High-end apparel company Kith has partnered with Marvel and Asics to create a special collection of jackets, t-shirts, chairs, shoes and accessories for the 60th anniversary of the X-Men. The drop will initially be available to attendees at San Diego Comic-Con, taking place July 19-23. After this availability window has ended, all gear will be available on July 28th via Kith’s website.
If you’re looking for clothing, you can expect to find tapestry track jackets, wool varsity jackets, satin bomber jackets, as well as intarsia knitwear and vintage t-shirts. Kith and Marvel have not provided images of every item that will be available, only the teaser image above showing a mix of t-shirts, a jacket and a Xavier baseball cap. Other accessories in this collection include skate decks for skateboards, keychains and pin sets.
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Perhaps the most intriguing and appealing piece of this collection are the Asics Gel-Lyte 3 shoes, which come in seven X-Men-inspired color schemes. Each pair of shoes comes in a blind box so you don’t know which shoes you’ve bought until you open it, much like a trading card game. Also included in each box is a rare Upper Deck trading card that matches the color of your shoes and is pre-graded by the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA).
Limited to one of 36 pairs of shoes, the Wolverine 1975 colorway mimics the rarity of the hologram cards in the Uncanny X-Men trading card series.
Marvel and Kith have not revealed the prices for the items in this collection, but I wouldn’t expect anywhere near bargain prices. We’ll update this post once the collection is available from Kith.
