Axel Arigato launches Bloody Osiris collab in London and Paris

Axel Arigato haș unveiled its latest collaboration via a link-up with “visionary and pioneer” Bloody Osiris that launches Monday online and in-store in London and Paris.

The Swedish company, which also has stores in Stockholm, Läden and Berlin, is launching two new sneakers that “marry together the design DNA of Axel Arigato and the innovative vision and aesthetic of Bloody Osiris”.

Who is Bloody Osiris? A New York City-based “industry-defining cultural figure” whose “forward thinking, multi-disciplinary practice has led him to work with some of the pioneering visionaries of our time”.

That list includes Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky and Virgil Abloh. Osiris  also has a following in the hundreds of thousands on Instagram, a platform he uses to debut his fashion work.

The company said its footwear design team “sought to explore and investigate specific and historic silhouettes from within Bloody Osiris’ sneaker research and mood-boarding. To create the final footwear offering, the team zoned in on high-tops from 1989’s America (a favourite in Osiris’ repertoire,) merging this aesthetic with the DNA design lines of Axel Arigato”.

So what did all that lead to? “A bold duo of sneakers” that “nod to nostalgic basketball — yet are contemporised through a modern Axel Arigato lens”. 

They “seize the fabric make-up of traditional basketball sneakers — fusing together premium materials including Italian leather, soft nubuck, leather and suede”.

The Bloody Osiris Earth Lo comes in cream and olive greens, the Sand Hi is in brown, sesame and cream. 

Each have serif ‘Arigato’ branding on the profile upper and rubberised sole, plus stencilled Bloody Osiris typography added to the tongue. Co-branding logos can also be found on the insole.

The shoes are priced between €350/£325/$465 and €365/£340/$485.