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Name: Travis Scott Nike Phantom 6 Low Indoor, Travis Scott Nike Phantom 6 Elite FGColorway: Multi-Color/Metallic GoldSKU: IQ8140-900, IV2037-900MSRP: $200 USD, $320 USDRelease Date: Available nowWhere to Buy: Travis ScottTravis Scott has released the Travis Scott x Nike Phantom 6 Low “Cactus Jack” pack, a two-piece football collection comprising a performance cleat and a reworked indoor trainer. Both silhouettes share a consistent design language built on neon green uppers, glossy Reverse Swooshes, and an earthy brown palette across the collars and sole units, with Cactus Jack branding woven throughout.The pack’s visual identity is immediately legible as a Cactus Jack project. The neon green uppers sit in deliberate contrast with the brown collar and sole unit treatment, a color pairing that mirrors the earthy tones La Flame has deployed consistently across his Nike footwear collaborations. Glossy Reverse Swooshes run on both pairs, flipping one of the most recognizable elements of the Travis Scott x Nike formula onto a football silhouette for the first time. Yellow laces add a further layer of contrast, pulling the palette toward something more maximalist than either a standard Phantom 6 or a typical Cactus Jack release would suggest on its own.The detailing carries through to the smaller elements. Cactus Jack insoles and crooked smiley heel graphics are present across both versions, the latter a recurring motif in Scott’s Nike work that reads as a signature as much as a graphic. Each pair ships with a special drawstring bag, extending the branded packaging logic that has become standard across major Cactus Jack drops.The two silhouettes diverge at the construction level. The Elite FG cleat is a traditional performance build designed for firm ground, while the Indoor version takes a lower-profile shape that the source describes as drawing from the aesthetic of Nike’s classic Total 90 era. That reference point is worth noting: the Total 90 was one of the defining football shoes of the late 1990s and early 2000s, and its influence on the Indoor version gives the pack a heritage dimension alongside its contemporary Cactus Jack identity.Contextually, the pack lands within Nike’s World Cup collaborator program, a campaign that has also drawn in Patta, Jacquemus, Jordan Brand, and the Virgil Abloh Archives under the “Rip the Script” banner. La Flame’s entry into that lineup through a football-specific silhouette rather than a lifestyle shoe marks a deliberate step into on-pitch territory, one that keeps the Cactus Jack aesthetic intact while operating inside a performance framework.

Name:  A-COLD-WALL* x Salomon ACS Pro Colorway:  Black Olive/Bog-Icicle, Bluing/Earth Bro/Black Olive SKU: TBCMSRP: $260 USDRelease Date: July 1Where to Buy: SalomonThe debut partnership between Salomon and A-COLD-WALL* reinterprets Salomon’s technical trail heritage through a distinct post-industrial design language. Redefined through the architectural lens of A-COLD-WALL*, the ACS Pro intentionally exposes every panel, seam and layer to contrast the shoe’s rugged outdoor structure with design precision. Playing with deconstructed forms and industrial textures, the upper features a prominent floating cage structure, a technical asymmetric lacing system, and a dual upper structure built from rugged Matryx® Kevlar® mesh to deliver exceptional durability and steady support.The collection introduces two contrasting color treatments that completely alter the visual impact of the silhouette’s exposed geometry. The “Black Olive/Bog/Icicle” variant relies on a muted, weathered palette, featuring intentional blocking of neutral tones that transition from a dark toe box and lower mudguard to olive-green lace panels and a pale, icicle-toned side cage. In contrast, the “Bluing/Earth Bro/Black Olive” iteration delivers a bold, high-contrast look, pairing a vibrant royal blue mesh and metallic gray base. This execution is punctuated by sharp hits of high-visibility yellow tracing the lacing hardware, all anchored by a technical midsole unit.Releasing on July 1, 2026, the rollout is accompanied by a London-based campaign featuring contemporary jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings and artist Reek0, capturing how seemingly different creative worlds find common ground through community and shared expression.

Name: BAPE MARY JANE STAColorway: Silver, PinkSKU: 1M30-291-324MSRP: $325 USDRelease Date: Available nowWhere to Buy: BAPEBAPE has introduced the Mary Jane STA, a women’s low-top sneaker that recasts the brand’s long-running STA silhouette in one of its most formal variations to date. Available in silver, the shoe retains the STA logo detailing that has defined BAPE’s footwear identity across decades, while the Mary Jane construction and mesh panel bodice introduce a clear shift in register toward a more dressed-up aesthetic.The BAPE STA’s design history is one of streetwear’s most recognizable arcs. Since its debut in the early 2000s, the STA silhouette has been reworked across an extensive range of sub-variants, collaborations, and gender-specific editions, making it one of the most iterated footwear frameworks in the brand’s catalog. That breadth of iteration is precisely what makes the Mary Jane STA a notable entry: rather than pushing the silhouette further into athletic or skate-adjacent territory, BAPE has pivoted toward a format with a distinctly dressier inheritance.The Mary Jane silhouette is historically associated with formal wear and elevated casual dressing, a context that sits at some distance from the courts and streets the STA usually references. Applying the STA’s logo architecture to that construction produces something genuinely hybrid: a shoe that carries the brand’s streetwear credentials on its upper while orienting its overall form toward a more polished wearing occasion. The mesh panel bodice reinforces that tension, lending the shoe a structural lightness that reads as intentional rather than incidental.The silver colorway completes the picture. Rather than anchoring the Mary Jane STA in BAPE’s more familiar bold graphics palette, silver amplifies the formal quality of the Mary Jane cut, aligning the shoe’s finish with its silhouette’s upscale implications.