Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 29 'Slate Grey Champagne'
Colorway: Slate Grey/Champagne · Style code: 1012B272-023 · Release date: January 3, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: ASICS Wmns Gel Kayano 29 'Triple Black' (1012B272-001) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 29 'Black White' (1012B272-002) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 29 'Black Red Alert' (1012B272-003) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 29 'Black Violet' (1012B272-004) · Asics Wmns Gel Kayano 29 'Black Light Green' (1012B272-005)
The twenty-ninth Kayano deleted the two things that had defined the line's support for a generation. Dynamic DuoMax, the firmer wedge of foam on the inside of the midsole, and the plastic Trusstic element under the arch both disappeared, replaced by a single LiteTruss system meant to guide the foot rather than block it. The midsole moved to FF Blast Plus at the same time (roughly fifteen per cent lighter and softer than the foam before it), and the shoe came out about ten grams under the 28 while reviewers judged it more stable, not less. That is an unusual outcome for a stability shoe losing its post. The line goes back to 1993, when Toshikazu Kayano designed a supportive heel modelled on a stag beetle's shell. Slate grey with champagne is the muted register the model has occupied for most of those thirty years.