One of my favorite shoes from the early 80's growing up on adidas superstars and suede cougars. but no, they don't look identical to the ones from the 70's and 80's, they used to look a lot better, the hard look on the bottom looked rougher and even the whole outsole was thicker, and if you compare it with pictures with the vintage Nike swoosh logo compares on the side of the shoe looked much better, these newer models look dull as curvy as the ones from before and the blue or from before was nicer and the suede on the front and back was darker and faded, than the nylon part which gave them a better look and if you look closely at them with the vintage models on the side they look boring and regular while the old models on the side looked like a sneaky shark. ok from the outside, just beautiful, would have liked to have made them like before, but still nice sneakers, and please order half a size larger, nike cortez always runs small, everyone has them in my house, wife, children and everyone needed half a size more.