Dozens of sneaker collaborations cross Marie Claire editors' desks any given week. But when associate social media editor Ashlyn Delaney dropped the Aritzia x Nike sneaker collaboration into the team's fashion Slack ahead of its October 29 release, every style expert on the team knew they were seeing something special and shop-worthy.
Within a second of their arrival in the Marie Claire group chat, the Aritzia x Nike sneaker collaboration had several people typing (and dropping heart-eye emojis) at once. First impression? This reimagining of the Nike LD-1000 'Edition A' sneaker could be styled in distinctly un-sneaker like ways. In other words, it has the potential to replace every other ballet flat, loafer, and mule in an everyday lineup.
