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Brand: Miu Miu Season: Spring/Summer 2022 Editor’s Notes: Miu Miu, a label that’s kept its distance from sneaker collaborations, is dipping its toe into the lucrative business of co-signed footwear. At Paris Fashion Week, Prada’s sister label lit the fashion-sphere on fire with dangerously low-rise bottoms, a Y2K throwback that overshadowed an equally noteworthy development: a Miu […]

New Balance is talking Shutter Speed – not the camera setting, the new PMV Shutter Speed running jacket.  Hitting the streets for a late-night city run can prove a pretty sketchy activity, especially as we roll into winter. You step out to a reasonably blue sky, and 5k into your run, you’re suddenly sunken into […]

Brand: New Balance Model: 57/40 “Refined Future” Release Date: October Price: $120 Buy: Online at New Balance Editor’s Notes: New Balance is on the path to taking the crown for the best sneaker releases of 2021, thanks in part to its stacked collaboration calendar. Straight out of the gate, it kicked an explosive schedule into motion alongside […]

Brand: Stray Rats x New Balance Model: 991 Release Date: TBC Price: 2021 Buy: TBC Editor’s Notes: It’s pretty rare for a collaborative pairing to really hit the nail on the head every time, but there are a few exceptions. One such exception is New Balance and Stray Rats, a true wine and cheese pairing. New Balance has had […]

After months of teasers, Tuesday finally saw the full unveiling of Stone Island and New Balance‘s collaborative sneaker. The drip-feed of information began with the announcement of Tokyo Design Studio’s involvement in the project and culminated in a series of macro images of the sneaker. Hype and anticipation were at a fever pitch. The polarizing […]

Brand: Auralee Season: Spring/Summer 2022 Release Date: December 2021/January 2022 Buy: Highsnobiety,SSENSE, COVERCHORD Editor’s Notes: Of all the brands emerging from Japan these days, AURALEE may be my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of low-key Japanese brands I adore but most retain only a core domestic audience: AURALEE is ready for […]

Brand: COMME des GARÇONS HOMME x New Balance Model: 57/40 Release Date: October 1 Price: ¥40,700 (about $366) Buy: Dover Street Market and Japanese Editor’s Notes: COMME des GARÇONS’ workwear-centric HOMME sub-label — not to be confused with the adventurous mainline fare of COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS — may or may not still be […]

Brand: New Balance Model: 327 Release Date: September 23 Price: ¥15,400 (approx. $140) Buy: Online at New Balance JP Editor’s Notes: Thanks to the unyielding popularity of the New Balance 99x series, it’s easy to forget how many slick silhouettes the brand has under its belt. Sure, the greyscale suede upper of the Made in US 992 […]

Brand: Run the Boroughs x New Balance Model: Made in UK 991 “Virgin Money London Marathon” Release Date: September 29 Price: £190 (approx. $260) Buy: Online via New Balance, END, Footpatrol, Offspring, Browns, and SNS Editor’s Notes: If you thought New Balance’s streak was coming to an end, you thought wrong – it looks like we’re just getting […]

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Brand: Jaden Smith x New Balance Model: 574 Release Date: Available now Price: £100.00 (approx. $137) Buy: Online at New Balance Editor’s Notes: Jaden Smith has been bringing a new edge to New Balance through his collaborative releases, offering the brand his enigmatic style for a new generation of classics. The partnership is, by all means, tradition meets […]

Brand: New Balance Model: 2002R Release Date: Available now Price: $130 Buy: Online at J.Crew Editor’s Notes: Can New Balance be stopped? Its ongoing 2021 hot streak would suggest absolutely not. It was once said that YEEZY jumped over the Jumpman, but with the pace that NB is setting with its collaborations and updated color schemes, […]