Dunkers Deluxe: Top 10 men's luxury basketball high top sneakers out now - Deffest sneaker buyer's guide

A couple of weeks ago to celebrate the return of the NBA season we posted our first old school high top basketball sneaker buyer’s guide. Over the past few years we’ve notice a lot of the creative energy with retro 1980’s style high tops is coming out of the luxury space so we wanted to put up a post with our top 10 favorite high-end hoops sneakers as well. You can check out the sneaker buying guide list below. Please note the sneakers below contain product affiliate links. You can read our affiliate policy in the footer of this blog post. Thanks for your support.

OFF-WHITE BLUE HIGH OFF-COURT 3.0 SNEAKERS

Kicking this list off strong with the Off-White Men's 3.0 Off Court Supreme Lace Up Sneakers. You can check them out over at SSENSE or at Bloomingdales.

RHUDE RHECESS HI SNEAKERS

Made in Italy these distressed retro High Top sneakers are available over at SSENSE. These sneakers also come in a bunch of other colorways which you can check out here.

Rhude Rhecess Hi sneakers over a SSENSE.

AMIRI SKEL HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS
These Amiri Skel High-Top sneakers in the ‘Chicago’ colorway are over at Farfetch and Cettire.

CELINE CT-03 LEATHER HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS
Celine’s Bred retro high top is available over at Mr. Porter.

Celine CT-03 at Mr. Porter.

SAINT LAURENT COURT CLASSIC LEATHER HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS

Here’s a pair of legit old school high tops in the Bred colorway from Saint Laurent. These retro high tops are available at Farfetch and over at Saks Fifth Avenue as well.

GUCCI BASKET HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS

Gucci’s ‘Basket’ high tops are throwbacks to the late 80’s early 90’s basketball sneaker styles and come in a few different colors. These are available at both SSENSE and Farfetch.

PRADA NEW AVENUE HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS

The Prada ‘Avenue’ retro Prada high tops are available over at Neiman Marcus.

LANVIN CLAY HIGH TOP SNEAKERS

Here’s another great pair of retro high tops, this time from Lanvin. You can pickup these old school ‘Clay’ model high tops at Farfetch.

GOLDEN GOOSE WHITE SKY STAR SNEAKERS

The Golden Goose ‘Sky Star’ sneakers look like they could have come straight off of the Sotheby’s ‘Signed and Game Worn’ page. You can also check out the ‘Bred’ colorway at Neiman Marcus.

COACH BLACK CITYSOLE HIGH SNEAKERS

The Coach Citysole is a retro-inspired high-top equipped with a chunky street-ready sole.

OVERTIME: BONUS SNEAKS

Honorable mention to the following high tops.

SAINT LAURENT SL80 HIGH TOP SNEAKER

Valentino Garavani Men's High Top Sneakers at Bloomingdales.

Jaclar The Intimidator Retro Basketball High Top Sneakers

The 2022-2023 NBA season is right around the corner so we’re going to be posting some basketball sneaker content over the next few days. Today we’ve got some retro Basketball high tops from Jaclar. These Intimidator 8192 model sneakers in red and white colorway are some old school throwbacks. If you want to pick up a pair you can check them out over at Jaclar’s website here.

Deffest Approved Throwbacks: Puma Easy Rider II Retro Sneakers

We’re always stoked to see old school 70’s and 80s’s runner models make a comeback and recently spotted these Puma Easy Rider II retro sneakers. Below we have included a back in the day 1981 vintage ad for the Easy Rider and shout out to Puma for bringing these back again. If you’re interested in buying a pair we have posted affiliate links to Puma.com and Nordstrom.com which have a couple of different colorways. You can also click on the sneaker images below to go to those product pages.

Below are the colorways available at Nordstrom.com.

Nike Waffle Trainer 2 retro sneakers

We’re always scanning the new 1970s retro inspired sneaker releases and wanted to put up a quick post on the recently released Nike Waffle 2 Trainers. Nike mastered the details and 70s throwback vibe with these old school runners, including the old style exposed tongue foam and waffle outsole. If you’re interested in picking up a pair they are available over at Farfetch at the affiliate link here. The blue colorway is also available over at Nike.com here.