' Dunk Low are auctioned online to benefit the Virgil Abloh Foundation.
Lowest listed price across sizes on a major resale platform is $363 before fees.
The world in 2019
Abloh releases a furniture collection, Markerad, with IKEA.
Abloh's first solo art exhibition, later toured as 'Figures of Speech,' opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
The U.S. House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump on two articles.
The House approves the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to replace NAFTA.
The United States Space Force is founded, the first new U.S. military branch in 72 years.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth and last film of the saga, is released the same day as the Off-White Dunks.
Price record
| Date | Price | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2019 | $170 | Asking price, not a saleOriginal retail price. |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $362 | Private saleMost recent recorded sale shown on a major resale platform on this date; size and sale date not shown. |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $363 | Asking price, not a saleLowest listed price across all sizes on a major resale platform, before marketplace fee ($394 with fee). |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $438 | Asking price, not a saleLowest listed price at a second seller, size 9; other sizes listed from $543 to $1,965. |
This is an asking price, not a sale. It is what a seller wanted on the date shown. Asking prices often sit above what buyers pay, but an ask is not a ceiling: a sale can land on either side of it. It is not a value.
By reference price, Nike Dunk Low x Off-White 'Pine Green' is number 66 of 100 in the sneakers entries of the FLOAT 100. 22 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (22 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.
Did you know
- Abloh's announcement post called the Pine Green '1 of 3' before the other two colorways had been officially shown.
- The pair in Abloh's August 2019 teaser had neon pink hiking laces; the retail pair shipped with orange.
- The Pine Green colors do not come from the 1985 college Dunks; they trace to a 2003 general-release Dunk Low called 'Gorge Green.'
- The first Abloh Dunks ever shown, made with Futura for a Paris runway, were never sold at retail; eight were auctioned in 2023 to benefit the Virgil Abloh Foundation.
- The Dunk's original name was the College Color High.
- Abloh was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma in 2019, the same year this shoe was designed and released, and kept it private.
How this page is made
- The figure
- One reference price, shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. An asking price, an estimate and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- The story
- Researched from published records and checked fact by fact. Updated Oct 1, 2026.
- Archive
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