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A couple of weeks ago to celebrate the return of the NBA season we posted our first old school high top basketball sneaker buyer’s guide. Over the past few years we’ve notice a lot of the creative energy with retro 1980’s style high tops is coming out of the luxury space so we wanted to put up a post with our top 10 favorite high-end hoops sneakers as well. You can check out the sneaker buying guide list below. Please note the sneakers below contain product affiliate links. You can read our affiliate policy in the footer of this blog post. Thanks for your support.

OFF-WHITE BLUE HIGH OFF-COURT 3.0 SNEAKERS

Kicking this list off strong with the Off-White Men's 3.0 Off Court Supreme Lace Up Sneakers. You can check them out over at SSENSE or at Bloomingdales.

RHUDE RHECESS HI SNEAKERS

Made in Italy these distressed retro High Top sneakers are available over at SSENSE. These sneakers also come in a bunch of other colorways which you can check out here.

AMIRI SKEL HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS
These Amiri Skel High-Top sneakers in the ‘Chicago’ colorway are over at Farfetch and Cettire.

CELINE CT-03 LEATHER HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS
Celine’s Bred retro high top is available over at Mr. Porter.

SAINT LAURENT COURT CLASSIC LEATHER HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS

Here’s a pair of legit old school high tops in the Bred colorway from Saint Laurent. These retro high tops are available at Farfetch and over at Saks Fifth Avenue as well.

GUCCI BASKET HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS

Gucci’s ‘Basket’ high tops are throwbacks to the late 80’s early 90’s basketball sneaker styles and come in a few different colors. These are available at both SSENSE and Farfetch.

PRADA NEW AVENUE HIGH-TOP SNEAKERS

The Prada ‘Avenue’ retro Prada high tops are available over at Neiman Marcus.

LANVIN CLAY HIGH TOP SNEAKERS

Here’s another great pair of retro high tops, this time from Lanvin. You can pickup these old school ‘Clay’ model high tops at Farfetch.

GOLDEN GOOSE WHITE SKY STAR SNEAKERS

The Golden Goose ‘Sky Star’ sneakers look like they could have come straight off of the Sotheby’s ‘Signed and Game Worn’ page. You can also check out the ‘Bred’ colorway at Neiman Marcus.