/The Nike Blazer Is Still Having a Huge Year

The Nike Blazer Is Still Having a Huge Year

Back in January, we suggested that the Nike Blazer was poised to have a pretty big year. The underappreciated sneaker had been recently revamped by designer Virgil Abloh, and the Swoosh gave it mainline release in several extremely wearable colorways. (Not to mention: LeBron James kept Instagramming it, which always helps.) Now, the Year of the Blazer continues, with the latest wave of the red-hot Nike x Sacai collaboration set to drop later this week.

As with previous sneaker collaborations from the Swoosh and the forward-thinking Japanese label, you get two Nikes for the price of one. This time, Sacai designer Chitose Abe crashes the Blazer and the Dunk together. The result is a silhouette that feels like a high-fashion sneaker that’s been stylishly Frankenstein-ed back to life. That means double tongues, double shoelaces, and double swooshes. The bold mid-top silhouette of the original Blazer was always something of an outlier, but both Nike and Sacai have taken that eccentricity to a whole new level. This design is offered in both black and white, and while the white colorway looks tamer by comparison, neither sneaker will exactly fly below the radar.

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It’s no accident that the Blazer found itself in the midst of one of the hottest sneaker collaborations of the year. The low-key Nike silhouette has been a cult-level fan favorite for decades, and it was almost like it was just waiting for a moment in the sun. (Simple shape, bold details—it’s the ideal playground for fashion designers.) Since Nike x Sacai debuted on the runway, this pumped-up shoe was destined for hyped sneaker glory. And something tells us this isn’t the last you’ll be hearing about the Nike Blazer before the year is over.

$140, available October 10 via Nike.