Month: February 2023

Amsterdam’s Pop Trading Company is rooted in preppy skateboarding-indebted casualwear, but today it flips its image on its head with a comprehensive adidas collaboration that explores the great outdoors on foot and board.Working with adidas’ Skateboarding label and the Terrex division, the brand presents a footwear line comprising adidas’ Campus ADV silhouette and the Terrex Swift R2 GTX, a pair fit for exploring tough conditions in the Netherlands when the skateboard no longer does the trick.The Campus ADV arrives in “Grey Six/Active Gold/Clay Brown,” utilizing a palette informed by clean, minimalistic Netherland tones. It’s of course designed to be skated in, but also gets a tactile reworking with a ripstop upper, a wraparound heel-to-toe hot melt rubber bumper, and a suede eyestay placket for a touch of class. As for the Terrex style, a GORE-TEX membrane has been added to the exterior alongside a repeat-print “POP” logo design, sitting alongside bungee speed lacing and a Continental rubber outsole. Combined, this pair is fit to tackle any condition thrown at it, as you may expect in the nether regions.Accompanying the sneakers is a capsule of clothing, ranging from staples like tech-informed T-shirts and thermal layers to the leading tech jacket and tech pants. Here, we find a consistent use of recycled Primegreen materials, durable water-repellent coatings, storm flaps and concealed fastenings, adidas Superlite technology (for the cap), and ergonomically designed socks that are best suited to the Terrex shoes.Prices range from $15 USD to $180 USD, and the whole range is due to drop on February 18 via Pop Trading Company and adidas’ respective websites and retailers. Take a closer look at the lookbook above.In other news, JW Anderson’s Wellipets collaboration is now available for pre-order.

After teasing a pair of B31 sneakers with protective shrouds back in December, Dior Men’s Head Footwear Designer Thibo Denis now reveals the same silhouette in black alongside new 3D-printed Carlo Cannage Derbys in the same makeup.The B31, which has been teased without the shroud as a chunky hiking-inspired sneaker, features robust mesh uppers with a lattice of wavy lines delivering structure across the side panels. A Quicklace system offers easy adjustments and injected rubber soles elevate the shrouded bottoms ever so slightly.Carlo Cannage Derbys combine the framework of the Dior Warp slip-ons and the silhouette of the recently-revealed 3D-Printed Derbys, featuring the same Quicklace system and water-repellent shrouds as the aforementioned B31 with two pull straps conveniently secured on the heels. In light of recent form-bending introductions such as the CLOT x Nike “CLOTEZ” and MM6 Maision Margiela x Salomon collaboration, the pairs safely tick off multiple footwear categories including slipper, derby, sneaker, and clog.Take a closer look at the new footwear above and expect the pairs to launch sometime later this year. View this post on Instagram A post shared by _thibo (@_thibo)Elsewhere in footwear, Nike Air VaporMax 2023 Flyknit debuts in “Oreo” and “Anthracite.”

Nike has officially unveiled its all-new Air VaporMax 2023 Flyknit silhouette for Summer 2023 in two black-and-white colorways.The first iteration is found in a classic “Oreo” colorway featuring traditional Flyknit uppers with rubber mudguards placed at the forefoot and heel. Raw terry fabrics adorn the collars and nylon pull loops secure the heel. Speckled blue insoles are adorned with pinwheel logos, indicating the use of recycled materials, and VaporMax tubing below arrives in a black translucent tint with treaded matte finishes along the bottoms. Rounding out the look are thin tongue tabs and a mini check along the midsoles. A similar “Anthracite” iteration which maintains the same design, opting to simply eliminate the white accent stitching, is releasing as a women’s-exclusive.Look for the Nike Air VaporMax 2023 Flyknit in “Oreo” and “Anthracite” to drop on April 6 via Nike and select retailers for $210 USD.Elsewhere in footwear, Jimmy Gorecki’s JSP and Vault by Vans connect for “I Love My JSP Vans” collection.