KENZO Striker Sneaker
A low, retro running silhouette with a gum sole — KENZO's signature everyday trainer.
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Story & heritage
The KENZO Striker is the house's low, retro-running trainer — a slim, vintage-athletic silhouette that KENZO promotes as one of its signature sneakers. Where the KENZOSCHOOL is a canvas high-top, the Striker is the soft, everyday low-top: a nod to 1970s track shoes rendered in the house's contemporary footwear line.
Its tongue carries a label echoing Kenzo Takada's name and the house's Parisian address, tying the modern sneaker back to the founder.
Materials & craft
The Striker is built on a panelled upper of nylon and leather with suede overlays at the toe and side, laced through reinforced eyelets, set on a low, flexible gum rubber sole. The construction is deliberately slim and lightweight — a runner's profile rather than a chunky sneaker — finished with cream laces and a pull tab at the heel.
How to choose & style
The black-and-gum version is the most versatile — the low, slim shape slips under trousers or pairs with cropped denim and bare ankles in summer. As the quieter of the house's two signature sneakers, it reads as an elevated everyday trainer, the retro running lines doing the work without overt branding.
