A-COLD-WALL* Treats Its Converse AEON ACTIVE CX Collab to the “Dyed Programme” – HYPEBEAST
Wed 19 Apr
Samuel Ross is a stickler for experimentation, continuously evolving his own brand A-COLD-WALL* and anything else he touches, such as the brand’s ongoing collaboration with Converse. Now, A-COLD-WALL* and Converse take to the world of hand-applied treatments with the new AEON ACTIVE CX “Dyed Programme.”
No two are alike
That’s not to say that the inaugural pairs were subdued — the laceless pair first arrived in a brutalist fashion before returning in a “Black/Apple Green” colorway. However, these pairs, served in “Solarised,” “Carbon,” “Marine” and “Redox,” feel more in tune with previous Ross collaborations, such as the designer’s 2019 Nike Zoom Vomero +5 “Solarised.”
Working alongside two dye facilities in Italy and the UK, A-COLD-WALL*’s Industrial Design Team works its magic on the AEON ACTIVE CX to submerge the sneakers in the vats of dye. In doing so, the avant-garde silhouette is elevated with a no-two-alike approach, and to honor the limited nature of each pair, ACW serves the sneakers with their own commemorative certificate of authenticity.