Anyone else see these J. Crew New Balance 1400′s?

I went into the J. Crew Store on Madison the other day and it looked like Williamsburg up in that shit.

None of the featured product was even J. Crew Brand. They had the “Brooklyn Lumberjack” look featured, which consisted of flannels, boots, corduroys, wool caps and hunting jackets. I’ll admit they had all heritage brands and a nicely curated selection. Just don’t try to wear more than two of those things at once and not be in the woods somewhere. It honestly looked like my closet in 1993. Even down to the San Francisco Seals wool cap.

So back to the sneakers…… J. Crew typically has what you would expect them to have as far as sneakers are concerned. The stuff that goes with khakis: Stan Smith, Jack Purcell, Spring Court. Now we see this New Balance 1400 (also in navy), which are allegedly exclusive to select J. Crew stores and the catalog (via hypebeast). Not only are they exclusive, they are Made in U.S.A. I don’t see any J. Crew branding on the sneakers, but it could be there.

This is a pretty interesting collaboration. The shoes aren’t neck or ground breaking, but a partnership you have to notice.

They could have made these a little more unique given the opportunity, but I don’t think J. Crew really has sneaker people working there.

J. Crew is going after it with the new concept shops and business model. I wonder what other sneaker collabs are coming down the line? I need to google J. Crew and Mickey D. later…..

I wouldn’t be surprised if this little collab opens the door for some even crazier shit in the future.

I’ll see you guys in line for the Target exclusives.