Budapest-based designer label Nanushka has teamed up with ASICS to reimagine the GEL-KINETIC FLUENT with a delicate mixture of artful particulars and technical options. With its playful composition and contrasting components, the collaborative mannequin is among the many Japanese footwear label’s extra distinctive collaborations.
Drawing from a pure palette, the collaboration contains two versatile colorways: a tan variant with black and silver particulars and a black variant with white stitching and amber heel cushions. Most notably, the mannequin is tweaked to incorporate a neoprene liner sock, which boasts a retro Nanushka tag on the tongue placement. To additional improve the technical really feel, a hybrid bungee lacing system as a substitute of the usual laces.
“Natural types in nature are a key supply of inspiration, fueling each my creativity and private sense of steadiness. This collaboration marks an thrilling milestone for us as we step into a brand new decade and honor the model’s twentieth anniversary,” shares Sandra Sándor, Founder and Inventive Director of Nanushka.
The model’s inventive tackle the ASICS runner goes the additional mile with its quite a few tweaks, in contrast to different ASICS collabs, which usually play with colour and materials with out considerably altering the silhouette. ASICS’ extra avant-garde-leaning tie-ups have primarily flowed from its shut partnership with Kiko Kostadinov, together with the Novalis line and Kostadinov’s Otto 958.
“Collaborating with ASICS for Nanushka’s first sneaker felt instinctive, given our shared emphasis on motion and design integrity,” Sándor continued. Nanushka and ASICS’ collaboration expands upon the shoe model’s psychological well being consciousness initiative Crafts for Thoughts, by supporting Thoughts Over Mountains, a charity that goals to advertise psychological well being by means of nature.
The Nanushka x ASICS GEL-KINETIC FLUENT will probably be obtainable on the Nanushka net retailer, in Nanushka Flagship Shops in London and New York, and at Dover Road Market London on March 25 at 8am ET/12pm GMT/1pm CET.
