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The estate of Kobe Bryant did not renew the late basketball icon’s Nike deal this month, sources tell Complex. The move signals what could be the end of the long relationship between Bryant and Nike unless the two parties can agree to a new contract. Bryant’s latest deal with Nike expired on April 13, 2021, according to […]

It’s not too hard to see that the Nike Dunk and the SB Dunk have regained their popularity in recent years. While there’s been a lot of debate about what ultimately led to their resurgence, it’s easy to point to Travis Scott being one of the driving factors. Throughout the last two years, the Houston rapper would appear to casually lace up some of the rarest Dunk […]

adidas Originals have just dropped two clean pastel Forum colourways as part of their all-new, female-focussed Spring/Summer ‘21 collection, ‘Tennis Luxe’.  Featuring a campaign fronted by Complex faves such as Henrie Kwushue and Maya Jama, fast-rising singer-songwriter Beabadoobee and presenter Jasmine Muller, the collection effortlessly blends tennis and street influences, serving up strong sports luxe vibes […]

Besides having an awesome title, Mark Flaa, eBay’s Director of Sneakers, is tasked with growing the sneaker category for the e-commerce giant. Recently, a main focus of that has been working on the company’s Authenticity Guarantee, which was first rolled out for the U.S. market last October, and is now coming soon to Canada. And with it, the […]

The brief, but very public dispute between Nike and Brooklyn-based product design studio MSCHF over Lil Nas X’s controversial “Satan Shoes” has been resolved. Today, both Nike and MSCHF confirmed that they’ve agreed to settle the lawsuit over the much-talked-about sneakers. As part of the settlement, MSCHF will offer a voluntary recall to buy back any pairs of […]

When the Noon Goons team decided to expand their in-house offerings into footwear, they knew exactly which brand to collaborate with. “I grew up wearing Vans, and all of my friends surf for them,” Noon Goons’ founder Kurt Narmore said in a press release. “As a brand, we are so deep in Southern California culture. We knew […]

New Balance is in the midst of a “moment,” and there’s no doubt that one of the largest contributing factors to the company’s current buzz is its work with fashion and lifestyle brand Aimé Leon Dore. ALD’s simple and sporty, yet chic aesthetic has made for some of the best New Balance collaborations in recent memory, […]

Nike could soon find itself in legal trouble with the United States Postal Service (USPS) due to one of its upcoming Air Force 1 styles resembling the agency’s shipping boxes. The shoe that caught the attention of the postal service was the forthcoming Air Force 1 Experimental pictured here. It features design cues obviously borrowed from USPS’s various Priority Mail boxes, including […]

The drama over the custom Satan-themed Nike sneakers, designed by Brooklyn-based product studio MSCHF in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X, continued this week as parties in the lawsuit around the viral footwear argued over its status as a First Amendment-protected piece of art. Nike filed the lawsuit against MSCHF on Monday, accusing the studio […]

Following on from a series of hit collabs, fire colourways and OG drops, next up in adidas’ roll-out of its Forum franchise are two collegiate-inspired colourways – in “Crew Green/Wild Pine” and “Hazy Copper” – dropping today on the Low version of the silhouette. Packed with plenty of varsity vibes, these new green and copper versions are steeped in campus heritage […]