Grass vs. clay… red vs. green… Rafa vs… Rafa?
After dabbling with nautical themes for their last collab, Lemar and Dauley and DC Shoes turn to tennis for their current release, the Xander.
Available in honeydew (grass) and coral (clay) colorways, the high-top shoes have tennis DNA all over: the mesh on the side panels and the tongue of the shoe look like waffle pattern of strings on the racquet face, while DC’s signature houndstooth print appears as a “stencil” on the tongue. The shoe’s translucent sole mimics the nylon material used to make the strings themselves, and the use of leather around the edges — as well as under the sole — represent the racquet grip. And to round it all out, the insoles have an abstract graphic print of a court surface.
What do you think of the shoes? Tell us!
This isn’t the first time L&D’s geeked out on us. Remember their homage to Andre Agassi for their Holiday 2007 collection?
Buy: Call up the DC Soho and Melrose brick-and-mortar shops to get more info.
More: See two more images after the cut…
(images via Lemar & Dauley)
shanice says
i love them how much are they pleaasseee ??
JFK says
the colors are cool, but I don’t like the shoes.