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Name: JJJJound x New Balance 1890Colorway: Black, Silver/WhiteSKU: TBCMSRP: TBCRelease Date: June 25 (Paris), June 26 (Online)Where to Buy: JJJJound Paris, JJJJoundJJJJound and New Balance have unveiled the 1890 collaboration, a two-colorway release built around a silhouette the studio describes as technically modern with a clear ’90s sports foundation, approached with the same restraint JJJJound applies across its catalog.The 1890 is not a silhouette with the same mainstream recognition as the 990 or 2002R, which is precisely the kind of selection that defines JJJJound’s approach to the New Balance archive. The studio cites the shoe’s lines and ’90s sports energy as the draw, framing it as a technical yet modern shape that offers enough structure to work from without requiring reconstruction. The stated goal was to fit the 1890 within the JJJJound ecosystem as a year-round wearable option, a brief that prioritizes longevity and versatility over seasonal relevance.The two colorways operate as opposing expressions of the same form rather than variations on a single theme. The Black colorway reduces the 1890 to its most elemental read: a black and white palette that simplifies the silhouette’s visual complexity and lets the shoe’s lines carry the composition. The deliberate decision to contrast the outsole and tongue against the upper introduces a retro reference without resorting to archive-accurate colorblocking or overt nostalgia. It is a small intervention, but in the context of JJJJound’s design language, small interventions are the methodology. The result is a shoe the studio describes as a timeless classic, a claim that the restrained palette makes difficult to argue against.The Silver/White colorway takes a different entry point. Where the Black strips the 1890 back, the Silver/White uses the shoe’s existing structure as a scaffold for color contrasts drawn from American collegiate campus athletics. The 1890’s technical shape lends itself to that reference: the silhouette carries enough ’90s sports heritage to make the collegiate reading feel grounded rather than applied. The color contrasts are used to articulate the shoe’s construction rather than decorate it, working with the panels and overlays the 1890 already defines rather than introducing new geometry. Together the two colorways demonstrate what JJJJound’s preview text articulates directly: that a single silhouette can shift through color and context without changing its role.JJJJound’s New Balance collaboration history is one of the more consistent bodies of work in the sneaker collaboration space, spanning multiple silhouettes across several years and maintaining a recognizable point of view regardless of the base model. The 1890 continues that trajectory by introducing a silhouette the studio had not previously worked with, extending the range of the partnership without departing from the logic that has defined it.The JJJJound x New Balance 1890 drops June 26 online in both colorways. Limited pairs of the Black colorway are available in-store at JJJJound Paris on June 25 only.

Name: Nike Pegasus Premium “Cow Print”Colorway: Light Orewood Brown/Black-University Red-SailSKU: IR0033-100MSRP: $230 USDRelease Date: Fall 2026Nike’s Pegasus Premium roster is set to welcome a new “Cow Print” variant this fall. The upper is grounded by a soft, natural “Light Orewood Brown” engineered mesh, which is sharply contrasted by a solid black tongue, laces and inner lining. Leaning fully into the western-inspired trend, Nike elevates the traditional branding by outfitting the lateral profile Swooshes in a “Sail”-colored pony hair material.The lower half of the sneaker is where the design truly makes its impact. The synthetic mudguard panels and the upper portion of the ZoomX foam midsole are entirely wrapped in an eye-catching, black-and-white cow print pattern. Breaking up this monochromatic graphic is a vibrant flash of University Red, housed within the shoe’s signature full-length, visible Zoom Air unit. This vibrant red cushioning system not only highlights the advanced energy-return technology that the Pegasus Premium is known for but also provides a dynamic visual contrast against the earthy tones and animal print above it. The design is complete with a durable, modified waffle rubber outsole in black, grounding the shoe’s wild aesthetic with functional, everyday traction.

Name: Nike Total 90 “White/Black”Colorway: TBCSKU: IO2388-100MSRP: TBCRelease Date: TBCNike is reportedly set to release the Total 90 “White/Black,” bringing the pack’s all-over hexagonal quilted leather upper to its most stripped-back colorway. The “White/Black” build retains the asymmetrical lacing and flat rubber sole of the lifestyle Total 90 series, while the clean two-tone finish gives the shoe’s soccer ball-mimicking stitch pattern its clearest canvasThe construction concept driving the Soccer Ball pack is arguably easier to read on the model than on any other colorway in the lineup. Where the “Pink Rise” edition wraps the hexagonal quilting in a single saturated shade that foregrounds color as much as texture, the White/Black build uses contrast to trace the stitch pattern’s geometry directly. The quilted upper, covering the shoe from toe to heel in a hexagonal pattern that mirrors the panel construction of a match ball, reads as a deliberate conceptual exercise: a shoe built to control a soccer ball, resurfaced to look like one.The asymmetrical lacing system carries over from the original 2004 Total 90 design, where it served to clear the instep for a cleaner striking surface during play. In the lifestyle context it functions as the primary detail connecting the shoe to its performance origins, sitting alongside the flat rubber outsole as the two key points where the street build diverges from the pitch original. The Y2K framing the source applies to the release lands most naturally here, where the White/Black palette and familiar silhouette read less as a fashion statement and more as a faithful return to the shoe’s classic visual identity.The Total 90 III originally debuted in 2004 as an indoor soccer shoe engineered for the full 90 minutes of a match, before Nike revived it in 2025 as a lifestyle silhouette amid the ongoing slim sneaker movement. The pack represents the most conceptually loaded expression of that revival, extending the quilted toebox that already characterized the lifestyle version into a full-upper treatment that closes the loop between the shoe’s function and its form.