Month: February 2022

Demna took Balenciaga to the red carpet for Spring/Summer 2022, dressing the house’s closest friends and familiar models in the latest ceremony-appropriate garments before translating these looks into an episode of The Simpsons. Now, certain pieces from the SS22 collection are appearing online on a pre-order basis, and the first to come is Balenciaga’s Space Shoe.Coming in black, the pair is made from rubber and is finished in either a shiny effect or a matte effect. Regardless of the colorway you opt for, the Space Shoe gives off a futuristic aesthetic that’s combined with undertones of medieval attire, partly because of the pair’s elongated pointy toe.Designed and described to be a modern interpretation of a derby, the pair is made from a single mold of injected rubber that provides a 5mm arch and wears Balenciaga’s block-caps moniker on the collar. The heel is angular and comes to a point, while the side profile reveals architectural sculpturing that gives the Space Shoe its 3022 vibe.Balenciaga has opened pre-orders globally for the new Space Shoe, which is yours for $875 USD. So far, just the black colorways are available, but we suspect the red version that was also seen on the SS22 runway will come soon.For more futuristic footwear, take a look at SCRY™ Lab’s Neptune Hybrid-Lunar boot.

SCRY™ Lab was spotlighted as one of HYPEBEAST’s most boundary-breaking emerging footwear brands of 2021, but its new silhouette — the Neptune Hybrid-Lunar — has disrupted everything we thought we knew. The new style is a boot by nature, but nothing about the pair screams tradition, instead channeling an aesthetic that wouldn’t look out of place on a high-fashion alien.For SCRY™ Lab, it’s all about pushing the limit on what’s possible. As the brand’s founder previously told HYPEBEAST, it aims to “look into the future through a crystal ball,” and the Neptune Hybrid-Lunar provides exactly that. Made from matte leather and a sole unit that’s designed and built using HALS ultra-high speed printing technology, the sneaker-boot hybrid is said to be inspired by the “fantasy of unknown life forms on the outer planet,” which is clear given its futuristic design.The 3D-printed sole unit not only gives the boot a squared-off toe, but it also creates a heel that sculpts the back of the shoe into something that looks like a lifeform. The shapes flow and bend, kicking out at the rear to deliver a design never seen in the footwear world.Rounding out the pair is the outsole, which is smooth yet simultaneously designed to reveal the 3D-printed techniques used to build the sole unit.The SCRY™ Lab Neptune Hybrid-Lunar comes in white or black and retails for $919 USD on a made-to-order basis. Take a closer look at the boot above, and purchase yours from APOC Store now.In case you missed it, check out Zixiong Wei of SCRY™ Lab’s issue of Sole Mates.