Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton Men’s Luxury Soccer Sneaker Finally Has a Release Date
Pharrell Williams’ first soccer-inspired shoe for Louis Vuitton is finally here.
First seen during the French luxury brand’s spring/summer 2025 men’s runway show in Paris this past June, the new LV Footprint Soccer shoe takes inspiration from the cleated boots field sports players wear all across the world.
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This sleek sneaker is defined by a laced calf leather upper and a padded rubber outsole. A interesting and unique detail is the use of floral motifs taken from the Louis Vuitton Monogram and an interlinked LV logo, which are stretched to form a five-toed footprint on the articulated sole, giving it the ability to leave an LV stamp on soft ground.
Looking closer at the new sneaker, the upper is quilted in sloping lines around the toe, ramp, and heel, informed by a modern soccer cleat’s specified support and aerodynamism.
Plus, a leather tongue, which folds forward to cover a monogrammed shoelace, is embossed with a specially designed “Lvers United” logo that aims to reference the insignias of professional soccer teams.
And, the distinctive LV logo is repeated in large format as a double-quilted detail on the side of the shoe, above a smaller Vuitton stamp in an athletics-intoned font. The year 1854 appears on the back, as a nod to the company’s beginnings.
The debut LV Footprint Soccer release will be available in bold, monochromatic colorways of black, white, blue, red and forest green. The shoes will retail for $1,120.
This launch comes just weeks after the brand opened the doors to a new temporary NYC flagship store on 57th Street. The store – which boasts a restaurant and bar, a fine chocolate shop, a trio of VIP suites, a collectible capsule collection, and four gobsmacking five-story stacks of trunks in the atrium to rival the Manhattan skyline – is now open while its nearby historic Fifth Avenue flagship undergoes an extensive renovation.
In October, Williams released his latest men’s collection for the French house. The pet-friendly pre-spring collection featured everything a dog owner could want – including a $60,000 monogramed kennel trunk.
As for the collection’s shoes, Williams adapted elements of the dog’s wardrobe into an array of eye-catching details. Standout styles include the LV Trainer Maxi that’s rendered in bright green tennis-ball suede as well as Dalmatian-print ponyskin, a motif echoed in the intarsia shearling of an LV Footprint low boot.
The new LV Footprint Soccer is set to launch for pre-order online and on the Louis Vuitton app on Dec. 26. It will then be available in stores on Jan. 2.
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