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Nike Court Borough: the first sneaker for lots of kids

There is a category of shoes that rarely comes up in collectors’ conversations and yet is worn a lot. The Court Borough is the textbook example: a simple white court shoe that mostly sells in kids’ sizes, built to survive a school year and stay easy to clean.

The shape visibly borrows from the bigger brother. You see the same panel layout as on the Air Force 1 Low, with a perforated toe box and a swoosh that sits low on the flank, but everything is executed more simply. The leather is thinner, the sole is a flat cupsole without an air unit, and the whole weighs considerably less. What you give up in technology you gain in a shoe you don’t have to baby.

The two cuts are mixed together here and the title says it plainly. The Low is by far the most common, the Mid pulls the collar over the ankle. In the smaller sizes a wide Velcro strap replaces the laces so children can put their shoes on themselves. Numbers like Low 2 simply mark a later version of the same silhouette.

In the line-up of accessible white court shoes on this site, this is the Nike side. The Adidas Hoops does the same with three stripes, the Grand Court opts for the tennis shape. None of the three is about hype, and that’s exactly why they sell in such numbers.

On this page you can see which versions of the Nike Court Borough are currently hottest according to the Hypescore, their starting prices, and how many shops have them in stock.