No one does a dad shoe quite like ASICS.<\/p>\n
While everyone else seems determined to make chunky sneakers louder and increasingly complicated, ASICS has always understood the assignment. The brand\u2019s best models don\u2019t chase attention, they earn it through smart design<\/a> and the kind of technical details that make sense whether you give a hoot about performance or not.<\/p>\n Enter the GEL-NYC 2 \u201cClay Grey,\u201d the latest reminder that ASICS remains undefeated in the dad shoe department.<\/p>\n Taking cues from the brand\u2019s extensive running archive, the silhouette blends early-2000s influences <\/a>with modern proportions. In typical style, mesh underlays and layered suede panels come together in a way that feels nostalgic without looking like a straight reissue.<\/p>\n The tonal colorway only strengthens that appeal. Muted grays and earthy tones give the already chunky silhouette a refined edge<\/a>, making it the kind of sneaker that works just as well with baggy denim as it does with a more considered everyday fit.<\/p>\n Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.<\/p>\n Enable All Media<\/p>\n ASICS doesn\u2019t need to reinvent the dad shoe. It helped define the category in the first place.<\/p>\n Highsnobiety has affiliate marketing partnerships, which means we may receive a commission from your purchase. Want to shop the products our editors actually love? Visit our SHOPPER page<\/a> and subscribe to the newsletter<\/a> for recs on all things fashion, footwear, and beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No one does a dad shoe quite like ASICS. While everyone else seems determined to make chunky sneakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-311454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}