By now, the history of the Dunk’s Ugly Duckling pack feels as played out as Spider-Man’s origin story, but here goes. First launched in 1985, Nike’s two-tone college basketball high-top began its second career as a low-top skateboarding sneaker a decade later. The 2001 Japan-only limited reissue in three colourways under the Ugly Duckling banner propelled the shoe towards cult status and set it up as the must-have shoe of the early 21st century. Alongside Veneer and Plum, this Ceramic guise is one of that legendary trio. And, since these colourways resurface less frequently than blue moons, you should probably get yourself a pair while you can.

If you read Interview’s tête-à-tête between the singer, rapper and, um, wrestler Bad Bunny and his Puerto Rican compatriot, the actor Mr Benicio del Toro, earlier this year, then you might be more familiar with this shoe than Bad Bunny was with the saxophonist Mr Charlie Parker. That said, most of us would recognise the source material, the classic adidas Gazelle, repurposed in the early 1970s for handball. Bad Bunny’s take features a warped toe box and signature branding – down to his name, Benito, printed on the upper – in a luxe off-white, cream and contrast black colourway.

As we reported last month, the Air Max SNDR (née Sunder) is the 25th-anniversary reissue of an insider favourite and the Project Alpha offshoot of Nike’s flagship model. More than a fin de siècle flirtation with sci-fi fashions, the SNDR’s zip-up shroud actually makes for a snug fit. And unzipped, it reveals an IYKYK detail, the digits “6453”, which, on your slide-open Nokia 8110, spells out N-I-K-E. Meaning a bunch of sneakerheads will be frantically updating the combination lock on their crep stash right about now.

The 1906 is the latest in a string of Y2K-era running shoes to have found a footing in fashion two decades later. (The name references the year that Englishman Mr William J Riley founded New Balance, but the shoe itself dates to 2002.) This revamp pushes hard into a deconstructed look with exaggerated overlays and extended N-Lock ribbons. The murdered-out colourway, meanwhile, lends the shoe a stealth upgrade – as in high-tech hardware rather than casually blending in.

As with the Dark Neptune/Pure Silver variant that we also covered last month, this reworking of the GT-2160 running shoe in Lava Orange/Jasper Green has been plucked from the mind of the designer Mr Kiko Kostadinov. Both colourways apparently take inspiration from the traditional pottery of Japan’s Mino Province. In terms of craftsmanship, yes, but also the rust-like hue that wares are known to adopt with age. And while we can’t quite imagine slurping ramen out of a bowl in this particular shade, we’ll happily rock a GEL-cushion midsole in a vivid orange.