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Name: adidas Originals Adistar Control 5 “Watermelon Smoothie”Colorway: “Watermelon Smoothie”SKU: TBCMSRP: $160 USDRelease Date: September 12Where to Buy: adidasadidas Originals and Bay Area artist Larry June continue their collaborative partnership with the release of the Adistar Control 5 “Watermelon Smoothie.” Serving as the second colorway following an exclusive Friends & Family drop, this iteration reimagines the early-2000s runner through a fresh lifestyle lens.Inspired by June’s personal health and wellness routines – specifically his ritual of making a watermelon smoothie – the design translates his West Coast intentionality into aesthetic cues. The “Watermelon Smoothie” colorway features an open white mesh base paired with layered tonal overlays, establishing a clean, breathable foundation. Its standout design element is a vibrant gradient finish that transitions fluidly through “Semi Lucid Red,” “Semi Solar Slime” and Clay hues, directly mimicking the refreshing tones of its namesake beverage. Custom Larry June signature branding completes the upper, adding a personalized touch to the vintage-inspired silhouette.

SummaryThe North Face and Engineered Garments debut the VECTIV Forward, a modular lifestyle-runner convertible between laced and slip-on styles.Launching September 11-12, 2026, the navy/black sneaker blends utilitarian design with performance tech like 3D Pebax plates and DREAM foam.The North Face and Engineered Garments have partnered up for their first-ever collaboration, dropping the versatile VECTIV Forward silhouette. Central to the limited-edition pair is a modular design inspired by designer Daiki Suzuki’s utilitarian approach and the outdoor gear label’s performance expertise.As sneaker silhouettes originally made for running continue to be embraced by fashion, the need to equally address both function and form is driving innovative solutions. This lifestyle-runner hybrid boasts a transformable two-way design, allowing the wearer to choose between traditional laces for serious running or swapping them out with the complementary tongue cover for a casual slip-on.Below the feet, VECTIV 3D Pebax & carbon plates and a DREAM foam midsole ensure propulsion and stability, along with the rocker structure and high-grip SurfaceCTRL™ of the outsole. Built for both strenuous runs and casual strolls, the shoe arrives in a monochromatic “Easy Navy/TNF Black” colorway for a balance of performance and pared-back style.The North Face x Engineered Garments VECTIV Forward will be released for pre-sale at THE NORTH FACE FOOTWEAR Shinsaibashi and ENGINEERED GARMENTS TOKYO from Friday, September 11th, 2026, followed by an online and nationwide release on Saturday, September 12th.

Name: Converse Japan All Star Yunomi HiColorway: White/NavySKU: 31319350210MSRP: ¥11,000 JPY (approx. $70 USD)Release Date: September 25Where to Buy: Converse JapanConverse Japan’s All Star Yunomi Hi turns a piece of everyday tableware into a full-coverage sneaker graphic, printing the motif of the yunomi teacup across a canvas high-top. The release lands on a renewed version of the All Star spec and treats the upper as a canvas for a densely detailed, distinctly Japanese print.The graphic is the whole story here. Converse Japan draws on the yunomi, the style of teacup familiar to anyone who has browsed a Japanese souvenir shop, and translates its imagery onto the shoe. Teacups of this kind are frequently decorated with kanji built on the fish radical, and the print leans into that tradition, scattering those characters across the upper.Woven into the design are two additional touches that tie the graphic back to the brand. One is a kanji rendering of “all star,” writing the model’s name in Japanese characters rather than the usual Latin script. The other is a set of hand-drawn stars worked in among the text, a looser, sketched counterpoint to the printed characters that nods to the All Star’s core emblem.Underneath the graphic, the construction stays true to the silhouette. The shoe is built on a renewed All Star spec, with a canvas upper over a rubber outsole in the high-top cut that has defined the model for decades.