Kiko Kostadinov x ASICS US8-S GEL-SJ33 Returns in Two New Colorways, Launching Oct. 23 for NYC Sneaker Fans

Kiko Kostadinov's long-running partnership with ASICS continues with two fall colorways of the US8-S GEL-SJ33. The shoe first arrived this summer as a revival of the vintage GEL-SUPER J33 silhouette, and Sole Retriever credits Kostadinov with a steady run of carefully colored, avant-garde retro runners that have helped put ASICS back on the radar of the sneaker crowd.

The first new pair is Moonrock/Tatami Green. It sits on a taupe and grey mesh base overlaid with teal, mint and light green linework. The second, Deep Plum/Fresh Grass, goes darker, with a violet-toned mesh, black vertical striping, purple horizontal details and bright green branding. Sole Retriever describes both as brighter than the summer pairs. The upper carries a criss-cross pattern that the outlet likens to a picnic blanket, with diagonal lines running up, down and across it and an ASICS stripe laid on top.

The style codes are 1203B116.250 for Moonrock/Tatami Green and 1203B116.500 for Deep Plum/Fresh Grass. Sneakers Cartel lists both for an October 23 release through ASICS. In Europe, SNKRempire shows the Deep Plum pair going on sale at midnight CEST on October 23, with 43einhalb among the retailers it lists.

For Japanese readers, ASICS is a hometown name, founded in Kobe, and this is a London-based designer reworking one of its running shapes with his own palette and line work. The reports do not name a specific New York store.

(Details are drawn from points that agree across reports by Sole Retriever, Sneakers Cartel, SNKRempire.)