Supreme x Nike Cross Trainer Low
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — Nike
Cross Trainer Low
About the original
The Nike Cross Trainer Low was originally released in 1988 as a multi-sport training shoe, built on a low-profile leather upper with a firm midsole for lateral stability. Nike was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in Beaverton, Oregon, and the Cross Trainer sits in the same late-80s training lineage as the Air Trainer 1 and the Air Trainer SC. The FW21 Supreme version uses the original silhouette in three colorways with co-branded heel embroidery and woven tongue labels — the shoe was discontinued from the general line years prior and reissued specifically for this collaboration.
About Nike
Nike is an American sportswear corporation founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by track coach Bill Bowerman and runner Phil Knight in Eugene, Oregon, and renamed Nike in 1971. The Swoosh was designed that same year by graphic design student Carolyn Davidson for thirty-five dollars. Bowerman prototyped the Cortez and the waffle-sole Moon Shoe, and the Air Max line, introduced in 1987, made Tinker Hatfield's visible-air midsole a signature. Nike now produces footwear and apparel across running, basketball, football, and training, and owns Jordan Brand and Converse. Supreme has collaborated with Nike repeatedly since 2002 across Air Force 1, Air Max, and Dunk.
