Category: Shoes

Name: Etro x Birkenstock Boston, Etro x Birkenstock GizehColorway: TBCSKU: TBCMSRP: TBCRelease Date: September 10Where to Buy: Birkenstock, EtroBirkenstock and Etro have released their collaborative footwear, opening with the Boston and the Gizeh as the first pairs in the partnership. The two styles graft Etro’s decorative language onto Birkenstock’s most recognizable silhouettes while leaving the brand’s core footbed engineering intact.The ornamentation is where the collaboration concentrates its detailing. Both silhouettes are worked with a paisley motif and dense material treatments, then dressed with embroidered accents and long fringe for movement and texture. A Western-inspired buckle reshapes the closure hardware away from Birkenstock’s standard fittings, while special rivets carry Etro’s Pegaso emblem, embedding the house’s identity into the functional hardware rather than only the surface.Underneath the decoration, the construction stays true to Birkenstock. Each style is built on the brand’s anatomically shaped cork-latex footbed, the contoured base that defines how a Birkenstock sits and supports the foot. It anchors the collaboration’s more expressive upper work to a familiar, function-first foundation, keeping the pairs recognizable as the Boston and Gizeh beneath the styling.The outsole is where both brands meet in a single component. Birkenstock’s signature bone-pattern tread is retained for grip and identity, then overlaid with Etro’s paisley motif, so the underfoot surface reads as a merger of the two design vocabularies. It turns a purely functional part of the shoe into another site for the co-branding.Positioned as the opening chapter of the tie-up, the Boston and Gizeh set the template for what the brands frame as a first drop, suggesting the collaboration is built to extend beyond these two styles.

Name: Nike First Sight Shadow “Light Crimson and Metallic Silver”Colorway: Light Crimson/Metallic SilverSKU: HQ2410-600MSRP: $145 USDRelease Date: September 15Where to Buy: NikeNike has unveiled the Women’s First Sight Shadow in a “Light Crimson and Metallic Silver” colorway, positioning the model as the closing chapter of the brand’s First Sight collection. The Shadow arrives as a slip-on silhouette that pulls its cues from early-2000s design while grounding itself in Nike’s basketball lineage.Construction is where the Shadow makes its case. The model is built as a futuristic slip-on, doing away with traditional lacing in favor of an easy step-in entry, and it is topped by a sculptural upper that gives the shoe its molded, forward-leaning shape. That upper is the defining visual element, prioritizing a bold, contoured profile over conventional paneling.Underfoot, the traction is purpose-built rather than borrowed. Nike finishes the Shadow with a bespoke, court-inspired outsole pattern, tying the silhouette’s grip back to the basketball reference points that inform the wider collection. It is a functional nod that keeps the design connected to performance roots even as the overall shape reads as street-focused.The design language traces directly to the early 2000s. The Shadow draws on the silhouettes of that era and filters them through Nike basketball DNA, translating a specific moment in the brand’s hoops history into a contemporary, slip-on form. That lineage is what separates the model from a purely futuristic exercise, anchoring its forward-looking build in a recognizable design heritage.Within the First Sight lineup, the Shadow carries a specific role. Nike frames the collection as an effort to push athletic style into new territory, and the Shadow completes that three-model arc, presented as the piece that rounds out the trilogy. The “Light Crimson and Metallic Silver” treatment gives that closing entry a high-contrast finish to match its sculptural form.

Name: Wagyu x Nike Air Max 90Colorway: Black/AnthraciteSKU: IR1979-010MSRP: $150 USDRelease Date: September 12, 2026Where to Buy: Nike SNKRSWagyu and Nike are bringing a Black and Anthracite colorway to the Air Max 90. The New York streetwear label carries its beef-inspired branding onto the silhouette through metallic Swooshes, a custom cow-head heel badge and Wagyu lettering in the mudguard window.The upper combines shaggy suede panels with perforated leather, while thick white rope laces break up the dark palette. Patterned sockliners add another detail inside the shoe, complementing the collaboration’s custom branding.The concept extends to the packaging, with a certificate of authenticity inspired by the paperwork used to grade Japanese beef. A matching Nike Tech fleece jacket and coordinating pants accompany the sneakers, with the certificate motif also appearing inside the jacket.The Wagyu x Nike Air Max 90 releases on September 12, 2026, for $150 USD via Nike SNKRS.