Asics Wmns Gel Kayano Lite 3 'Dive Blue Orchid'
Colorway: Dive Blue/Orchid · Style code: 1012B293-400 · Release date: September 3, 2022 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Wmns Gel Kayano Lite 3 'Dusty Purple Summer Dune' (1012B293-500) · 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)
The GEL-Kayano Lite exists to make two arguments at once. The first is environmental: fewer components, less material, recycled content in the lining, tongue and laces, and a sockliner dyeing process ASICS says cuts water use by about a third and carbon emissions by close to half.
The second is structural, and it turned out to be the more consequential one. Instead of the dual-density medial post the standard GEL-Kayano used, the Lite draws its stability from geometry: a wider heel and forefoot base, sidewalls that cradle the foot, and a foam system tuned to resist inward roll without a firmer wedge. It arrives at a similar place with less weight.
ASICS later applied the same thinking to the main line: the thirtieth GEL-Kayano dropped its post for a 4D Guidance System built on width and sculpting. The Lite got there first. Dive Blue with Orchid keeps this third version in the brighter half of the range.