Air Jordan 1 High "Bordeaux" Sweetens Up This Week's Best Footwear Drops
The Patta x Nike Air Max 1 “Rush Maroon,” adidas YEEZY 500 “Ash Grey” and BBC x Pharrell x adidas NMD Hu are also launching.
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The latter part of the Fall season has officially commenced as the leaves are starting to shift colors, the sun starts to set around the 5pm hour and the weather has gotten significantly colder. As November moves into its third week, your favorite sneaker brands have readied a new assemblage of releases to drop to the masses. Nike, adidas, Converse and more are coming hard this week with collaborations and GRs, but before we break those down for you, let’s revisit all of the biggest sneaker stories that came up last week.
HYPEBEAST’s weekly Sole Mates series proceeded as usual via a conversation with Offspring’s buyer and collaboration designer Aman Tak. He spoke about his deeper relationship with the classic Saucony Shadow 6000 model. In terms of the latest news, we captured a closer look at the women’s-only Nike Dunk Low “Bronze Eclipse” along with an early glance as Oskar Rozenburg’s impending Nike Dunk High “Shark” in white. Jordan Brand also revealed a handful of compelling drops such as official looks of the Rui Hachimura x Air Jordan 8, Air Jordan 6 “Midnight Navy” and the Air Jordan 9 NRG Boot, as well as a first look at J Balvin’s glow-in-the-dark Air Jordan 2 collaboration.
The Three Stripes also made their presence felt last week as Kanye West’s YEEZY KNIT RNR was revealed in a muted “Stone Carbon” colorway, and Pharrell’s adidas Humanrace Sičhona was unveiled in a stealthy “Black” palette with pink branding. New Balance also got in on the action by revealing a paisley-covered 327 alongside Shoe Palace as well as its 57/40 “Protection Pack” with fluorescent orange accents.
Are you all caught up? Amazing! Check out this week’s 10 best footwear drops here below, and when you’re finished be sure to head over to HBX to peep more footwear styles.
Rick Owens DRKSHDW x Converse Chuck 70 DRKSTAR
Converse
Converse
Converse
Release Date: November 16
Release Price: $165-170 USD
Where to Buy: Converse
Why You Should Cop: Leave it to Rick Owens to always push the envelope when it comes to his sneaker collaborations, especially for his latest with Converse which involves a duo of takes of the Chuck 70 DRKSTAR. The luxury designer has produced Hi and Ox cuts for this fresh capsule, both of which are formed with 18 ounce twill cotton uppers, elongated tongues and sole units that are stacked and segmented for a fashion forward aesthetic.
Nike Dunk Low “Goldenrod”
Nike
Nike
Nike
Release Date: November 17
Release Price: $100 USD
Where to Buy: Nike
Why You Should Cop: As Dunks continue to receive its strong push, Nike is sprinkling in more and more “Be True to Your School” colorways to the market, the latest of which is the low-cut “Goldenrod” makeup. The palette here draws from the Iowa Hawkeyes, one of the elite NCAA hoops programs in the nation. The two-toned motif here shows off its titular hue across the Swooshes, overlays and interiors while a solid black coats the tongues, quarters, collars and toe boxes.
Nike ACG Air Mowabb “Olive Grey”
Nike
Nike
Nike
Release Date: November 18
Release Price: $160 USD
Where to Buy: SNKRS
Why You Should Cop: 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the Nike ACG Air Mowabb, and we’ve seen the Swoosh bring back the model in various colorways both OG and modern. The latter catalog is slated to increase by one colorway titled the “Olive Grey” iteration. It bears a stealthy color combo, the majority of the shoe being wrapped with an “Off Noir” tone while “Olive Grey” accents accompany by arriving atop the inner bootie, tiny forefoot Swooshes, and ACG branding.
NOAH x adidas Lab Race/Vintage Runner
Adidas
Adidas
Adidas
Release Date: November 18
Release Price: $140-200 USD
Where to Buy: adidas
Why You Should Cop: Noah and adidas seemed to have found a working formula for footwear collabs that have their fans yearning for more. And this week, the NYC-based nautical streetwear brand is joining forces once again with the German sportswear brand to introduce two new silhouettes: Noah Lab Race and the Noah Vintage Runner. Both draw inspiration from Brendon Babenzian, a co-founder of the brand who possesses a deep affinity for running.
Midorikawa x Suicoke Vibram FiveFingers
Suicoke
Suicoke
Suicoke
Release Date: November 19
Release Price: $220 USD
Where to Buy: Suicoke
Why You Should Cop: In the footwear industry today, pretty much everything goes, and some brands will tend to go off the rails with quirky and wacky designs to capture the attention of sneaker lovers. And that’s exactly what Midorikawa and Suicoke has done with their latest Vibram Five Fingers collaboration as they resemble that of actual human feet and come with painted toenails for a more playful touch.
Patta x Nike Air Max 1 “Rush Marooon”
Nike
Nike
Nike
Release Date: November 19
Release Price: $193 USD
Where to Buy: Patta
Why You Should Cop: Patta and Nike are re-aligning to debut the third installment of “The Wave” Air Max 1 collection. For this release, the Dutch brand has fashioned the Tinker-designed Sportswear model with a “Metallic Silver/Rush Maroon” palette. Unlike the previously-launched “Monarch” and “Noise Aqua” iterations, this variation features double-stacked Swooshes on the lateral and medial sides and contrasting interior liners. Dropping alongside the shoes is a matching pullover hoodie, sweatpants and tees.
Mitchell & Ness Hood Rubber Company
Mitchell & Ness
Mitchell & Ness
Mitchell & Ness
Mitchell & Ness
Release Date: Available
Release Price: $70-85 USD
Where to Buy: Mitchell & Ness
Why You Should Cop: Despite being known for producing the best quality throwback jerseys, Mitchell & Ness once crafted footwear under the brand Hood Rubber Company. In 2021, this imprint is receiving a re-launch, and four silhouettes are making their return for the first time in 40 years including the 1955 Conference High Cut, 1960’s Hood C.V. Oxford, 1967 Rocket High Cut and 1967 Rocket Oxford.
Billionaire Boys Club x Pharrell x adidas NMD Hu
Adidas
Adidas
Adidas
Release Date: November 20
Release Price: $250 USD
Where to Buy: adidas
Why You Should Cop: Pharrell still remains to be one of adidas’ strongest collaborators, and this November, he’s calling upon his famed Billionaire Boys Club imprint to apply its touch to his popular adidas NMD Hu silhouette/ The model has been remixed with quilted uppers and now bears the streetwear brand’s iconic astronaut helmet logo across the toe box.
Air Jordan 1 High “Bordeaux”
Nike
Nike
Nike
Release Date: November 20
Release Price: $170 USD
Where to Buy: SNKRS
Why You Should Cop: In the Jordan Brand catalog the “Bordeaux” theme — which takes after MJ’s love for wine — is one that every sneakerhead will recognize from the OG Air Jordan 7. The palette popped up once again earlier this year on the Air Jordan 6, and now it’s lending its palette to the classic Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG. The red wine-esque tone drips over the upper’s overlays while the Swooshes contrast with a shiny silver.
adidas YEEZY 500 “Ash Grey”
Adidas
Adidas
Adidas
Release Date: November 20
Release Price: $200 USD
Where to Buy: adidas
Why You Should Cop: Right after dropping the deluxe version of his chart-topping DONDA album, Kanye West is now shifting his attention back to his growing YEEZY footwear family to introduce a brand new installment of the adidas YEEZY 500. Next up for the adiPrene-cushioned model is the “Ash Grey” colorway which aligns with Ye’s penchant for using earthy tones.
