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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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Travis Scott x Jordan
The Travis Scott x Jordan Jumpman Jack – the hype shoe of this spring – is dropping in 'university red' today.
Bad news: it's launching on travisscott.com exclusively in the US.
Good news: StockX has the rest of the world covered. (That price will drop... eventually.)
£2,348; stockx.com
Jordan
Elsewhere, the Nike basketball sub-line is being much more generous with the release of the low-top version of the Jordan 1 'shadow', hence they're still available from Offspring.
We'd highly recommend for all sneakerheads, but especially those who live life in greyscale.
£145; offspring.co.uk
New Balance
Teddy Santis cloaks the 993 in a regal shade of purple fit for a prince. And Prince fans.
£210; newbalance.co.uk
Size? x Adidas
This Size? special Adidas Spezial is suitably – yep! – special.
It's the foldover tongue that does it, a detail borrowed from The Three Stripes' collab with Wales Bonner.
£100; size.co.uk
Callen Schaub x Saucony
Saucony's new 'Artists' collaboration is a stroke of genius. Here is the first shoe in the series: a Progrid Omni 9 designed by Montreal-based colour fiend Callen Shaub.
£200; saucony.com
Nike
The Cortez – a silhouette favoured by the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Jeremy Allen White – appears in black and cream (via Nike by You) to lift the spirit of those unable to get their hands on the Bode x Nike Astro Grabber.
£119.99; nike.com
Post Archival Fashion x On
South Korean label Post Archival Fashion gives the On Cloudmonster 2 a little rizz (that's 'charisma' for those not on socials) as part of its collaboration with the unstoppable Swiss footwear marque.
£229; sevenstore.com
Jordan
An OG colourway of the fourth Jordan silhouette. Soooo, a must for staunch collectors.
£308.11; theeditldn.com
Axel Cruysberghs x Vans
Belgian professional skateboarder tweaks the Vans Old Skool to suit his way of life.
The result is something that looks like something a Spider-Man villain might wear in the MCU. That is to say, it's BAD (in the good way).
£85; vans.co.uk
Cactus Plant Flea Market x Nike
Rarely is a collaborative triple-white Air Force 1 better than the OG. Cactus Plant Flea Market's quirky variant makes an exception.
£291; stockx.com
Bode Rec. x Nike
Lauded NYC-based designer Emily Adams Bode Aujla has collaborated with Nike via her brand’s new athletics-inspired line, Bode Rec. The goal? Breathe new life into the Astro Grabber, a 1974 American Football silhouette that has never been previously reissued.
It's safe to say her take is in a league of its own.
£237; stockx.com
New Balance
Following the recent revival of 1999’s 1000 silhouette as part of the Joe Freshgood x New Balance collaboration, the retro-futuristic silhouette is being spotlighted by the Boston footwear label. They’ve even got Dave on board: the rapper stars in the campaign alongside a silver pair of the sneaks.
£150; thehipstore.co.uk
Travis Scott x Jordan
Meet the Jumpman Jack, Travis Scott’s first original Jordan model that combines elements of pre-existing Nike trainers (predominantly skateboard and basketball silhouettes) to see you through all your side quests – boxing, snowboarding, clubbing, you name it!
£645; stockx.com
Brunello Cucinelli
Slip your feet into sophistication this summer with Cucinelli’s premium-look, premium-feel brushed-suede sneakers.
£660; mrporter.com
Axel Arigato
Consider Axel Arigato’s new Court tread a clean conclusion to your everyday ensembles.
£200; axelarigato.com
Mizuno
Mizuno brings a story of sand and snow to its Waverider 10 for all those Westerosian-level adventures.
£140; progressrunningclub.com
Golf Le Fleur x Converse
Beyond the grassy dye job of the upper, Tyler, the Creator's latest Converse 70 is extraordinary because the outsole is printed with a quirky bell boy graphic.
Not for everyone, but definitely for us.
£110; converse.com
Represent
Trusty British retailer Coggles brings a Mediterranean blue to the Represent Studio trainer just in time for SPF season.
£230; coggles.com
Diemme
This MIGHT be Randall from Monsters Inc.
(It's not. It's a sleek, chic Diemme sneaker-mule we thought you might like.)
€245.08; diemme.com
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