Designer Brand 4 Retro NRG Raptors

The Designer Brand 4 Retro NRG ‘Raptors’ shares its name with an OG colorway of the Designer Brand 7, and both feature nubuck construction and a black, red and purple palette. The 4 differs from the 7 by ditching the charcoal grey paneling of the 1992 release while also adding a speckled midsole. But it’s not as if the ‘Raptors’ name is exactly canonical—the Toronto Raptors franchise didn’t exist before 1995.

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