Aimé Leon Dore Are Back On the New Balance 997

In 2024, and collaborative catalogue spans too many pairs to count, but one of their most lauded was their first-ever venture on the . Touching down in 2019, the New York menswear giants dressed the classic MADE in USA heater in pastel hues. The pairs were mismatched, with the tongue on each coloured differently, and the idea was that people would purchase both and wear them interchangeably. Since touching down five years ago, ALD’s 997 commands a high four figures on the resale market. If you’re craving some ALD x NB997s, don’t pay that high resale just yet, because they’ve just debuted two more for this year.

Aimé Leon Dore’s seasonal lookbooks are known to hold secret easter eggs, especially on-foot where they usually soft launch their collaborative endeavours with New Balance. For their Fall/Winter 2024 catalogue, ALD have enlisted New Jersey rapper Mach-Hommy, who's donning a GORE-TEX jacket while wearing the latest colab. On-foot are two colourways of the 997. The first hosts a green and maroon and an olive-green build with a second tonal grey iteration arriving second.

The New Balance 997 has experienced somewhat of a revival this year after an unofficial hiatus. Back in 2019, when Aimé Leon Dore released their first linkup was the last time the silhouette was regularly on shelves. This year already the Boston-based brand has resurrected the classic grey, Paris-exclusive pack and various GRs. Of course, the -designed model made it into the Teddy Santis-curated .

There’s no release information or product shots that are available for the Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance 997 just yet, but stay locked for further updates.