Best known for their iconic
onitsuka tiger mexico 66 silhouette and its infamous Bruce Lee endorsement in the film, Game of Death, Onitsuka Tiger has since gone on to find a growing fanbase for some of their other classics like the Corsair, X-Caliber, California, and most recently the Colorado 85. Unlike the relatively slim and sleek profiles of most of its Onitsuka Tiger siblings, the Colorado 85 offers a little more chunk and in many ways appears to be more in line with the ASICS catalog, which is why it has started to come on as a bit of a sleeper hit in the sneakerhead world as of late and is even now making its way onto the collab circuit.
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Released back in 2012, the
onitsuka tiger asics is one of the most unique and remembered collaborative editions of the shoe ever. Three years later, the Rotterdam, Netherlands based boutique is back with a second part to the Cervidae series, this Onitsuka Tiger Colorado 85. Cervidae, better known as the deer family of mammals, inspire the shoe once again, with the Colorado 85 featuring a blend of dark and light brown tones across the premium suede upper. The “Cervidae II” also features tonal zig-zag stitching, debossed branding, and reflective detailing, while d-ring eyelets complete a hiking aesthetic.
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The use of denim on sneakers is sometimes questionable at best, so actually seeing high quality blue-jean material on a pair of shoes is quite refreshing. And that’s exactly what you get here with this latest version of the
onitsuka tiger gsm, featuring premium Japanese selvedge denim from the Okayama prefecture of Japan. The vintage trail running silhouette receives a premium denim base layered with indigo full-grain leather, along with accents in white, red, and tan. Throw in some speckling on the midsole and you end up with one stylish, denim-clad edition of the Colorado 85.
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After releasing in Japan last month, the second
asics gel lyte 3 femme finally gets a global release tomorrow. Following the first colorway in black of the classic runner inspired by traditional Japanese souvenir satin jackets released last year, 2017’s edition by mita and BEAMS features a similar look in tonal navy blue constructed in velvet and suede. The new version also replaces the tiger theme on the black version with dragons, visible on the heel patches and underneath the clear outsole, as well as adding contrasting white stripe logos on the medial sides.
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You’ve seen plenty of denim versions of classic ASICS runners before, and now there’s one more appealing take on the concept. This time the
asics gel lyte 3 homme gets a full denim construction, in a heavily washed finish complete with faded out areas and frayed edges, giving them a decidedly more distressed appearance to the more refined premium denim and leather versions of the classic split-toed runner we saw earlier this summer.