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Step aside, Crocs. There's a new soft, squishy footwear taking the manner satellite by storm.
New York-based creation corporate MSCHF precocious debuted its Big Red Boots—yes, that's their authoritative name—and they quickly blew up on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram for having a quirky, cartoonish design. The oversized, mid-calf shoes person not lone been compared to the Japanese manga quality Astro Boy but also Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer. And the correlation isn't excessively acold of either.
"Cartoon boots for a Cool 3D World," a statement reads connected MSCHF's product page. "If you footwear idiosyncratic successful these boots they spell boing!"
And successful caller days, Janelle Monáe, Lil Wayne, Rich the Kid, Oklahoma City Thunder subordinate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, influencer Wisdom Kaye and much person rocked the $350 shoes.
"Y'all person asked maine to benignant this large ass footwear for the past 2 days," Wisdom Kaye said successful a Feb. 11 TikTok, which has amassed much than 5 cardinal views. "So, it's present and we're going to bash that."
The influencer said helium "went for an Astro Boy styling" for his archetypal outfit, pairing the Big Red Boots with a sporty achromatic jacket that featured reddish and achromatic detailing, black asymmetrical shorts and futuristic-looking sunglasses.
His favorite getup successful the video was accessorizing the shoes with a bold pinkish button-down, agleam reddish pants and a achromatic beanie.
Janelle and Shai nave besides made statements with their wardrobe. While the Glass Onion actress donned a chic all-black look truthful the boots would pop, the hoops player wore a classical achromatic tee, oversized denim pants and a puffer jacket.
Aside from getting the stamp of support from celebs and influencers alike, it's no astonishment that Big Red Boots are trending online. After all, it appears that was the program down MSCHF's design.
"The aesthetic Overton Window continues to agelong unfastened towards the unreal," a description of the merchandise reads connected the brand's website. "The continued blending of virtual and IRL aesthetics has america chasing supernormal stimuli."
The connection continued, "When fractional the sneakers we spot connected societal media are renderings, we travel to expect a baseline of unreality. Big Red Boots are VR chat boots."
Interestingly, the Big Red Boots are made of the aforesaid bouncy, rubbery worldly arsenic Crocs: EVA.
While MSCHF mightiness person immoderate large shoes to fill, it looks similar they're connected the close track. So, if you privation to hop connected the trend, the Big Red Boots volition beryllium disposable to store connected Feb. 16 astatine 11 a.m. EST.
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