Where to Buy the WTAPS x New Balance 992

Founder of FORTY PERCENT AGAINST RIGHTS (FPAR) Tetsu Nishiyama’s slightly-younger project in WTAPS (fittingly pronounced ‘double taps’) has a long-engrained military inspiration that has made its way to many of the Japanese imprint’s aesthetics. Already having teamed-up with the likes of Supreme, Stussy, and Vans, WTAPS is revered across the men’s fashion scene — which makes this timely link-up with New Balance all the more potent.

The Boston-based brand has been making strong inroads into the fashion world of late, linking up with Todd Snyder, Casablanca, and Aimé Leon Dore within weeks of one another. Now it looks to Tetsu’s genius for a rendition of the mystical 992silhouette, and he brings with it his fascination with military drab. Here, Tetsu seemingly blends the New Balance and WTAPS worlds together, hybridizing the brand’s most famed palates, Grey and Olive respectively, into one abridged colorway. .“N” motifs at the midfoot are stamped with all-too-familiar silver reflective, while similarly grey tongues and overlays arrive across the toe box and vamp. Neutral suede around the eyelets and midfoot bridge the gap between grey and olive, the latter of which graces the pair’s mesh upper and sweeping toe-to-heel suede overlays. Underfoot you’ll find a split midsole in — you guessed it — grey and olive, with a solitary pop of orange towards the lateral toe. Capping off the design is a jet black rubber outsole, and co-branding on the tongue, heel, and insole.

Pairs are set to release on May 1st on WTAPS.com and at select retailers around the globe (listed below) — and you can expect pairs to pop up on StockXand GOAT shortly thereafter.

WTAPS x New Balance 992

Release Date: May 1st, 2020