The Vivienne Westwood x ASICS Gel-Kayano 27 released on May 1, 2021, with a retail price of €239. Two versions of the pair were part of the release, and several stores opened their drops at midnight. The collaboration brought together the British fashion house and ASICS on a modern running silhouette from the Gel-Kayano line, which first came out in 1993. ASICS goes back to 1949, when Kihachiro Onitsuka started making sports shoes in Japan. Second chance options followed after release day. Today, both versions of the Vivienne Westwood x ASICS Gel-Kayano 27 are mostly available on marketplaces such as KLEKT.
