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The Best Men's Trainers to Have on Your Radar (This Week)
Sneaks we’d recommend incorporating into your rotation
2024: what a time to be alive for those with a fondness for footwear. Each week brings an influx of new, refreshed and revisited trainers designed, produced and released by brands positioned across the sneaker spectrum, from Nike to Oakley to Bottega.
Naturally, the primary downside of an inundation of footgear options is that it can give rise to indecision. It can be quite an arduous task deciphering which treads are worth copping and which are better left on the shelf. Enter our weekly trainer roundup designed to take the hard work out of your sneaker shopping experience.
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Clints Inc
There's a house called Casa Orgánica located north west of Mexico City. As the name suggests, its fluid structure is evocative of a living organism; you can consider it Mexican architect Javier Senosiain's love letter to Mother Nature.
Inspired by the structure, Junior Clint – founder of Manchester marque Clints Inc – created the Oasis, a sneaker that grows more fascinating the closer you inspect it.
£180; sneakinpeace.com
End x The Streets x Reebok
A Classic Leather ft. The Streets of 'Dry Your Eyes' fame – a duet orchestrated by End. (For context: Mike Skinner, vocalist of the collective, used to be a Reebok ambassador.)
It's a project so pints, chit chat and good people, it makes you forget Reebok is American.
£450; stockx.com
Joe Freshgoods x New Balance
With the 2000s in mind (specifically 2003-2010), Joe Freshgoods has reimagined the New Balance 1000 in 'pink mink' and 'black ice'.
£245; stockx.com
Bape x Adidas
We think this might be our favourite Bape x Adidas crep to date; the branding, the colours, the proportions – it's all so well balanced.
£281; stockx.com
KidSuper x Puma
Colm Dillane links up with Puma (again) to supercharge some whimsical KidSuper zing into the Palermo silhouette.
£100; footpatrol.com
Adidas
In a world in which Acne Studios football shirts are considered amongst the coolest thing one can own, this footy-inspired Adi shoe has potential to become the next big thing.
Colour us supporters.
£90; adidas.co.uk
Saucony
From the 'Disrupt' pack, which is ironic considering that the approachable sneak – a ProGrid Omni 9 – will conform to the vibe of almost any 'fit you wear it with.
€180.00; footdistrict.com
Nike
Designed for American football players in the early eighties; returned to still the demand of those looking for a low-profile Swoosh sneak to drown in their baggy denim.
£90; sneakersnstuff.com
Last week (and beyond)... Adidas
We're calling it: the SL 72 will be the slimline of summer '24.
Alongside the pricier, less accessible Bode x Nike collab, that is.
£79.99; footlocker.co.uk
Hidden NY x Asics
Hidden NY, a mood board-turned-buisness venture run by an anonymous NYC-based, British born-creative, lends some magnetism to a normcore staple: the Asics Gel-NYC.
£257; stockx.com
Awake NY x Jordan
Another NYC operation bringing heat to the sneakerverse this April is Awake NY who have opted to align with Jordan Brand.
Here's its interpretation of the Air Ship, the model MJ wore at the beginning of his relationship with the Swoosh.
£170; offspring.co.uk
Onitsuka Tiger
With Challengers incoming, tennis fashions are set to be all the rage.
A good place to start: Game, Set, Match by Onitsuka Tiger.
£90; onitsukatiger.com
Clot x Adidas
Brain Dead x Oakley Factory Team
The Brain Dead x Oakley Factory Team Flesh Sandal just got extra fleshy. To elaborate, it's now available in 'ostrich' (and no, it's not real ostrich).
£155; tres-bien.com
Iets Frans x Hi-Tec
On the year of its 50th anniversary, British marque Hi-Tec has linked up with Iets Frans (an Urban Outfitters brand) to fabricate a gorpcore statement.
£99; urbanoutfitters.com
Nike
The Nike Dunk Low Veneer – originally part of the Ugly Duckling Pack that released exclusively in Japan back in '01 – has just been reissued for a second time.
Collectors – get shopping.
£129; stockx.com
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