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Debuted with the assistance of Moroccan-influenced brand Casablanca during Spring 2020, the New Balance 327 has since been a strong player for the brand’s lifestyle sector thanks to its outpour of colorways that are both collaborative and fall under the GR category. The silhouette had now been fashioned in a brand new “Tan/Burgundy” colorway, and by the looks of its presentation, you can’t help but think that it was directly inspired by Tom Sachs’ iconic Nike Mars Yard sneaker.
Like the aforementioned Swoosh shoe, this latest iteration fills in its primary lateral N logos with a bold burgundy hue and places it next to suede overlays that are assembled with a golden-brown tone. Canvas materials on the base layer and the laces are supplied with a “Tan” hue which arguably serves as the biggest difference from the NYC-based artist’s creation that features clean white. Additional doses of burgundy also see their way to the tongue branding, throat banners
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American artist Raymond Pettibon and The Skateroom have teamed up for a second time to create a six-deck set adorned with Pettibon’s
No Title (I see the…) painting, all proceeds from which will benefit the Skateistan skateboarding school in Bamyan, Afghanistan. Following up a June 2020 collaboration that helped raise funds for the aforementioned skate school’s launch, this sizeable set of decks shows off Pettibon’s love of the ocean while interpolating surf and skate in seamless fashion.
Pettibon cut his teeth designing album covers for Black Flag his brother’s band the Foo Fighters and Sonic Youth, but surfing has long been a main theme of his work even though he does not directly participate. Spread across all six decks,
Originally set to release in Asia earlier this month with a wider global release to follow, the NikeCraft Mars Yard-like colorway is believed to be canceled due to its resemblance to Tom Sachs‘ coveted collaboration.
Sneakerheads examing the OverBreak SP “College Grey” that released pointed out some similar qualities found on the shoe, leading to some getting to work. Volt.66 Studio put together a two-part video sharing its process of removing what appears to be a coating on the shoe that revealed defining elements of the OverBreak SP “Fossil.” Further adding to theories that Nike decided to scrap the similar-looking OverBreak SP colorway as it is in the midst of releasing the NikeCraft Mars Yard 2.5.