today we're going to be taking a look at the union dunk low from the passport pack and this is the
quart purple colorway already have the pistachio pair for my sneaker collection but we got one
problem this pair isn't for me I was out at untied LA and I saw they had the purple pair in my mom's
size and I knew this was her favorite color so you know what that means I had to pick them up so even
though I want to have these in my collection I had to make sure my mom was taken care of and if you
guys didn't know by now my name is DJ and this is the DNA show on this channel I love breaking
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all that being said let's go ahead and crack this box open and see what these things is talking
about as you can see right here these are called the passport pack so it gives you that classic old
school ticket like you were to be taking a trip and then on here it says Nike Inc Union La you got
different information with the spike coupon and the style code numbers and things like that Union
La different stuff like that all throughout the box and then when it comes to the front end right
here you have the same thing it says from Los Angeles to Beaverton Oregon which I feel like this
is like is this like a return slip or something because I feel like it would be going the opposite
way or like usually it comes from Nike going to I don't know they got it all figured out let's not
get into too many nuances of the box now looking at the size tag it reads Nike junk low you I'm
assuming for Union Court purple white Opti yellow size eight and a half just for my mom flipping
open the lid of the Box you got that same kind of vibe of the passport you got your all over Union
logo then you got the NYC right here Berlin Japan different places like that so that's a nice cool
detail and touch when it comes to the paper and then you got the shoe oh you got this shoe okay
typically on this part of the video I go first impressions but I've seen this sneaker multiple
times I want these in my collection I'm kind of salty right now but I'm not at the same time so
to say the least I think it's a solid shoe not a 10 out of 10 but I'll give them a solid 7.69 now
before we get into breaking down all the Styles cuts and materials we gotta talk about the history
First Union La is the store that originally opened up in New York and then a couple years later they
decided to move to LA close the shop in New York now they're heavily based in LA and everybody
knows them for the crazy collaborations that we have seen over the past few years in particular
but they have been a staple in the game for many of years way before we saw these collaborations
with Jordan Brandon Nike some of my favorite collaborations from Union have been the Black
Toe Air Jordan 1 or the black Air Jordan 4. we recently saw both Air Jordan 2's drop and if you
haven't seen that review I have it for you guys on my channel I'll make sure I try to link it for you
at the end of this video but that was definitely another shoe that everybody was kind of on the
fence with and this one right here I feel like a lot more people like these a little bit more but I
don't know I guess it's to each his own type thing let me know what you guys think Down Below in the
comment section now starting with the bottom of the shoe you have your classic Nike Dunk outsole
but this is a translucent purple and then you have your union guy right here in yellow yellow just
behind that and it also has this kind of honeycomb vibe that you can see throughout the bottom of the
insole as well now going up to the midsole you got all white with the white Stitch and then onto the
upper oh the upper these are going to be exactly the same as the pistachio pair yet the colors are
just going to be different so on that aspect when it comes to this pack of these the navy
blue or the baby blue pair I forgot the name of those ones we have to look it up but either way
those are all going to be essentially the same when it comes to the materials now let's look
at the colors and we'll talk about the materials a little bit too all throughout this upper you have
a rip stop material something similar to The Air Jordan 5 off-white that we have seen in the past
as well and I'll show you guys some comparisons of the five next to the dunk that I did in the
previous video but basically you can also rip this material off when it comes to the toe box the side
panel and the back end and it gives you a whole nother color with that deeper purple behind it
all throughout this upper you have a yellow Stitch that really pops and that accents the logo as you
see on the tongue right here a Purple Patch with a yellow Stitch you have the yellow Union La and
then you have the Nike here on the back end and another thing that the union Dunkel is famous for
as well is the extra pieces of stitching kind of just hanging all frayed off throughout the ends
of the shoes some people do and some people don't like that let me know if this would be something
that you may snip off with scissors or if you would just keep it the same and not really have a
problem with it now go into the tongue these come standard with a pair of all white laces and an
additional pair of purple laces to match the upper and the tongue is all white mesh we talked about
the tab earlier with the purple and the yellow the sockliner has more of a satin kind of vibe to it I
don't think it is I don't know it's just very fine but you have a purple material here and then you
have a purple insole with the yellow Nike inside there as well another dope touch that we see right
here that's in addition to this is the bag tag you can actually pop this off and this is similar to
this so on here it says Nike to Union and then on the other side it's got the tag information and
stuff like that so you can actually fill this out with your flight number and date and everything
so that's kind of cool and a nice addition and we see that on all three pairs as well when it
comes to this passport pack so overall when I look at this sneaker right here I think this
is definitely a clean shoe I don't think this is the best dunk ever or I don't even think this is
the best dunk from the pack but I am a sucker for purple sneakers so for that reason I do like these
a little bit more but at the end of the day if I were to only be able to pick one I would probably
go with the pistachio colorway that's why I went after that one initially but now that I know I'm
giving this pair to my mom I feel like I gotta get a pair to match with her and then that means I'm
gonna have to get the baby blue pair because I've been like I just got to complete the set you know
typical sneaker hair problems so now that y'all know how I feel about this shoe I posted a poll on
my story to see what everybody else thinks about this shoe I basically asked the question is this
you fire or trash if you haven't already follow me on IG so you can participate in the polls and see
all the results here on the channel this is what they said 79 of the people chose fire and 21 of
the people chose trash and I completely understand that like I said I give these a solid 7.69 which
is like low-key roughly around the same thing that everybody else said so in my opinion I feel
like that was a perfect score but with all jokes aside let me know what you guys think about these
Down Below in the comments section what would you rate these out of 10 and what was your purchasing
experience like so did you want to get this shoe or did you not want to get the shoe did you get
the shoe and you not want it did you get the shoe and appreciate it more just let me know all the
different feelings that you had when it came to this shoe in particular I think it's a dope shoe
I'm interested to see what the value of it in the resale market and everything is going for
it later down the line I know right now these are hidden for a few hundred bucks and I'm not sure if
I could say I could see these being worth you know five or seven hundred dollars just right now just
because they're kind of lingering in that range but just like any other shoe there's definitely a
chance that these could rise over time and maybe five or seven years from now the shoe is worth
five or six hundred bucks also if you guys want to see me pick up the baby blue pair and complete
the set ish kinda because I'd have to use my mom's hair let me know Down Below in the comment
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I think I'm gonna go with the black toe ones all right y'all I'm out