Asics GT 1000 10 'Earth Day'
Colorway: Cream/Putty · Style code: 1011B233-101 · Release date: April 20, 2021 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
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ASICS timed this GT-1000 to Earth Day, 20 April 2021, and built the specification around the date rather than treating it as a graphic exercise. At least half the polyester in the upper came from recycled sources, drawn from pre-owned garments and leftover apparel scraps.
The colour choice was part of the same argument. Cream and putty sit close to the natural tone of the recycled material, which means less water, ink and dye are needed to reach them than for a saturated colorway. The sockliner used a solution-dyeing process, where colour is added before the fibre is formed rather than after, again to cut water use and emissions.
Underneath it is the standard tenth GT-1000: engineered mesh, LiteTruss support on the inner side, FlyteFoam and rearfoot GEL, at a hundred dollars. Some markets sold the same shoe as part of an Earth Pack rather than under the Earth Day name.