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This Luxurious Asics Sneaker Collab Is a Minimalist’s Dream

This Luxurious Asics Sneaker Collab Is a Minimalist’s Dream

Published by Jenni Sidey

Asics knows its lane. The Japanese sportswear label has made its bones on techy performance runners, often with mesh uppers and reflective detailing, and many of its best sneaker collaborations are built on that foundation: JJJJound made perhaps the ultimate version of the 2000s-era Gel-Kayano 14; Thom Browne recently put his signature sartorial touch on the same model; and Kiko Kostandinov often offers up a freaky, futuristic spin on Asics’s bread-and-butter aesthetic. Which is why the brand’s latest linkup with the London minimalists at Studio Nicholson feels like such a massive departure. Where the duo’s first collab—2024’s blacked-out iteration of the Gel-Quantum 360 VIII—hewed more closely to the standard Asics formula, this one heads ambitiously in a brand-new direction. Built on the Gel-Kinetic SP, with its bulbous, HR Giger-esque soles, Studio Nicholson has fully reimagined the silhouette’s uppers in smooth monotone suede with a zip closure running up the center. Courtesy of Studio Nicholson Courtesy of Studio Nicholson Available in both a truffle brown and simple black, the result looks and feels more like a …

9 best designer sneaker collaborations 2026: Nike, Adidas, Asics, Onitsuka Tiger and more

9 best designer sneaker collaborations 2026: Nike, Adidas, Asics, Onitsuka Tiger and more

Published by Sam Flores

The shoe is available in white, black and grey – a monochromatic palette that is a signature of the brand. The design is minimal, creating a stark canvas for showcasing subtle details reflecting Thom Browne’s classic yet unconventional aesthetic. These include piping accents and a cross-stitch finish that are a nod to heritage tailoring, a suede and mesh upper, as well as a striped heel tab in the brand’s trademark preppy hues. Since dropping in March, the shoe has sold out on the brand’s website, but is pending replenishment. If you’re eyeing this one, check in on stock levels frequently.  Available at Thom Browne. ONITSUKA TIGER X VERSACE Source link

Timothée Chalamet’s Beach Essentials Include a Prada Necklace and Thom Browne Asics

Timothée Chalamet’s Beach Essentials Include a Prada Necklace and Thom Browne Asics

Published by Jenni Sidey

When it comes to the hypothetical desert-island scenario, most of us probably imagine packing for survival and sanity. (My three desert-island essentials, for example, would likely comprise a pair of crunchy hiking shoes, a machete, and a fat, parable-filled tome à la Edith Hamilton’s Mythology or, simply, the Bible.) But if you’re Timothée Chalamet, on a pseudo-ultra-private beach getaway with his partner of three years, Kylie Jenner, those proverbial essentials take on a different utility. In a 17-slide gallery posted to Instagram yesterday, the Dune star showed off a series of snaps from the couple’s recent trip, the itinerary of which appeared to include running on white sand, jetskiing, and, per his Instagram stories, listening to “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac. Judging from the contents of this post, Chalamet’s desert-island musts include a dainty Prada triangle-logo chain necklace, black board shorts, and a pair of Thom Browne-branded Asics sneakers (which, by the way, debuted on the GQ Bowl runway last month). Admittedly, this trio of items would not be great for facing forces of nature …

Are These Tabi Asics the First It Sneakers of 2026?

Are These Tabi Asics the First It Sneakers of 2026?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Ever since they first joined forces back in 2018, Kiko Kostadinov and Asics have enjoyed one of the most exciting and fruitful collaborations in sneakers. The Japanese sportswear giant has long given Kostadinov—one of the wildest, bravest designers working today—free rein to experiment and push the brand in new directions. That’s led to countless galaxy-brain heaters, from high-voltage runners to freaky sci-fi mules. Now, the Bulgarian mastermind has unveiled perhaps his boldest kicks yet: the Kiko Kostidanov x Asics ILARGI FF, complete with a split toe. While this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Kostidanov play with a tabi silhouette—his fall-winter 2025 show featured an eye-catching pair of Asics split-toe slip-ons—the ILARGI FF marks the first to see a public release. The model is actually a cheeky nod to Asics history: Back in 1953, the brand—then still known as Onitsuka Co., Ltd.—released its first-ever running shoe, the Marathon Tabi, which featured a rubber sole, canvas construction, and split-toe design. Now, Kostidanov has pulled that heritage into what might just prove to be one of 2026’s …

Thom Browne Sent a Surprise Asics Collab Down the GQ Bowl Runway

Thom Browne Sent a Surprise Asics Collab Down the GQ Bowl Runway

Published by Jenni Sidey

Thom Browne is no stranger to sports. The American designer, who just sent his fall 2026 down the runway at our second-ever GQ Bowl, is also a lifelong athlete who’s outfitted major sports stars (LeBron and Messi come to mind) and has even staged fashion shows inspired by ice skating and surfing. The designer knows his way around classic American sportswear, the casual counterpart to the iconic shrunken suits that helped turn the brand into a sartorial standout. Since founding his namesake brand in 2001, Browne has yet to engage in a full-scale sneaker collaboration. Sure, the brand has offered its own sneakers before, but Browne has now allowed Asics into the world that he’s so carefully constructed for decades. The soon-to-be-released, Browne-ified Gel-Kayano 14 made its debut at the Bowl, a fresh switch-up from the usual oxfords and lace-up boots that typically grace the brand’s runway. Eagle-eyed viewers might have even caught an early glimpse of the sneakers on Teyana Taylor’s eldest daughter on the red, er, gray carpet ahead of the show. Marcus …

The 2026 GQ Sneaker Survey

The 2026 GQ Sneaker Survey

Published by Jenni Sidey

It’s 2026—is sneaker culture still kicking? That question lingered in the air through the last days of 2025, fueled by social media discourse amongst sneakerheads, content creators, and longtime vets of the retail and brand-collaboration world. It’s a rhetorical question without a real answer unless you’re looking exclusively at dwindling sales numbers and prices on resale platforms like GOAT, KicksCrew, StockX, and others. The real answer is a little more complicated. Sneaker culture is undeniably shifting; the peak era of Air Jordan collabs and retros ruling the market and fetching astronomical markups at resale has somewhat definitively come to a close. You can point to the resale industry, the pandemic, the Last Dance craze finally dying down a little, and oversaturation as reasons but the biggest factor in the shift is a bit simpler: things change. And here at GQ we have long believed that change is good. The tides have been changing in the sneaker scene for a minute and beneath the “what does it all mean?” discourse of 2025 there were glimpses at …

The Asics Gel Nimbus 28 is the comfiest running shoe I’ve ever worn

The Asics Gel Nimbus 28 is the comfiest running shoe I’ve ever worn

Published by Sam Flores

What is the Asics Gel Nimbus 28? The Asics Gel Nimbus 28 is the freshest iteration of the Asic’s Gel Nimbus range. The Asics Gel Nimbus 27 won the Best Buy award in our running shoes for women round-up in 2025 so, as a keen runner, I had high hopes for the 28s Asics is renowned for producing high quality, reliable trainers, plus these come with a pretty steep £180 price tag. Intended for road running, these trainers have a stand-out cushioned midsole, premium sockliner and a high grip rubber sole, essential in wet or icy weather. Crucially, Asics shoes are specifically designed for women’s feet, a rarity in the world of running trainers where most of the shoes available are scaled-down men’s models. Can the 28s live up to their predecessor? I put my running headphones in, pulled on my running vest and running socks and took these Gel Nimbus trainers out for a test run. JUMP TO: I tested the Asics Gel Nimbus 28 against five key metrics: comfort, stability, bounce, ground feel …

Asics Megablast Review 2026: A Very Bouncy, Very Fast Running Shoe

Asics Megablast Review 2026: A Very Bouncy, Very Fast Running Shoe

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Asics Megablast comes to us during an interesting time. Right now, one of the hottest categories of running shoes is a “supertrainer:” a sweet spot between a normal ol’ daily trainer and a fast, carbon-plated race day shoe. The Megablast is a lightweight supertrainer, garnering so much runner attention because of how bouncy it is. Overall, it is a model that could work for plenty of runners—beginner or advanced, training for anything from a 5K to a marathon. I, however, have a few caveats. The magic of these shoes is that they feel like you’re running with a carbon plate without actually having one anywhere in the shoe. The downside? They’re not all that versatile for slower runners. These shoes are majorly fun for fast paces—and many reviewers note that they are versatile enough for easy runs—but my 11-minute-mile easy pace was very much not fun in these shoes. That said, most runners are faster than I am. For runners whose easy days cap out faster than a 10-minute-mile, it could function as a …