The world of Air Jordan 1 off-shoots can sometimes be confusing to navigate. You’ve got the Jordan 1 Method of Make, the Jordan 1 Zoom CMFT, the Jordan 1 Brooklyn boot- it’s enough to make you dizzy. We’re honing in on the Air Jordan 1 Elevate here, a platformed women’s exclusive model that’s shifting to a tonal look in “Coconut Milk.” You can largely clock the major additions to this new silhouette at first glance. Several inches of rubber get tacked smack in the middle of the sole unit, with a slight tab pulled out of the midsole stitching. Elsewise, the shape remains pretty true to the low ..read more

The Nike Dunk Low has touched seemingly every pixel of the color wheel, but sometimes timeless design and quality materials are all that’s truly needed. Ask a sneakerhead and they’ll probably tell you that when it comes to buying Dunks, their number one consideration is the material quality. Dunks are produced in huge quantities nowadays, and when compared to the materials used on pairs from the 2000s, current leathers and suedes don’t quite match up. That’s not to say Nike’s lost the ability to hit the mark completely, but if good materials are of the utmost importance, look for “Special Edit ..read more

The New Balance 550 keeps surfacing in new styles, picking up different materials, design themes, and color blocking patterns across a huge selection of widely available pairs. This new “Linen” pair for women doesn’t introduce anything entirely new, but inverses parts of the shoe’s traditional material arrangement for a fresh look. Grey suede floods the base, visible on the toe box, “N” logo, and spine whereas it’s most commonly seen on the panels that rest above, particularly towards the forefoot. The shoe’s overlays, meanwhile, are all cut from leather and take the titular “Linen” hue, addin ..read more

The future of Donovan Mitchell shoes with adidas got a whole lot more interesting in the past week. In a “Playoffs Pack” alongside the AE1 Low and Dame 9, we got an official debut for the adidas DON Issue 6, set to get a public release later this year. That means that the days are numbered for the Issue 5, but it still has time to make its final few editions some of its best. “Semi Blue” and “Crystal White” give the pair at hand its name. The combination sets up a wintry mix on the silhouette, gracing dominant suede that runs across the upper and the underlying mesh, revealed in the ovaline cu ..read more

With eyes towards Cinco de Mayo, Mexican mineral water brand Topo Chico and Converse are set to drop a collaborative sneaker collection on Thursday, May 2nd. The delivery includes three shoes designed by Mexican American street artist Victor Quinonez (@MARKA27) that speak to Topo Chico’s heritage and the iconography found on its various products. A familiar face in the Chuck Taylor All Star appears twice in the Topo Chico x Converse collection, both as a high and low-top. The former works in red Topo Chico stitching on a tan canvas base, while the latter opts for all-over screen printing on a ..read more

Can anyone really turn their nose up at the Nike Air Force 1 Low? Unveiling a constant stream of new tweaks to that formula, Beaverton is betting “no, we can’t.” The timeless silhouette emerges here once again in its classic formulation, this time sporting “Cosmic Clay” accents to add extra pop. Anyone with a passing familiarity with the Air Force 1 will find this drop familiar, keeping an all-white foundation and painting the heel tab, tongue branding, Swoosh and outsole in titular “Cosmic Clay.” However, looking at these from the bottom up may reveal the biggest bit of intrigue with this rel ..read more

Rooted in Beaverton, green and yellow colorways just make sense for Nike. The brand’s ties to The University of Oregon have accounted for a myriad of school-themed sneakers over the years, and you could argue that the Nike Cortez is the shoe most worthy of Oregon makeup given its distinction as Nike’s first ever track shoe. Images of this latest Oregon pair arrive off the heels of another Oregon Cortez that was previewed just a few days ago, but this look features inverse colors with yellow nylon and suede at the base. Green leather on the Swoosh and heel complete the palette, the latter treat ..read more

Kiko Kostadinov + ASICS remains one of the best relationships the Japanese imprint has in its arsenal. Bringing his high fashion sensibilities to ASICS’ ever-impressive roster of tech runners has been a winning formula for years now, and there’s no signs of their collaborative canon slowing down. The latest to fall under the Kiko Kostadinov Design Studios umbrella is the ASICS GEL-QUANTUM KINETIC, dropping next month in two colorways. As with their previous work, the newest iteration in Kostadinov x ASICS builds on the foundation of a previously established model. While much of the GEL-QUANTUM ..read more

The impending release of the Forrest Gump Nike Cortez is going to draw plenty of eyes in short order, but inline editions of the silhouette still have room to shine. That’s exactly what the upcoming Nike Cortez “Court Purple” accomplishes, twisting its classic formulation with seldom-seen vintage detail. Largely, Oregon creatives have shied away from bringing this sort of faux-aged look to the Nike Cortez. Logically, without separation between the mid and outsole, it simply doesn’t lend itself 1-to-1 to their preferred application of it. That makes the “Sail” hits underfoot pretty noteworthy ..read more

New Balance is releasing another collaborative Numeric 480 with artist Jeremy Fish and Colorado skateshop 303 Boards, continuing a partnership that’s already produced multiple pairs to date. The shoes will release via 303boards.com at midnight on April 27th (EST) before dropping globally through New Balance on May 6th. Much like past collaborative pairs, the design is inspired by Fish’s “Silly Pink Bunny” sculpture, an art installation in San Fransisco that’s thought of as a symbol for surrounding communities. The original sculpture was destroyed in 2013 and replaced by a new bronze version th ..read more