[Shoe News – 2.5.12] – New AND1 footwear for 2012 Q1/Q2 have finally arrived!
Inks and Images: FLASH aka g_sk1lls
Last Friday (February 3), AKT!V outlets such as the one in Glorietta 4 already received their stocks of new 2012 footwear for the 1st and 2nd quarter of the year. Two shoe models for Men’s (adults) are now available locally, the Ultra Lyte Low and the Total Assist Mid; plus two different colorways of the Intensity Mid for kids and a new colorway for the Assault Mid, also for kids.
The Ultra Lyte Low (black/yellow) appears to be part of the off-court collection by And1, best used for shoot-arounds and training instead of actual game play. The material is unlike the mesh covering of the current off-court model – the Downtime Low (patent leather), but they seem to share the same sole. It has a small “L2G” tag on the topmost section of its shoelace hole, giving indication that the shoe offers Low 2 Ground And1 technology for its users. It retails for Php 4995.
The Total Assist Mid (white/black/varsity red) is a performance shoe that somehow reminds me of the Storm Mid construction (click HERE for a previous article on that model) combined with the Release Mid (also previously featured, click HERE). The colorway doesn’t really strike me that much, so I’ll most likely wait for new versions of this shoe for the meantime. You can buy a pair for Php 3495.
For the young ballers, And1 Intensity Mids for kids are being sold for Php 3925 per pair and comes in two colors – black/black/grey and white/blue. They are lightweight but appear to offer moderate ankle support. The black/black/grey version can double up as malling shoes best paired with jeans, while the white/blue version looks really good if the kid uses it with a nice pair of walking shorts / basketball shorts.
Last but not the least, a new colorway of the Assault Mid (a previously released model for kids) rounds up the first batch of And1 shoe drops for February. Retailing for Php 2795 (just like the other CWs of the Assault Mid for kids), the black/blue version is quite attractive to the eyes and really stands out with that silver highlights on the Player logo. While it’s already a previously released model, this colorway looks really good in my opinion, and I would recommend this pair to parents out there looking for a solid shoe for their young boys to hoop in.
Big thanks to Relzbach Ventures/AKT!V partners for the update on these new arrivals including the price point, and also shoutouts to And1/Akt!v G4 store (especially to my man Joe Hook Up) for the heads up on the actual in-store arrival of the new models. There could be a couple more models due to arrive this month, so standby if they do show up in shelves soon. Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news (@and1ph) on shoe sightings, and please LIKE us on Facebook (facebook.com/and1ph) so that our posts appears on your newsfeeds. Check out the new models for yourselves, And Juans!
