Month: January 2022

The adidas and Youth of Paris Campus 80s collab will be available this Friday, January 28. Streetwear influencer Alex Lopez, head designer of Youth of Paris, has amassed a following for his signature grungy, worn-in silhouettes. The Parisian brand has grown from its 2011 Tumblr page into a notable lifestyle brand, offering anarchistic designs influenced by street art. Youth of Paris x adidas lends Lopez’s DIY vision to the familiar Campus 80s silhouette, featuring a disheveled, lived-in upper entirely constructed of black, distressed denim, loosely stitched together with mismatched pieces of textured suede. The collage effect is accented by purple topstitching near the eyestay and heel, and a neon green Youth of Paris logo airbrushed on the tongue for added visual chaos. The kicks will include three pairs of green, black, and purple laces, a Specimen ID Tag, and a special-edition collector’s box. View this post on InstagramA post shared by YOUTH OF PARIS (@youthofparis)The distressed kicks are sold exclusively on the Youth of Paris website, with a potential unveiling on the adidas home website later this year. In other footwear news, New Balances celebrates the Chinese New Year with its sports car-inspired XC-72, adding a tiger stripe to the side panels.

With the celebrations of Lunar New Year quickly encroaching, various sportswear brands are gearing up for the annual events by revealing festive footwear colorways. Next in line to get in on the action is New Balance who has just unveiled a special XC-72 “CNY” iteration that is fittingly decorated with tiger stripes.Being that the Chinese zodiac sign for 2022 is the Year of the Tiger, the Boston imprint has added red and black tiger camo stripes down the middle of the toe boxes and across the heels. Grayscale hues are most dominant on the lateral walls as the base and shaggy suede overlays on the toe boxes and heels are sprayed with solid black. Oversized N logos stand out with a lighter gray tone and the ribbed heel mold is decorated with a mustard yellow exterior. Elsewhere on the sports car-inspired model, you can find the medial sides designed with a canvas build that’s styled in beige and paired with a stealthy N insignia.If you’re interested in scooping up a pair, you can find New Balance releasing these come January 28 for $130 USD.In case you missed it, New Balance has just dropped a new 1500 rendition that glows in the dark.

Beyoncé is one of the few icons in pop culture that can instantly capture your attention with every move she makes whether that includes dropping new music, starring in a new brand campaign or releasing new footwear and apparel products. Following her successful 2021 on the products front with adidas, the musical superstar is planning on blessing her fans with even more collaborative sneakers this year, one being this loud pink IVY PARK x adidas UltraBOOST colorway.For this specific installment, Queen Bey elects to use the original UltraBOOST silhouette — a model praised for its comfort, shape and minimal toe box design — as her canvas. For the base layer, everything from the PrimeKnit constructions to the cage to the heel counters are submerged in a vivid pink hue. Smaller notes of white provide a tiny bit of contrasting here through the tongue’s adidas branding as well as the polka dots positioned on the laces and rope attachments on the rear end. Like her previous collaborations, the kicks also come packaged with an IVY PARK-branded hang tag that connects to the heel.  More pink hits arrive on the midsole’s BOOST foam cushioning as well as the Continental rubber outsoles which are dialed to a slightly brighter shade.You can anticipate adidas to release these in the coming weeks for $200 USD.For other sneaker-related news, check out a first look at Blondey McCoy’s upcoming adidas A.B. Gazelle.