A notable collaboration between Brandblack, a performance-focused footwear brand from Los Angeles, and Salehe Bembury, a renowned footwear designer, resulted in a unique hybrid hiking sneaker.
This "Brandblack x Salehe Hiking Sneaker" is described as a fusion of a performance hiker and an urban street shoe. It features:
Hardwearing ripstop nylon uppers, reinforced with a PU rand and a rubber mudguard.
Topo-pattern heel pull tabs and circular TPU tongue pulls.
A speed-lacing system.
Vibram Wraptech rubber bottom for durability and traction.
The design is unique and showcases Salehe Bembury's creativity, with his signature fingerprint motif appearing on the lace loops, collar, and heel pull. The shoes were released in limited quantities in Paris and on the official Brandblack website in June 2023. This collaboration stands out as a more elaborate project than simply re-coloring an existing shoe, as Bembury designed the sneakers from the ground up.
