There was a time when a sneaker collab meant slapping a rapper’s name on a shoe and calling it a day. That era’s dead. These days, collabs are cultural currency—part streetwear hustle, part couture ambition, part carefully engineered thirst trap. Wales Bonner’s SS25 sparkly adidas Sambas were just the latest flex in this ongoing merger of sneakers and high fashion. But some collabs didn’t just make headlines—they shifted the culture. These 15 did it best.
From Comme des Garçons to Dior Jordans: The Most Iconic Designer Sneaker Collaborations, Sorted by Cost
1. Comme des Garçons x Converse Chuck 70 (2009)
Price: ₹12,499
A red heart and a basic canvas upper turned every hipster into a walking Pinterest board. The OG quiet luxury flex before anyone called it that.
2. sacai x Nike LDWaffle (2019)
Price: ₹13,995
The shoe equivalent of a double exposure photo. sacai stacked it all—tongue, Swoosh, ego—and made chaos look cool.
3. Converse x DRKSHDW TURBOWPN (2021)
Price: ₹16,499
Converse’s Weapon silhouette took a left turn into industrial goth. Rick Owens added leather, bulk, and trauma. Suddenly you’re in P.E. class at the end of the world.
4. Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 550 “Natural Green” (2021)
Price: ₹18,300 approx
Teddy Santis resuscitated the 550 and gave it main character energy. White, green, minimal, and smug in all the right ways.
5. adidas x Gucci (2022)
Price: ₹41,750 approx
This is what happens when your track sneakers study abroad in Italy. Loud logos, pristine palettes, and the soft arrogance of old money.
6. Prada x adidas Forum (2022)
Price: ₹36,700 approx
The Forum got a couture facelift. All leather, no drama. Stealth wealth with laces. It whispered "I summer in Como" in three languages.
7. JJJJound x New Balance 992 “Green” (2020)
Price: ₹21,600 approx
Muted brown, zero noise. JJJJound created a sneaker for people who think emotional expression is tacky. The cleanest flex you almost miss.
8. Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 by Virgil Abloh (2022)
Price: ₹2,26,000 approx
The final boss of collabs. Twenty-one pairs dropped posthumously, each one dripping with detail and Virgil’s legacy. High fashion. Higher resale.
9. Nike x Comme des Garçons Shox TL (2019)
Price: ₹62,250 approx
A spiked springy mall-walker got sent through a CDG wormhole and came out looking like it runs on anxiety and espresso shots. Utter madness. Glorious.
10. Raf Simons x adidas Ozweego Bunny “Core White” (2017)
Price: ₹66,400 approx
Before the dad shoe took over fashion, Raf gave it a breakdown and dressed it for Paris. Ugly, proud, and five years ahead of its time.
11. Maison Margiela x Reebok Tabi Instapump Fury (2020)
Price: ₹1,23,700 approx
Tabi toes. Instapump air bladders. This wasn’t a sneaker. It was a fashion migraine with a rubber sole. Which is why it was genius.
12. Reebok x Chanel InstaPump Fury (1997)
Price: ₹6,64,000 approx
Yes, Chanel did a Reebok collab. In the ’90s. Karl Lagerfeld threw his logo on Reebok’s weirdest shoe and dared the world to call it ugly. They didn’t.
13. Dior x Air Jordan 1 “Wolf Grey” (2020)
Price: ₹15,20,000 approx
Dior didn’t just enter the sneaker game. It bought the court, renamed the rules, and made Jordans feel like a Birkin. Grey never looked this smug.
14. Off-White x Nike “The Ten” (2017)
Price: ₹24,90,000 to ₹33,20,000 (full set)
Image credits - Sotheby's
Virgil’s manifesto in ten parts. Deconstructed, labelled, zip-tied. The most important sneaker drop of the last decade. Fight me.
15. Wales Bonner x adidas Originals (2025)
Price: TBD
Too new to price but already a classic. Sequinned Sambas. Coastal tailoring. A masterclass in grace and grit. Save up now, or cry later.
