Engineered Garments x K-Swiss SS23 Release

Engineered Garments teams up with Los Angeles-based heritage footwear brand K-Swiss for a new footwear collaboration. The unisex footwear collection features a modernized version of K-Swiss’ Classic original 1966 model. The Classic GT is available in three colorways. This collaboration merges the utilitarian, rugged feel of Engineered Garments, focusing on reimagined cuts and textures melded with K-Swiss’ sophisticated minimalist design. 

“For K-Swiss it was an honor to collaborate with Engineered Garments - a brand that, just as ours, seeks to elevate designs, posing the question of how to redefine a Classic,” says Senior Designer of Collaborations, Jon Tang. “This collaboration speaks to our identity, to push the limits of what elevated Classics can be.”

Engineered Garments Founder and Creative Director Daiki Suzuki has had a keen interest in K-Swiss from when he first saw the brand while working at a store in Tokyo back in the 80s. 

“I saw a brown leather K-Swiss shoe at that time and I remember that it looked so great,” says Daiki Suzuki. For the collaboration, Suzuki landed on a reimagining of the Classic GT, as it reminded him most of what he liked and grew up with in the 80s. 

“To me, K-Swiss shoes at their core are tennis shoes, and the Classic GT is… pretty close to what I liked and grew up with in the 80s, with its D-ring eyelets and mountain shoe-like blucher construction,” continues Suzuki. “I wanted to maintain the authentic K-Swiss look, so I kept everything except the D-ring straps on one side.”

Daiki Suzuki brings Engineered Garments’ perspective to the shoe with the Japanese brand’s much-beloved asymmetry, in both the shoe’s signature D-rings and a mix of leather and suede materials. Of the three colorways offered, Suzuki points to his nostalgic favorite: the brown Classic GT, an homage to his favorite from the 80s. 

The collection is available for online purchase at KSwiss.com, Nepenthes New York and selected retailers.