Month: July 2026

Name: Nike Air Force 1 Low “What The LA”Colorway: White/Black-Hyper JadeSKU: CT1117-100MSRP: $125 USDRelease Date: Holiday 2026Nike’s Air Force 1 Low “What The LA” is set to return this Holiday season, bringing back a city-themed colorway first released in 2019 alongside its “What The NYC” counterpart.The original concept took the “What The” format in a different direction than its predecessors. Rather than pulling design elements from earlier sneaker releases, Nike built the colorway around Los Angeles sports culture, blending shades and materials tied to several of the city’s biggest teams into one shoe. Purple and gold call back to the Lakers most directly, while blue, red, black and metallic touches gesture toward the Dodgers and the Kings, with the combined palette giving each pair its own distinct identity.Materials and construction carry that multi-team concept through the build. Suede and leather panels mix with glossy overlays, contrast Swooshes and splattered midsoles, layering several textures and finishes across a single upper rather than committing to one. Los Angeles script appears near the heels and across the insoles, anchoring the design back to its city-wide concept without leaning on any official team logos or branding.That restraint is part of what gave the original release its staying power. By referencing basketball, baseball, hockey and the city’s broader streetwear identity all at once, the 2019 “What The LA” read as a tribute to Los Angeles itself rather than a single-team product, a distinction that separated it from more straightforward team-branded sneakers. A return would mark one of the more recognizable entries in Nike’s “What The” series finding its way back into rotation alongside its original NYC counterpart.

Name: Jordan Triangle “Quai 54″Colorway: Green/Purple/BlackSKU: IO3375-500MSRP: N/ARelease Date: 2026Where to Buy: NikeJordan Brand is taking its partnership with Paris’ premier streetball tournament to a cutting-edge technological frontier, revealing official images of the Jordan Triangle “Quai 54.” Serving as the core performance anchor for the tournament’s highly anticipated 2026 collection, the low-profile sneaker applies a nocturnal, vibrant color palette to a brand-new silhouette engineered explicitly to meet the grueling endurance and physical demands of modern multi-positional basketball players.First unveiled as an all-new mainline performance model in late May, the Jordan Triangle draws its structural moniker from basketball’s legendary triangle offense strategy. Much like the system itself, the sneaker is heavily optimized for continuous, explosive off-ball movement and dynamic two-way play. For the Quai 54 variation, the shoe shifts away from standard color blocking to channel a nocturnal Parisian street energy. The upper is grounded in a deep black base layered with a carbon-fiber-inspired woven polyester mesh for maximal airflow and upper integrity. This dark backdrop is punctuated by stark, asynchronous color hits, deploying high-contrast “Action Grape” purple across the eyestays and a striking pop of “Key Lime” green guarding the toe box caps and traction hits.The primary draw of the Jordan Triangle is its historic cushioning setup, which imports NIKE, Inc.’s finest marathon running innovations directly onto the hardwood. The platform is layered within a soft Cushlon 3.0 foam carrier, housing ultra-responsive, energy-returning ZoomX foam inside the forefoot to facilitate rapid off-the-ground acceleration. To cushion heavy impact landings on gritty Parisian concrete surfaces, a high-volume Air Zoom unit is embedded securely inside the heel cavity. This hybrid framework is stabilized via an injection-molded midfoot shank plate, providing elite lateral torque protection during severe cuts and sudden changes of direction.To withstand the rigorous outdoor environment of the tournament—which takes place directly underneath the shadow of the Eiffel Tower—the undercarriage relies on a specialized HART (High-Abrasion Rubber Tech) 2.0 outsole. Molded into a classic herringbone tread pattern, this upgraded composite utilizes less overall physical rubber than standard extra-durable compounds. This deliberate shaving of material significantly lowers the sneaker’s gross weight and boosts tactical multi-directional flexibility without sacrificing any raw outdoor abrasion resistance. 

Global curation platform and publishing imprint HIDDEN.NY has officially joined forces with ASICS SportStyle yet again to debut the HIDDEN GEL-KINETIC™ 2.0. Acting as the spiritual successor to their highly coveted GEL-NYC partnership, this latest joint venture takes a nostalgic step backward—moving away from the modern software suites utilized by today’s digital designers to draw visual inspiration from the dawn of digital art and early computing hardware.Unlike traditional athletic partnerships focused on performance benchmarks, the GEL-KINETIC™ 2.0 has been intentionally built from the ground up specifically for intentional walking rather than running or high-intensity interval training. The structural silhouette represents a highly futuristic expression of lifestyle footwear, developed in direct tandem with the ASICS Institute of Sport Science (ISS). By leveraging advanced biomechanical foot pressure data, the design team calculated the exact layout of the independent underfoot pods to optimize impact dispersion during casual, everyday wear.The mechanical architecture underfoot features a heavily reconstructed application of Scutoid GEL™ Technology. The physical shape of the GEL compound is noticeably more twisted and angular to encourage better flexibility, while the component itself has been turned completely upside down to distribute pressure evenly and ease the burden on any localized area of the foot. This system is paired with a cloud-like FF BLAST™ PLUS foam midsole, safely encapsulated within a rigid, precision-engineered TPU cage to strike an identical balance between soft cushioning and reliable lifestyle stability.“HIDDEN approaches design the way a curator approaches a room: methodically, with reverence, and with a willingness to elevate the overlooked. A designer’s brand, not a designer brand.”This hardware-heavy approach is further optimized by a unique, modular two-layer heel construction. The specialized counter is split into dual sheets to dynamically adapt to any natural heel shape, guaranteeing a locked-in, secure fit whether the wearer prefers their lacing system tied tight for steady movement or loose for an effortless slip-on look. The silhouette will be distributed across two separate color stories: a General Release dressed in a clean “White/Castle Rock” palette that highlights HIDDEN’s signature green tones, and a highly restrictive Limited Edition rendered in “Light Gray/Castle Rock” to directly mirror the faded beige, ivory, and slate components of vintage retro computer hardware. The ASICS x HIDDEN GEL-KINETIC™ 2.0 unisex sneaker collection is available for purchase directly via HIDDEN.NY’s distribution portals. Both the General Release and Limited Edition iterations are priced at $270 USD retail, spanning an inclusive unisex sizing range from US 3.5 through 14.