Month: May 2026

Name: AURALEE x New Balance 204LColorway: “White Lime,” “ Dark Brown”SKU: U204L7YU, U204L5I7MSRP: ¥26,400 JPY ( approx. $166 USD) Release Date: May 29 Where to Buy: New Balance, Official images of the highly anticipated AURALEE x New Balance 204L sneakers have surfaced, following their initial runway debut at Paris Fashion Week last summer. This collaboration introduces New Balance’s all-new, low-profile silhouette, which masterfully blends the streamlined, narrow proportions of 1970s running shoes with the complex, tech-inspired paneling characteristic of the early 2000s.Catering to the modern trend of ultra-slim, “barely-there” flat sole units, the collection is split into two distinct material makeups. The “White Lime” iteration features a breathable cream and grey mesh base framed by crisp white leather overlays, subtly accented with delicate touches of tan, cream and soft lime-yellow tracing its curved lines.In stark contrast, the “Dark Brown” variant strips away the mesh entirely to deliver a completely tonal, texturally rich lifestyle look. This premium colorway utilizes a heavy layering of velvety chocolate-brown suede and soft nubuck across the upper, creating a luxurious matte finish that is beautifully grounded by a matching dark outsole and a contrasting cream interior lining.True to AURALEE’s signature language of understated luxury, external branding remains incredibly disciplined — standard New Balance “N” logos sit comfortably on the side quarters, “NB” emblems hit the tongue, and “204L” is cleanly etched into the lateral heel without any external AURALEE text. Instead, co-branded detailing is hidden exclusively on the insoles. View this post on InstagramA post shared by AURALEE (@auralee_tokyo)

Name: Nike Astrograbber “Sail/Old Royal”Colorway: Sail/Old Royal/MuslinSKU: II1248-101MSRP: $115 USDRelease Date: TBCNike is bringing back the Astrograbber in a “Sail/Old Royal/Muslin” colorway, with a 2026 release expected at $115 USD. The silhouette, first introduced in 1974 as a football shoe and one of the earliest models in Nike’s catalog, returns here in a lifestyle configuration more than five decades after its original debut.The “Sail/Old Royal/Muslin” colorway is well-suited to a shoe with this kind of history. Sail leads the upper with a warm off-white that reads vintage rather than clinical, Old Royal brings a deep blue accent with the kind of saturation that references the original football context without leaning into it too literally, and Muslin rounds out the palette with a neutral mid-tone that keeps the combination grounded. Together the three work in the register the Astrograbber belongs in: considered, a little worn-in, quietly archival.The Astrograbber sits in an interesting position within Nike’s broader reissue conversation. Unlike the Dunk or the Air Force 1, which have been in near-constant cultural rotation, the Astrograbber is a genuine deep cut — a 1974 football shoe that most people outside of Nike’s archive community would not recognise on sight. That unfamiliarity is part of its appeal. In the current climate, where every major silhouette has been collabed, limited, and hyped to exhaustion, a shoe that arrives with genuine historical weight but without the baggage of overexposure carries a different kind of credibility.The reinterpretation for contemporary wear is the expected move for a silhouette of this vintage: the football-specific elements of the original give way to a profile built for the street, while the design DNA that made the Astrograbber worth reviving in the first place remains intact. At $115 USD, it is priced as an accessible archive piece, which given the shoe’s relative obscurity and genuine 1974 pedigree, feels like the right call.

Name: Nike Moon Shoe OG “Malachite”Colorway: Malachite/Soft Pearl/Gum Light BrownSKU: IW0955-300MSRP: $105 USDRelease Date: TBCNike is bringing back the Moon Shoe OG in a “Malachite/Soft Pearl/Gum Light Brown” colorway, reportedly priced at $105 USD. The drop marks another chapter in Nike’s ongoing effort to keep its oldest and most foundational silhouette in active rotation.The colorway does the shoe justice. Malachite — a deep, mineral green with genuine visual weight — leads the upper, set against Soft Pearl accents that keep the palette from tipping into anything too aggressive. A Gum Light Brown outsole closes things out, grounding the build in the kind of natural warmth that makes the Moon Shoe read as timeless rather than retro. It is a combination that feels considered without being overwrought, which is exactly the register this silhouette earns.The construction centers on the waffle sole, the detail that defines the Moon Shoe entirely. When Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman poured rubber into a household waffle iron in 1971, the result was a latticed outsole that changed how running shoes were built. The Moon Shoe, introduced in 1972, was the first Nike model to carry that innovation — and the name came directly from the field: the grid pattern left crater-like impressions in soft surfaces, earning the silhouette a name that stuck for over five decades. The current OG iteration applies modern manufacturing to that original architecture, updating the build for contemporary wear while keeping the waffle pattern and silhouette shape intact.At $105 USD, the Moon Shoe OG sits at a price point that reflects its heritage without pricing out the collectors and runners who made it matter in the first place. For a shoe that predates the Air Max, the Dunk, and nearly every other Nike silhouette in active cultural circulation, that accessibility is part of the appeal. It’s Nike’s origin story, still in production.