If you missed Moncler’s Trailgrip drop a couple of months ago, you must have been living under a rock. The anticipated shoe caused some serious noise in the sneaker scene — and with good reason.
With one foot in the fashion world and the other in the great outdoors (literally), Moncler never disappoints in delivering outrageously cool luxury-hiking hybrid silhouettes. With a Vibram MEGAGRIP rubber compound, a gorpcore-inspired GORE-TEX waterproof membrane, and a molded TPU spoiler, the Trailgrip is made for tricky terrains and stylish soirées. Coming in a variety of new, bold colorways like black and neon pink and green and aqua blue, the tough trainer is made to make a statement. Oh, and don’t forget that design genius Salehe Bemebury left his fingerprints (again, literally) all over the Trailgrip Grain for an exclusive collab on the Moncler ēquipments collection.
Moncler is always pushing the boundaries of what a sneaker can look like and what purpose it serves. We’ve seen the Trailgrip transformed into a 3D print thanks to Zellerfeld and reworked through the eyes of Bembury, but now it’s time to follow in the brand’s creative footsteps and look at the shoe through the minds of two of our favorite visionaries. Each with their own special interpretation of how to see and style the shoe, meet Gozzilah and Bleu Mode.
Kyo aka Gozzilah
There is absolutely no point in me trying to describe what Kyo does, so you might as well hear it from the man himself. It’s safe to say his work is like nothing we’ve seen before (check out his IG for more proof of this).
So, Kyo, tell me a bit about your creative practice, as it’s pretty different from stuff we normally see.
My creative process starts by asking myself the true purpose of a garment or object. This, and the resulting shape, enables me to reinterpret them into a creature or a singular being. During this transformation process, I let my personal references dictate my vision of the final result.
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