Esquire sneaker ticker: 5 new trend shoes – and a brand new adidas Samba sneaker

This week we're calling for more courage - on your feet! Sneaker Week, just the fourth this year, delivers an impressive selection of cool and unusual drops (including a brand new oneadidasSamba) that demand fashion daring. Are you ready? Then rely on leopard patterns, rivets or experimental designer collaborations like the one betweenPumaandLouis Gabriel Nouchi. For everyone who likes it a little more reserved, there are also great alternatives: a pretty nice oneNikeSneakers and a must-have fromAsics x Otto958. Sounds like a promising week.

Otto958was created by Kiko Kostadinov and the Morán Art Gallery Morán founded in Los Angeles. For the second time they are designing togetherAsicsnow a sneaker – and that tooProtoblast CLVIIIis a real blast! The design comes from the Asics archives; basketball shoes served as inspiration for the sole and toe area. The "O", the Otto958 logo, is also shown on the toe area and the lettering on the sides has been embroidered. A pretty cool sports style sneaker.Available now.

A new oneadidas Gazellehas seen the light of day. The parents are adidas andDimeand the design is completely black with silver rivets. Black leather sneakers are always a bit difficult, but the silhouette of theGazelle-Sneakers are narrow and sporty and the rivets make them a subtle statement sneaker. We get a few thereand keep itDrop am 20. Januarvery closely in view.

The absolute highlight of the week is aadidasANDin Black Leopard design. We've already talked about courage and maybe it takes a bit of courage to wear leopard sneakers, but as long as it's an adidas Sambayou can't go wrong with it. We immediately fell in love with the design and see this sneaker peeking out from under wide jeans. He isavailable from January 18thand forSamba-An absolute must-have for collectors – who now exist.

It is the first sneaker collaboration fromLouis Gabriel Nouchi. The French designer has become an absolute shooting star in recent years and is known for his sexy and feminine designs for men. Now the designer is cooperatingPuma, has become the hypedMonsterGrabbed sneakers and made a rubber mule out of them. We love everything about it. A perfect symbiosis of design and sneakers that...23 Januarywill be released.

ThisNikeSneaker is Devin Booker's own and very personal sneaker. The basketball player for the Phoenix Suns have worked hard to earn this privilege. The new colorway,, might mean something to some sneaker fans. Of course it has something to do with the film. In it, Forrest Gump gets a NikeCortezin exactly this colorway. It has now been sent to Nike Book 1adapted – and it worked out pretty well. The sneakerwill be released on January 24th.