The GEL-1090 is making a comeback Written by Aqil Nasri After a 15 years absence, the GEL-1090 is back in business. One of ASICS boldest early millennial sneakers, the GEL-1090 is built with its classic 2000s look, technical construction, and clean design. It is a timeless and classic silhouette that’s built to excite and thrill… Read more »
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ASICS Taps Megaman For Its Latest Collab With The GEL-BND
Written by Evely Tan ASICS brings a collection of 8-bit pixel art with Japanese video game company, CAPCOM’s “Mega Man” game. The ASICS x Mega Man collection stars the GEL-BND awashed in a two tone blue patent leather upper paying homage to Mega Man’s signature look. The ASICS branding is reworked in soft yellow featuring… Read more »
We Review Our Own Baby, The ASICS GEL-Kayano 5 OG “Nasi Lemak” | WDHANFTSY
This is it. The first ever ASICS collaboration with a Malaysian retailer (shoutout Hundred% MY), one that has been under the covers for quite some time, and we’re so relieved to be able to unveil it to you guys. Using the GEL-Kayano 5 OG as the base, the silhouette gets the “Nasi Lemak” treatment, dropping… Read more »
ASICS Teams Up With Sneakerlah And Hundred% To Put A Nasi Lemak Twist On The GEL-Kayano 5 OG
No one would’ve seen this coming to be honest. In an effort to expand and get to know the local sneaker scene, ASICS has teamed up with retailer Hundred% and sneaker convention Sneakerlah to produce a shoe based on Malaysia’s favourite food, the nasi lemak. The GEL-Kayano 5 takes centre stage as colours of the… Read more »
ASICS Brings Back Its Iconic 2000s Runner, The GEL-Kinsei
Written by Evely Tan Over more than a decade after its release, ASICS relaunches the Gel-Kinsei, its iconic early millennial runner which first saw its debut in 2006. Its designer, Hisanori Fujita was heavily inspired by samurai armor and wanted the sneaker to replicate the way in which it protects the body while still allowing it… Read more »
Onitsuka Tiger Calls Up 7 Designers For Its 70th Anniversary Bash
70 years is a long time for any industry, and Onitsuka Tiger just hit their milestone this year. As a celebratory gift to itself, the brand has called upon 7 designers to redesign its signature models, also as a homage to the brand as well as giving the designers a platform to reinterpret Onitsuka Tiger… Read more »
SneakerLAH 2019 Tickets Are Up For Grabs
Malaysia’s BIGGEST sneaker event is back again! SneakerLAH 2019, presented by U Mobile, will be held at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (MVEC) again this year on the 5th and 6th of October. Whenever it comes to SneakerLAH, sneakerheads and attendees may expect to see some of the rarest sneakers, their favourite sneaker brands, streetwear brands,… Read more »
“We Don’t Have a Name For This Show….Yet” : ASICS GEL KAYANO 5 OG X VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
We haven’t gotten an ASICS shoe in a while, but when we do, it’s almost always a hyped one. A marriage of heritage in between two storied brands, Vivienne Westwood has lent its hand in redesigning the ASICS Kayano 5 OG, borrowing the house’s archival Squiggle print and implanting it on the silhouette’s sockliner, and… Read more »
ASICS Just Launched A Rework Of The GEL-BONDI Called The GEL-BND
Straight from the launch of the Vivienne Westwood collection, ASICS introduces another silhouette that encapsulates in a more affordable price range, namely the GEL-BND. Taking the essence of Bondi Beach, the shoe combines lush amounts of comfort with a chunky silhouette that draws attention to the shoe. What is the GEL-BND now used to be… Read more »
ASICS Taps Vivienne Westwood To Release Reimagined Classics Featuring The GEL-MAI™ Knit MT and GEL KAYANO™ 5 OG
Heritage and uniqueness come together, as ASICS and Vivienne Westwood come together to create a capsule collection that is decidedly very different from what ASICS’ usual line is. It is, in other words, marrying both technological expertise with high fashion taste to elevate several ASICS models into designer’s domain. 5 models are chosen for this… Read more »