They’ve been high streetwear currency since the late 2010s. They’ve stirred heat, crave and supersonic demand, while redefining the sports shoe — now a closet cornerstone — for the modern age. Yes, we’re speaking of Balenciaga sneakers and the styles ruling strong this season.
‘Demna has upended the fashion world countless times,’ says Celenie Seidel. ‘But the designer’s sneakers are of a wholly different subversive caliber.’ Luke Raymond expands, ‘They’ve brought unconventional sneaker shapes into the limelight and, years after being launched, still signal peak streetwear cool.’
Below, the senior editors curate the hero styles to invest in this season — from an exclusive reincarnation of the Runner to an all-denim makeover of the Triple S.
The Runner
‘90s-style runners have been making a comeback as part of our turn-of-the-century nostalgia,’ comments Raymond. ‘Blending retro with the forward-looking, Balenciaga catapults this exclusive style further into trend territory with hits of saturated apricot — a key hue that Pantone’s put on the map for the year ahead. If that’s not far-sighted enough, the metallic-silver caging on this iteration amps up the futuristic spin further.
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