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According to new rumors, Virgil Abloh is expected to release an Off-White™ x Nike(NYSE:NKE -1.23%) “The 20” this year.

Back in 2017, the Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton Men’s and CEO of Off-White™ was given the opportunity to reconstruct 10 Nike footwear icons divided into two themes, dubbed “The 10.” The first, “REVEALING,” saw the Air Jordan 1, Air Max 90, Air Presto, Air VaporMax and Blazer Mid reimagined in a deconstructed manner. While “GHOSTING,” utilized a translucent material to offer a look into the Converse Chuck Taylor, Zoom Fly SP, Air Force 1 Low, React Hyperdunk 2017 and Air Max 97.

Although not much info has surfaced about the potential “The 20” collection, it is safe to assume it should involve 20 different sneaker silhouettes. If the sure to be sought after range follows “The 10” we should see a mix of Jordan Brand, Nike and Converse silhouettes. Details also expected to be carried over include zip-tie tags, orange tabs, “SHOELACES” printed laces and industrial Helvetica text printing.

Stay tuned for more info regarding Virgil Abloh’s rumored Off-White™ x Nike “The 20” 2021 release.In honor of their 25th anniversary, the Foo Fighters have joined forces with Vans to put together a special Sk8-Hi collaboration. This team-up arrives on the radar shortly after Vans connected with Martin Handford’s Where’s Waldo book series for a footwear and apparel capsule.

Atop one of the Anaheim skate imprint’s most popular silhouettes, the American rock band chooses to go with a classic palette by sticking with the usual stark black canvas and suede uppers paired next to angelically finished sock liners, eyelets, laces and midsoles. If you peek at the side profiles, you’ll find the Foo Fighters’ double “F” logos printed out in white in an oversized manner. The musical group’s full name is spelled out and split between the heels with red embroidery to match up with the exposed stitchings on the lateral and medial walls. Furthermore, the jazz stripe has been modified with a lack of interior filling to instead tonally blend in with the upper’s main black hue.

A release date has yet to be confirmed by Vans, but given that the Foo Fighters are expected to release their 10th studio album Medicine At Midnight on February 5, a shoe launch could occur closer to this date.

Jordan Brand surely has a handsome amount of footwear propositions coming at you this season, one of which is this newly emerged Air Jordan 3 “Rust Pink” that’s engineered for women. Official imagery of this rendition have popped up not so far after the Tinker Hatfield-designed silhouette surfaced in a Georgetown Hoyas-inspired makeover.

From every angle, this Jumpman offering is styled with a vibrant look, and given the nature of its color palette exeuction, it certainly elicits memories of the Aleali May x Air Jordan 6 “Millennial Pink” collaboration that released in March of 2019.

Base layers that usually see through to a tumbled leather along with the heel counters have been adjusted with nubuck textures swathed in a “Rust Pink”. This titular hue also arrives within the model’s classical elephant print overlays across the toe tips and heels and is woven in with traditional grey patterns. Sock liners, tongues, laces and midsoles are presented identically in the same “Sail” hue to proffer up a bit of brighter contrasting.

Like the aformeentioned Aleali May collab, fluorescent orange hits electrify this installment atop the eyelets, Jumpman insignias on the tongues and insoles as well as on the rear midsole mold. Branding is also present on the heels with another Jumpman logo, but this is slightly more subtle as it comes tonally blended in with its background. At its lowest point, this AJ3 rendition is finished off with milky white treading.

Nike has yet to announce the release date for these, but you can expect them to release likely within the coming months for $190 USD.adidas Originals‘ NMD_R1 is now five years old, and in that time it has appeared in dozens of iterations, styles, colorways, and collaborative makeovers. Now, the sportswear giant has updated the silhouette once again, debuting the NMD_R1 Spectoo.

Served in its inaugural colorway of “Footwear White/Solar Red/Shock Blue” — itself an ode to the original Primeknit NMDs — adidas Originals has looked to the future for the design of this pair. Inspired by the never-ending loop of data transfer, this pair is aimed to transport us to a virtual world, and does so with a host of technical elements.

Sheer Primeknit has been used on the side panels, with the lateral sporting a logo reading “NMD:ATA FLOW” and the medial showcasing a barcode alongside adidas Originals’ Herzogenaurach HQ address. This is accompanied by “Solar Red” details reading off numbers on the medial rear-quarter and front-quarter, with the latter slightly entering the NMD_R1 Spectoo’s more technical territory.

The toe box, vamp, and tongue section is made from a flexible neoprene-like fabric that’s welded tight with “Shock Blue” taping on the seams of the eyestay placket, while more “NMD:ATA” branding appears on the new tongue tab. Sheer plastic has been used on the branded heel tabs and the heel components such as the cup and pull tag, while the BOOST sole unit is served in white alongside “Shock Blue” and “Solar Red”-detailed midsole plugs. Rounding out the pair is its semi-translucent outsole.

Take a look at the adidas Originals NMD_R1 Spectoo in “Footwear White/Solar Red/Shock Blue” above. The pair is available at atmos Tokyo now for ¥17,600 JPY (approx. $169 USD) while stocks last.