Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 28 MK 'Mist Soft Sky'
Colorway: Mist/Soft Sky · Style code: 1012B126-400 · Release date: October 23, 2021 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 28 MK 'French Blue' (1012B126-401) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 25 'Lemon Shark' (1012A026101) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 28 'Platinum' (1012B133-020) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 24 'Phantom' (T799N-9016) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 25 'Mojave' (1012A026-800)
Running shoes with sock-style uppers usually turn up in lightweight trainers, where the lack of structure is the point. Putting one on the GEL-Kayano is a different proposition: this is the ASICS support shoe, where holding the foot over a corrective midsole is most of the job.
The MK build keeps the underlying platform intact (GEL cushioning at heel and forefoot, the dual-density medial support the line used through the twenty-ninth version) and changes only how the foot gets into it. A stretch collar and one-piece forefoot replace the tongue and layered overlays, which smooths the fit at the cost of some adjustability.
The GEL-Kayano has been the brand's stability model since 1993, when Toshikazu Kayano designed the first one and the series took his name. Mist and Soft Sky keeps the palette pale enough that the tiger stripes read as structure rather than decoration.