Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 860v2 'Orange'
Colorway: Yellow/Orange · Style code: ML860AB2 · Release date: February 2024 · Price: $300 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 860v2 'Red' (ML860AD2) · Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 860v2 'Yellow' (ML860AE2) · Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 860v2 'White' (ML860AH2) · Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 860v2 'Green' (ML860AL2) · Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 860v2 'Blue' (ML860AM2)
The 860 is a stability running line New Balance has kept in production for years, and its second version is not the part of the archive most collaborators reach for. Aime Leon Dore has spent its New Balance partnership doing exactly that, working through shapes with little collector history and giving them a wardrobe context instead of a running one.
This orange pair belongs to a three-colourway pack alongside yellow and white. The upper is open mesh in orange and yellow with synthetic overlays outlined in black, the label's name sits on the tongue and its floral crest is stamped at the heel, over a large N at the midfoot. Underneath, the shoe keeps New Balance's N-ergy midsole with ABZORB SBS cushioning at the heel.
The pack was first opened to pre-order in 2023 before a wider release in 2024 at $150, priced as an ordinary running shoe rather than as a limited collaboration.