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My Favorite Nike Shoe of 2024 Just Got Its Best Colorway Yet

The C1ty gets a cool, blue makeover.

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By Jack Seemer

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I’ve written about a lot of Nike shoes this year, and from all directions.

Highlights include the reissued LD-1000, a somewhat controversial release when it first came out in the 1970s, and the performance-oriented Pegasus Plus (itself a reissue in everything but name).

But, from where I’m standing, one model stands taller than the rest — and no, not that isn’t a coy reference to Nike’s next max-cushioned trainer, the Vomero 18, which boasts a towering 46mm stack height.

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The Vomero 18 features a towering 46mm stack height.
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Nope, my number-one Nike shoe of 2024 was a sneaker called the C1ty, and it’s not for setting world records, personal bests or, frankly, doing any sort of exercise.

The C1ty is a lifestyle shoe. It costs $100. And it just got a new dark-blue colorway, called “Coveralls,” that might be my favorite one of all.

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The C1ty now comes in a dark-blue colorway called “Coveralls.”
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What makes the C1ty so good?

Within Nike’s greater sneaker ecosystem, the C1ty is remarkable for a couple reasons, chief among them its price and general approachability.

You see, the affordable shoe is readily available and has been since its release in October — no online queue, no bots, no separate app. You don’t even have to buy it directly from Nike, as places like Foot Locker have started to stock the C1ty, too.

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The C1ty isn’t a one-off, limited-edition release. It’s readily available and has been since its launch earlier this year.
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When limited editions, one-off collabs and random exclusives rule the roost, it’s refreshing to see a shoe that’s just … there.

What’s more, the C1ty is a brand-new model, as opposed to the countless revivals and homages coming out of Beaverton, several of which I’ve already mentioned.

Don’t get me wrong, I love an unexpected reissue — and I’m dying for the brand to bring back the Flyknit Trainer from 2012. In earnest this time. But I also like to see companies stick their necks out from time to time, and Nike is at its best when it does so.

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The sole of the C1ty features lugs or varying size.
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Here, I should probably mention that the C1ty isn’t entirely original. Then again, what product isn’t at least a little iterative?

As I wrote at the time of its release, the design of the sneaker ties together elements from Tom Sachs’s General Purpose Shoe and the famous Field General from the 1980s, including a microfiber ankle collar and molded cup sole.

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The C1ty borrows many elements from the General Purpose Shoe (pictured), including a microfiber ankle collar and molded cup sole.
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But the result is less of a reissue and more of a first edition that arrives feeling both familiar and fresh.

And now, seeing the blue colorway, it looks like I’ll be adding yet another pair to my collection.

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