One of Nike’s earliest low-top basketball shoes and of course, a Marty McFly favorite, the Bruin returns for the warm weather season in a vibrant new colorway.

The ankle revealing silhouette here adopts a two-tone upper in clean white leather and contrasting Photo Blue. Pops of color illuminate at the Swoosh branding, heel counter and vintage Nike script at the tongue.

Landing at select retailers this Saturday, March 26, give the Nike Bruin “Photo Blue” a detailed look below.

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In conjunction with their women’s spring/summer 2016 rollout, adidas updates the Stan Smith with a striking new midsole.

Removing the performance tennis aesthetic in lieu of greater lifestyle visibility, the adidas Stan Smith, in its OG colorway, adopts a cork-inspired midsole below the White/Fairway Green base. A white outer splits the new construction from the pavement to ensure comfort and sartorial pleasure.

The adidas Stan Smith Luxe “Cork” is available now at select international retailers.

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Earlier this week we saw the Nike Sock Dart take sartorial steps forward by implementing colored top straps with an upcoming Racer Blue edition. Now, another in that same vein is revealed.

Labeled with Nike’s Special Edition tag, this Sock Dart in “Total Crimson” masters tonal progression with vibrant shades of orange layering the slip-on silhouette. A matching strap adds to the shoe’s seamless advancement while a speckled white and black midsole resides below.

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Vans celebrates 50 years of heritage in 2016 and has some great releases lined up for all of 2016. Vans Vault has provided to us exclusively this execution of the iconic Vans Slip-On with the equally as iconic Vans Checkerboard pattern woven into the upper with buttery soft leather.

Look for these Vans Slip-Ons at your top tier Vans Vault doors in stores now and look for more great heat coming from Vans in 2016.

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While Nike Kyrie 2 fans eagerly await the “Easter” release on March 25 – seemingly out of nowhere – Nike drops Irving’s second signature style in a “Cavs” colorway.

A surprise by all accounts considering no previous leaked images of the shoe surfaced before today, the Nike Kyrie 2 “Cavs” elects for road navy and gold tones that lend towards the Cavaliers away/alternative unis. Jimmy Jazz, for the moment, looks to be the only retailer stocking the shoe.

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Even though the OG Nike Air More Uptempo went just as fast as it came yesterday when released online at Nike, more pairs of that Black/White colorway are on the way soon. But more than that, so are other classic colorways that play off the nostalgia first introduced in 1996.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the unofficial Scottie Pippen signature shoe is also set to release in a Bulls friendly White/Varsity Red colorway. Done up in a clean white base with vibrant red accents at the AIR branding, no release date for this Nike Air More Uptempo has been officially revealed, but you can expect this release sometime in spring.

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