STAPLE presents its new Slide model for the summer season in collaboration with Vibram. The fresh silhouette arrives with the technical StratX base which reimagines the brand’s pigeon emblem in a wingspan-inspired upper. This makes it the first exclusive launch of StratX in America.

The base is molded from a rubber sheet and then engineered through vacuum forming, which helps the sculptural and feathered form while giving it a durable and soft feel similar to leather. Staple reflects on the minimal design language, noting “We could’ve used printing, embroidery, or laser etching – but we asked ourselves, what if it was shaped and molded. Vibram’s innovative new StratX compound was the answer. Instead of adding design to a surface, we wanted to shape the surface itself.”

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