Nike Air DT Proto ’92 “White Black

The most significant shift from the hardware we’ve seen so far in the DT’s retro run comes with the branding. Rather than centering the Swoosh atop the mid-foot strap, it shifts into the sheer window on the side, bringing new leather paneling alongside it to outline the iconic hit and replacing the original trademark with spell-out Nike text. The palette holds on to the white/black/red split of the “Falcons” origins; while it’s unclear whether this references an unseen beta version, it does conceptually deliver on the idea of a “work in progress” before Beaverton creatives found the eventual winning formula.