Nike restocks Harris Tweed Dunk Low in black and Sesame colors

Harris Tweed is the hook here, and Nike knows it. The Dunk Low x Harris Tweed has quietly returned in black and Sesame, reviving a handwoven-wool collaboration that looks less like a hype chase and more like a smart restock for people who still care what their sneakers are made of.

The appeal starts with the material story. Nike’s launch language framed the shoe as a century-old Scottish textile treatment, built with authentic Harris Tweed cloth, a Harris Tweed tongue label and a vintage-leaning midsole. That matters because Harris Tweed is not just a pretty name. The Harris Tweed Authority calls itself the guardian of the Orb, while Harris Tweed Hebrides describes the cloth as 100% pure new wool, handwoven, independently authenticated and protected by its own Act of Parliament. In a market crowded with generic leather Dunks, that kind of provenance gives this pair unusual credibility.

The restock also lands with real history behind it. Harris Tweed Hebrides says the Nike collaboration echoes a landmark 2004 order for 10,000 metres of cloth placed with homeweaver Donald John Mackay in Luskentyre, who then called on Outer Hebrides weavers to help meet demand. BBC News reported at the time that nearly 10,000 metres had been ordered and that weavers across the islands were brought into action. That is the sort of backstory that turns a sneaker into a collectible object rather than just another colorway on a release calendar.

The 2025 launch, which arrived on September 3, included at least two women’s colorways, Black/Phantom and Sesame/Violet Mist, both priced at $135 on Nike SNKRS and select retailers. Nike’s current Dunk lineup still lists a Nike Dunk Low x Harris Tweed women’s shoe at the same price, which suggests this is being handled as a quiet Nike site restock rather than a fresh standalone push. Highsnobiety noted that the Sesame pair resurfaced on Nike’s site at $135, with sizes moving fast.

Styling the two versions is straightforward. The black pair is the sharper winter option, especially with dark denim, tailored wool trousers or a long overcoat, because the black leather accents and Phantom midsole keep the textured upper feeling clean, not rustic. Sesame reads warmer and more characterful, best with faded blue jeans, olive cargos or cream trousers, where the wool texture can do the work and the Violet Mist accents can peek through.

This is not the kind of Dunk that depends on scarcity alone. It is a sleeper pickup because the material does something most Dunks do not: it makes the shoe feel seasonally relevant, tactile and worth keeping on foot long after the restock glow fades.