Nike Cortez “White” (DM4044-105)

Schoon wit leer draagt hier de hoofdrol, en zwart zet de lijnen strak aan: de Swoosh en de accenten springen er zo uit tegen die heldere ondergrond. Precies dat maakt White/Black zo veelzijdig — geen kleur die je vastpint op één look, maar een basis die overal onder past. Het leer werkt bovendien twee kanten op: het houdt zijn vorm seizoen na seizoen en een veeg met een vochtige doek brengt het wit weer terug naar dag één. Voor de kenner: dit is de DM4044-105, de Cortez zoals Bill Bowerman hem ooit tekende.

Het slanke, lage silhouet volgt je voet zonder op te dringen, en juist die ingetogenheid verklaart waarom deze al decennia niet uit het straatbeeld verdwijnt. Het frisse wit vraagt weinig om te schitteren, dus hoe rustiger je het eromheen houdt, hoe harder de schoen spreekt. Rol je broekspijp een slag op en laat dat contrast het werk doen.

BrandNike
ModelNike Cortez
DesignerBill Bowerman
ColorWhite
StylecodeDM4044-105
Suited forUnisex
Release date

Price distribution Nike Cortez

We compare this sneaker's price with the 356 other adult versions of the Nike Cortez that we track. At a lowest price of €89 this colorway is cheaper than 61% of those 356 versions. The group median sits at €106, with resale outliers up to €1.595. The chart shows exactly where this sneaker falls — the black marker — among all the others.

We always compare the lowest price a colorway is currently on sale for somewhere: the cheapest entry point, usually for one specific size. The comparison stays within the same age group, because a kids size (TD/PS/GS) is priced differently than an adult size. Because the price varies per size, your size may come out a little higher. To keep the comparison fair we leave out the most and least expensive two percent — the resale outliers, and the price axis is logarithmic so both the cheap and the pricey end stay readable. We refresh the numbers several times a day; last update 31 Aug 2026.

Hypescore × price

Hype doesn't have to be expensive. Each dot is a Nike Cortez colorway (of the 356 with a Hypescore): the further right, the more hype, and the higher a dot sits, the cheaper the sneaker. This sneaker is the photo with the red ring (Hypescore 43). Below the RRP they're called meltdowns: top-left the quiet price meltdowns (cheap, but little attention yet), top-right the radiating meltdowns — lots of hype and well below retail, the hottest deals. Above the RRP sit the grails: bottom-right the radiating grails (loved and pricey), and bottom-left the potential grails — pricey with little hype. That can simply be too expensive, but it's often where fresh drops and collabs appear that are too new to have gathered grail votes; their hype still has to build.

Hypescore · 43 GSv

CHARGING43GSv

This sneaker scores 43 GSv (CHARGING). The community rated it 10.0/10 — 3 votes, of which 100% Grail. The Hypescore weighs those votes together with resale movement, search demand and scarcity into this single number. How the Hypescore works →