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and wander FW26: Bringing Mountaineering Logic to City Streets
and wander unveils its FW26 collection, tackling an age-old problem with PERTEX® waterproof shells, Cordura nylon bags, and technical footwear: how to make a jacket that can handle both mountain trails and city streets.
Bangkok Riverside Book Fair Sets Up a "Book Blind Date," Plus Food Stalls to Boot
BOTLC Book Fair 2026 hits the Bank of Thailand Learning Centre riverside from July 10-12, free admission. Beyond browsing the book market, there's also a "Book Blind Date" where you wrap up an old beloved book and hand it off to a stranger.
SLAM Teams Up on Nike Sabrina 4 "Smoke Grey," Hiding a Hint of Mint Green in the Grayscale
Basketball culture magazine SLAM has crafted a collaborative colorway for Sabrina Ionescu's fourth signature shoe. Smoke Grey serves as the main tone, with Mint Foam and Safety Orange tucked into the details, dropping August 22 for $135.
Deep Navy Base, Three-Tone Clash: Air Jordan 3 WMNS "Sports Renaissance" Makes Its Women's-Exclusive Return
Jordan Brand layers Chalk, Track Red, and Blue Beyond over an Obsidian navy base, with this women's exclusive colorway dropping August 15, kids' sizes included.
20 Years Later, Air Jordan 4 "Tour Yellow" Returns Next September
The Air Jordan 4 "Tour Yellow," which only saw a single release back in 2006, is confirmed for a retro. It'll drop September 5, 2026 for $220, with a colorway that stays nearly identical to the original.
Louis Vuitton x Singer's First Collab Takes the 911 From Ski Slopes to the Seaside
For its first-ever crossover, LV teamed up with California restoration shop Singer to build a ski edition and a surf edition of the 911 — right down to a dashboard clock running on Tambour movement, and a luggage set custom-fitted to the car's interior dimensions.
Devin Booker Drives His Garage Into His Sneakers: Nike Book 2 Tells a Signature Shoe Story With Four Impalas
Starting with a 1959 convertible, Booker turns his personal Chevrolet Impala collection into four colorways for the Nike Book 2, with "Pretty Penny" leading the charge this August.
HAVEN Fall 2026: Bringing Japanese Craftsmanship to the Pacific Northwest's Rocky Coastline
HAVEN unveils its new season collection under the theme "Equipment for Living," blending Kanagawa leather, Wakayama loop-wheel knits, and GORE-TEX composites to respond to the landscapes of West Vancouver and Lynn Canyon. Drop 1 launches August 14.
AMNY Founder Alex Moss's Golden Rule: Only Wear Diamonds He Made Himself
Alex Moss, the designer behind jewelry for A$AP Rocky and Drake, wears no watches—only his own AMNY diamond bracelets on his wrist. That pickiness traces back to his father's Chrome Hearts era.
AMG Lifts Its Four-Door GT EV Performance Onto a Taller Body: Enter the Hatchback Crossover
Mercedes-AMG has dropped a teaser shot draped in black, confirming that the GT 4-Door Coupe EV is getting a "taller-standing" sibling, with battery and power figures carried straight over from the sedan.
Vomero 5 Ditches the Dad Shoe Look for Jelly Shoe Vibes
The Nike Zoom Vomero 5 drops a Sail/Barely Green colorway, swapping leather for translucent TPU layering to channel Y2K jelly shoe energy. Expected to launch Fall/Winter 2026.
True Religion Remixes Its Old-School Logos Into Collage Prints, Then Casts a Call to "Spot Yourself"
Horseshoe, Buddha, and Super T get broken down and reassembled into prints and embroidery. Alongside the launch of its Iconography Capsule, True Religion taps Cash Cobain and Jayda Cheaves as ambassadors while opening up an open casting call.
The Sneaker That Refused to Be a One-and-Done: Air Max Phenomena Heads Into Year Two
The Serena Williams Design Crew's loafer-sneaker hybrid, Air Max Phenomena, dropped last summer as what looked like a one-off limited release — but it's stuck around thanks to returning colorways and fresh drops.
ASICS GEL-Kinetic 2.0 Gets "Olive Green" Makeover, Turning a Y2K Runner Into Fall Gear
ASICS drops a new "Olive Green" colorway for the GEL-Kinetic 2.0, built on a base of Obsidian Grey and Olive Canvas with black accents throughout, reviving the structural DNA of the original GEL-KINETIC and GEL-FRANTIC.
Nike Rarely Teases Anime Crossovers, and This Time It Starts With a Cryptic Stone Tablet
Nike Japan just dropped a "ROMANCE DAWN" teaser featuring a Poneglyph etched with the Swoosh, confirming a One Piece collaboration is on the way — though the silhouette, lineup, and release scope remain a total mystery.
Infantino's $4.2B Stake Sale Blows Up—UEFA Boycott Puts His Re-Election on the Line
The FFE stake sale plan with JPMorgan has been pulled, but UEFA and CONCACAF still refuse to lift their boycott. With the re-election threshold at 106 votes, Infantino still holds support across Africa, South America, and Argentina—making this race far messier than it looks from the outside.
adidas Turns the Handball Spezial Into a Loafer, This Time in Office-Ready Olive Suede
adidas and Beauty & Youth United Arrows team up on an olive suede Handball Spezial loafer, keeping the sneaker's original upper silhouette and rubber outsole. Priced at ¥15,400, it's exclusive to adidas Japan's online store.
Nolan's "The Odyssey" Crosses $1 Billion — Beating His Own Batman Without a Single Superpower
In just its third weekend, "The Odyssey" has smashed through $1 billion at the global box office, marking Christopher Nolan's first billion-dollar film since "The Dark Knight Rises" — and it might just end up outgrossing that Batman blockbuster to become the highest-earning movie of his career.
LEGO Builds the Ministry of Magic as a Three-Story Cross-Section Set for Harry Potter's 25th Anniversary
3,491 pieces descend from a red London phone booth all the way down to the Hall of Prophecy. Among the 14 minifigures is Arabella Figg making her debut, alongside a brand-new Lynx Patronus piece.
New Era Drops Two Trucker Caps for Gundam UC — Pick Your Side Between Federation and Zeon
STRICT-G teams up with "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn" for a 9FORTY A-Frame trucker cap collab, featuring two 3D-embroidered patches representing Anaheim Electronics and the Vist Foundation, dropping this September.
New Balance "Night Lights Pack": From Brightest to Darkest, Four Sneakers Play a City Light Experiment
New Balance drops the four-piece "Night Lights Pack," built on a grey-black base with hits of blue and neon yellow, spanning from the 9060R to the FuelCell Rebel v5 to tell a color story that runs from light to dark and then flips it entirely.
Ten One-of-a-Kind Ferraris: The Purosangue Trades America's Landscapes for a Market's Bragging Rights
Ferrari has built ten bespoke one-off Purosangue models for the American market, split into two lines—landscapes and racing—each with paint and interiors mapped to coastlines, mountains, plains, and classic livery colorways.
Day After the Call: US UFLPA Blacklist Expands by 43 Firms, Menswear Supply Chain Named for First Time
Just a day after US and Chinese officials wrapped up a "candid and constructive" phone call, Washington added 43 Chinese companies to its forced labor blacklist—including a supplier tied to menswear brand Septwolves. Beijing and the China Cotton Association fired back hard.
Pokémon x adidas 30th Anniversary Collection: Twelve Sneakers Wearing Pokémon Anatomy
From Mewtwo's neck cable reimagined as a heel pull-tab to Charizard's wings folded into an eyelet flap, this twelve-shoe collection breaks down character design into last construction and hardware detailing, launching globally in September via adidas.com and select retailers.
Van Cleef & Arpels Relocates to Alexandra House, Letting Studio Jouin Manku's Hand-Carved Plaster Petals Push Back Against Central's Noise
Moving from Landmark Mandarin Oriental to Alexandra House, Van Cleef & Arpels reunites with longtime collaborator Studio Jouin Manku, answering two decades of the city's clamor with a single expanse of hand-sculpted plaster petals.
adidas Opens Shinjuku Flagship Store, Extends Name & Number Printing Service to Club Jerseys for the First Time
adidas has opened Japan's first "football x lifestyle" concept store in Shinjuku, spread across two floors showcasing national team and club jerseys, while expanding its name and number printing service—previously limited to the Japan national team—to major club jerseys as well.
Rainy Day Essential: Vans Crosspath XC GORE-TEX Drops in Black/Grey
Vans' Crosspath XC GORE-TEX gets a new black colorway with grey and silver accents, priced at $180 and now available on Vans' official site.
Sober But Still Wild: Coffee Raves Are Turning 10AM Coffee Shops Into Nightclubs
No alcohol, no midnight countdown — just espresso shots and heavy beats. Coffee Raves are moving the club scene into daylight hours, rewriting what "partying" actually means.
Travis Scott's New Nike Moon Shoe Was Never Meant to Be Sold
The Cactus Jack x Nike Odyssey Moon Shoe was made exclusively as a gift for the film's cast and crew. Travis Scott dropped accompanying tees and bags for public release, but the shoes themselves are confirmed to never hit shelves.
Kobe Bryant's Retirement Kicks Get a Dodger Blue Makeover: Nike Air Force 1 Low Protro "Dodgers" First Look
Dropping fall 2026, Kobe Bryant's lifestyle Protro trades in its usual palette for Dodgers road-jersey vibes — Wolf Grey uppers layered with Dodger Blue accents and a subtle stitch detail, stitching together L.A.'s two championship legacies on one shoe.