NIKE CORTEZ UNION LEMON FROST

For Summer 2022, the Chris Gibbs-led cohort has reimagined the Nike Cortez – a shoe that’s important to LA and is celebrating its 50th anniversary – in such a way that it appears like something from the modern age. Consisting of four colour ways, Union’s latest swoosh-branded project is set to release “Smoke Grey” and “Lemon Frost” takes on the creation from 1972 come July 21st. Both pairs blend a decades-old shape and visual language with future-thinking Crater Foam cushioning. Seemingly “random” colour blocking across the Cortez pairs also deliver experimentation to the SoCal-staple that will propel it into its next half-century.