The year is quickly coming to a close, but before we start unpacking a new year of releases, there are more holiday drops to look forward to courtesy of contributions from New Balance, Nike, Salomon, adidas, and Jordan Brand. Per usual, we’ll walk you through last week’s top footwear headlines before diving into this week’s top releases.On the feature side, we announced this year’s cohort for Hypebeast100, with the collaborator of the year award going to Levi’s. Meanwhile, we also offered a round-up of the various kicks Steph Curry has been wearing since declaring his sneaker free agency.As for the news, UNDEFEATED continued the Nike Air Max 95 anniversary celebration by announcing a city-exclusive pack of colorways. The rumor mill came with two big Swoosh-related headlines as well: a One Piece x Nike Air Max Plus “Devil Fruits” collection and an Air Jordan 4 “Pink Thunder” colorway. Jordan Brand also had its rumored Air Jordan 1 Low OG “Banned” leak.Pivoting to the Three Stripes, Jerry Lorenzo confirmed that the Fear of God x adidas Era is officially ending this month. Hartcopy also reunited with the brand, covering the EVO SL in polka dots as an F&F-exclusive. For New Balance, the 2002R has been readied in a new set of “Protection Pack” looks that all feature GORE-TEX. CNCPTS prepped another footwear collaboration, this time teaming up with Birkenstock for a Boston “Felt” pack. Rounding out the week, Avirex and Timberland came together to rework each other’s most iconic designs.With all of last week’s major moments revisited, let’s look ahead at which drops are expected to take place this week, starting with the latest from Rich Paul x New Balance. Afterwards, be sure to hit up HBX to see which styles you can cop today.Rich Paul x New Balance ABZORB 2010
