The OG collaboration between Nike and Stussy was the Air Huarache LE, releasing in 2000. Stussy's Michael Koppelman joined forces with Nike's legendary Fraser Cooke to create this iconic silhouette. The concept was to design two creative colorways of their favorite Nike running shoe. That shoe? The Air Huarache.

Nike and Stussy produced the sneaker in extremely minimal numbers and would sell them exclusively at the London Stussy store. Way before sneaker collaborations were as attractive as they are today, the combination of both brands creatives pushed the boundaries of sneaker design.

Two unbelievable colorways of the shoe would release, combining a mix of earth tones and white underlays. The Tinker Hatfield creation was regarded as one of the more forward-thinking designs when it was released in 1991. Stussy reignited that interest surrounding the silhouette with this collab.

A sneaker that is virtually impossible to find on the market today, the Stussy x Nike Huarache is the original grail for many collectors.

Fast forward one year, and we see Nike and Stussy rekindle their brand new relationship to release a Nike Dunk High. This release would mark the first official collaboration between the two. The Dunk wasn't the iconic silhouette that it is today, back in 2001. While it was originally engineered as a collegiate-colored basketball sneaker, by the turn of the new millennium, the shoe was almost solely used by skateboarders.

The Stussy x Nike Dunk High would release exclusively at the Stussy Chapter stores. This marketing campaign was a move which was unheard of at the time. The limited availability built hype around the release as Nike and Stussy agreed to sell just 24 pairs a day (12 of each colorway) in each store. This marketing plan would cause chaos amongst sneakerheads. Enormous queues formed outside each store for two weeks until the full stock had sold.

The limited release was not the only trend-setting moment of this sneakers release, however. Stussy became the first brand to introduce using an alternative material for the sneaker's lateral and medial sides Swoosh. The brown colorway's Swoosh featured an ostrich print, whilst the black edition came covered in snakeskin.

After the Stussy x Nike Dunk's monumental success, the brand set its eyes on another basketball-turned-skateboard sneaker, the Blazer. Unlike the Dunk's understated black and brown colorways, Stussy opted for unique color combos to complete this collaboration’s look. A midnight navy upper was complimented perfectly by cream accents and a turbo pink Swoosh. The other colorway to release featured a grey upper, a white tongue and sole with an electric green Swoosh. Both eye-catching colorways pushed the boundaries of sneaker design for the time they were released.

The sneakers again released in minimal quantities much like the Dunk Highs, causing further hype to build around this release. Much like the original Huaraches, the 2002 Stussy x Nike Blazer is almost impossible to purchase, fetching around $1000 in the resale marketplace.

Initially released back in 1993, Nike re-released the Nike Air Huarache Light in 2002. One year later, Stussy got its hands on the classic running sneaker and gave it the traditional Stussy makeover.

Nike produced a handful of pairs for Friends and Family of Stussy, which featured the iconic Stussy logo on the heel. This gesture marked the first time Nike had ever allowed another brand’s logo onto its sneakers (though admittedly this is because the release was exclusive to friends of the brand). This legendary sneaker never hit the shelves of stores and was only given away. This makes the Air Huarache Light one of the rarest sneakers the duo have ever produced.

A wider release of the colorways without the Stussy logo also released with many of the diehard fans able to pick a pair up. A bold orange mesh contrasted a grey leather on one pair. The other colorway was an electric green and black version, reminiscent of the Blazer from the year before.

For the 25th Anniversary of Stussy, we saw the two collaborate on one of Nike's rarest sneakers, the Nike Court Force. While it’s unlikely that many people care (or are even aware of) the Court Force silhouette, the model began as a basketball shoe that never really took off—eclipsed by other sneakers in the Nike basketball lineup.

The sneaker was a fully customized version of the OG in honor of Stussy's Silver Anniversary. We saw crocodile accents on the swoosh, toebox and heel, as well as the Stussy cities printed on the heel, too. The initial samples created featured various song lyrics instead of the New York, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles wording. However, these were never cleared for production. This release would be the first taste we received of any apparel featuring alongside the sneaker. Matching tees would release to compliment the shoe.

Various other limited edition pieces also released honoring Stussy's 25th. Alpha Industries, Levi's, Luminox, G-Shock, New Era and Vans all had collaborative product releases. This range of collaborations showed the dominance and power Stussy had within the fashion world.

Perhaps the most famous of the Stussy x Nike ventures, the “Cherry” Dunk is still one of the best SB Dunks ever to release. This Neapolitan ice cream-inspired sneaker has become more and more popular since releasing in 2005. The perfect combination of chocolate brown, strawberry pink and cream white instantly recalls visions of an ice cream sundae (a cherry even featured on the sneaker's tongue).

Stussy's history of crafting out of the box colorways for its Nike collaborations is evident. However, none of the previous collabs had the same impact on sneaker and streetwear culture as the “Cherry” did.

The shoe has been a favorite amongst sneakerheads since its release in 2005. Still, the “Cherry”'s popularity has skyrocketed in recent years thanks to celebrities like Travis Scott rocking them on Instagram. An older generation of SB collectors was fuming to see the silhouette boom in price, with deadstock pairs skyrocketing as the Nike SB Dunk series swells in popularity.

The Blazer Stussy Vapor somehow manages to slip through the cracks when discussing the best Stussy x Nike collaborations. That’s likely due to the obscurity of the “Clerks Pack”, which makes this somewhat of an unofficial collaboration.

Released in 2005, the “Clerks Pack” was Nike’s nod to various sneaker boutiques from around the world. Likely inspired by the men and women working and selling Nike sneakers on the respective shop floors, the pack pays homage to stores like Union, Size?, Huf, Undefeated and—of course—Stussy (the Los Angeles Chapter specifically). While the pack technically spanned from 2005 to 2006, the Stussy version of the Nike Blazer Mid ’73 dropped in the first batch of releases in 2005.

An eclectic mix of materials makes up the shoes’ upper. White leathers are complemented perfectly by a green chenille Swoosh which lays on top of a synthetic ecru material. While it might not be an official collaboration in the truest sense, its aesthetics feel like the forerunner to an official Stussy x Nike Blazer collab that dropped in 2018.

The 2006 release saw Stussy revisit the legendary Nike Dunk High and also create custom versions of the Nike Free Trail 5.0 and Nike Trainer Dunk Low. The three sneakers silhouettes made up the World Tour collection—which also included artist remakes of the classic Stussy World Tour T-shirt.

As the name suggests, the silhouettes represented key Stussy store locations around the world, including Los Angeles, London, New York and Tokyo. The stores were each given their own colorway of for the Dunk High silhouette. The colorways for the Dunks were olive (for New York), brown (for London), white (for Tokyo) and black (for Los Angeles). The shoe design also featured the renowned Stussy World Tour print embossed on both the toe box and side panelling.

The Nike Free Trail 5.0—at the time one of Nike’s more forward-facing running silhouettes—was released in three colorways; continuing on in the spirit of the city-inspired colorways, the Nike Free Trail 5.0 dropped in the L.A.-inspired black, Tokyo-inspired white and NYC-inspired olive green.

The Nike Trainer Dunk Low served as the most bizarre take on the collaboration, created as something of a mashup of a few sneakers. Set upon a Nike Free Trail 5.0 sole, the silhouette is like a Nike Dunk Low, except with the inclusion of a Nike Air Trainer forefoot strap.

After the Nike Court Force Mid's tremendous success, Stussy decided to cut the top off and customzse the Court Force Low. Two colorways dropped, centered around takes in teal blue. The legendary Swoosh and the toe box featured the color, with the upper of one primarily black, and the other primarily white.

The collaboration was rooted in Stussy’s London Chapter store, with the collaboration driven by London staff—including then-store manager Leon Dixon Goulden. Goulden was even immortalized in a figure (wearing the collaboration’s Court Force Low, of course) designed by James Jarvis. The figure was released exclusively as part of a bundle available at the London store.

We didn't see a release from Stussy and Nike in 2007 for whatever reason but the pair returned in 2008 with the “Boneyards” collection. The name comes from a surf spot at San Pedro, California.

The grunge-inspired sneakers went in a different direction to the colorful collections we had seen previously. Mostly black uppers were highlighted by the minimal inclusion of red, white or blue. A custom Boneyard print covered the Blazer whilst the Terminator featured a crossed anchors Boneyards logo and punctured Nike Swoosh.

The Boneyards collection was the first that featured an entire capsule alongside the sneakers. A range of T-shirts, tops, jackets, pants, hats and accessories all dropped. This capsule became one of the most complete collections we had seen from Nike and Stussy thus far.

On Stussy's 30th Anniversary, we expected big things and they most definitely delivered. The All Court, which is reminiscent of the Blazer silhouette, was initially designed to be a functional athletic shoe on all court surfaces.

Stussy covered the sneaker in premium leathers and elevated the legendary swoosh by wrapping it in snakeskin. The insole was marked with the Anniversary in roman numerals (“XXX”), whilst "Past, Present, Future" was on the inside of the tongue. We also saw the Stussy Chanel-inspired “SS” logo on the outside of the shoe's tongue.

A Stussy x Nike sportswear tee dropped with this capsule. However, the standout piece was the now-legendary Stussy x Nike Sportswear Destroyer varsity letterman jacket.

In 2011 the dynamic duo would join forces to take over a lesser-known silhouette from the Nike archives, the Sky Force 88. A midtop basketball sneaker in the same tradition of David Robinson’s hightop Nike Command Force sneaker, the Sky Force 88 was massive when first released in 1988.

Unfortunately, the Sky Force 88 fell off the radar for some time. Nike decided to bring the silhouette back in 2011 with general releases with vintage styling, but this Stussy collab was the standout version.

The sneaker’s upper came crafted from a cotton canvas instead of the usual leather. A giant Stussy “SS” logo was integrated into the standard Nike Force basketball logo.

An obscure sneaker from the pair's back catalogue, the Stussy x Nike Sky Force 88 left no real mark on the sneaker industry. However, after New Balance's success in reviving the 550 with Aimé Leon Dore, coupled with Stussy’s banner 2020, we could imagine a world where the vintage Sky Force 88 could mount a comeback.

One of the biggest sneaker collections between Nike and Stussy released in 2012, with three different silhouettes releasing under the S&S collection banner. The collection included a winter-ready Nike Dunk, a Lunar Braata Mid OMS and a Mogan II OMS. Each sneaker pays homage to the collection’s blend of influences, sitting somewhere between snow, sand and the street. The OMS in each sneaker’s name stands for “Off Mountain System.”

We saw the Nike Dunk updated with Nike Free sole, on top of hiking boot-inspired lacing and a sturdy upper to make the product ready for whatever elements were thrown at it. The Lunar Braata Mid OMS was the lightest of the three shoes released, featuring a Lunarlon sole for optimum beach-ready comfort. Finally, the Mogan II OMS was a perfect combination of the other two styles, with a patterned outsole to handle winter weather (and whatever else someone might find on the sidewalk).

All three featured the Stussy “SS” logo on the shoe's tongue.

After years of success with rejuvenating classic basketball silhouettes from the Nike archives, in 2013 Stussy decided to take it in a completely different direction. The brand decided to take a step into the fitness world, recreating the Nike ACG Trainerendor Low—this time turning the Nike ACG shoe into one created with help from the Nike sister skateboarding brand, Nike SB.

With this sneaker being utterly different from any previous collab released, Stussy looked to bring the whole Stussy tribe on board with the tagline, “Welcome to the tribe's training program.” The sneaker referenced cross-training and crossing over cultures, something Nike and Stussy had done for 13 years at this stage. If nothing else, this shoe is vaguely reminiscent of Nike’s smash hit Roshe Run model (which, after a short heyday, has since been memed into oblivion), crossed with Nike ACG cross-functionality.

The shoes were lightweight but built to last, merging both cross-training gym footwear and skate shoes. Phylon midsoles gave the consumer unparalleled comfort. The sticky rubber outsoles meant you could use this sneaker for sidewalk walking or skateboarding. Mesh uppers completed the lightweight yet rugged sneaker and were Stussy's first real taste of the fitness world (if you don’t count the crossover trainer-style flip from back in 2006’s World Tour collection).

A sneaker so crucial to the sneaker industry and collectors worldwide, the Air Max 95 is perhaps one of Nike's best silhouettes of all time. The Air Max 95 holds great significance within the U.K. and U.S. music scenes, which happens to be two hot spots for Stussy.

With Stussy celebrating its 35th anniversary and Nike celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Air Max 95, the Stussy Air Max 95 made perfect sense.

The collaboration released in three (almost) tonal colorways black, blue and olive green, all set atop a white sole. The sneaker's simple design coincides with the minimal Stussy branding throughout, merely featuring the “SS” logo on the tongue. This design also had a neoprene tongue, a nod towards the brand’s first collaboration back in 2000.

After a brief hiatus from collaboration, Nike and Stussy came back in a big way. The two brands even roped in legendary skateboarder Lance Mountain to release the Nike Blazer in both Mid and Lows. We saw the high release in gold and black, whilst the low come dressed in black and green.

In a nod to Mountain's childhood, a stencil was included with the Blazer Mid. The stencil had a leopard print pattern on it, giving buyers the option to customise the silhouette. In an Instagram teaser for the sneaker release, Mountain explained a long-standing interest in dressing up in costumes or wearing crazy prints. While he was unable to find gear from his favorite skate brands at the time, the lack of wild prints pushed him to customize his own clothes—adding accessories or new patterns. The stencil’s inclusion carries on in that spirit, giving would-be wearers a chance to enact their own flair on their pair of sneakers.

The Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Cage 2 was an iconic sneaker when legendary Steven Smith first designed it. Immensely popular in the Japanese market in particular, it was a cult favorite when it first dropped in 2003—the heir to 1997’s original Zoom Spiridon Cage and 1999’s Zoom Citizen. Over time, the techy silhouette fell out of favor (and its technology was ultimately surpassed by other models in its running-focused category), and Nike stopped releasing it. Fortunately for all sneakerheads though, Stussy plucked the pair from obscurity and re-released the classic runner.

First teased by A$AP Mob member A$AP Nast, the sneaker saw a release in three classic colorways: “Fossil” was the clear colorway winner, but the sneaker also released in a “Pure Platinum” and a black rendition. Revitalising the old sportswear model was a great move from Stussy, with each pair selling out instantly.

An apparel capsule accompanied the sneaker release. This collection featured a full grey tracksuit with dual branding and a mock neck knit tee. We also saw a tote bag and beanie release alongside the “Increase the Peace” T-shirt.

The shoe was so impressive, it easily ranked as one of the best sneaker releases of 2020.

Just a few months after the Air Zoom Spiridon Cage 2 release, Nike and Stussy joined forces once more and jumped back into the archives to create this next sneaker. The duo would once again go back to the turn of the 21st century—in this case, 2000—when the Nike Kukini released. They would borrow one of its most exciting design aspects, the webbed support system.

The two retro runners combined made the Nike Air Kukini Spiridon Cage 2, a truly one of a kind sneaker. The shoe came in either black or white, with the sneaker fusing the Zoom Air sole unit of the Spiridion Cage with the signature upper of the Air Kukini. Aside from creating a remixed silhouette, it also served as a modern day homage to the Nike running technology of the early-2000s, a period when Nike was exceedingly experimental (and, frankly, willing to get a little weird).

Nike and Stussy would release another full apparel capsule with pieces geared towards runners keeping with the running theme. A nylon collection of windbreakers, pants and shorts were accompanied by bucket hats, ensuring you could wear these whatever the weather. Three printed tees also dropped, as did three pairs of slides that matched the windbreakers' colorways.

After 2020 Nike and Stussy shared, the pair could have stopped with two blockbuster sneaker releases. Even still, the two powerhouses managed to close the year with this Air Force 1 release. Unlike the early releases, Stussy pivoted to releasing its sneakers in more minimal colorways. A triple-black Air Force 1 dropped, as did a “Fossil” colorway, a hue which Stussy has used to great success earlier in 2020. The sneakers’ uppers were woven entirely from hemp, with a long-haired textile on the heel tab. We also saw the Stussy “SS” logo return—featured on a coin on the heel tab and subtly embroidered on the shoe's toebox.

We have come to expect T-shirts, beanies and slides to release alongside the sneakers at this stage, but this time around Stussy designed a unique insulated apparel set to drop as well. An insulated, black pullover jacket could be combined with either a pair of the insulated pants or an insulated skirt. Unique pieces are what really capture the imagination of collectors, so items like this dropping will always get fans of both brands excited.

In 2021, Stussy teamed with L.A.-based Lookout & Wonderland to hand dye the "Fossil" Air Force 1s into five different colors—red, blue, yellow, green and a black-purple—each representing one of the five Stussy World Tour cities. These dyed Air Force 1s released in small quantities on January 29, 2021.