stone island x new balance: TERRACE CULTURE GONE PRO
Stone Island and New Balance aren't doing another retro runner. For Summer '26, they're going full football.
The capsule — dropping June 4 via HBX, Stone Island stores and online — is built around the pitch, not the pavement. Teasers show a football-themed collection that blends terrace culture with elite soccer gear, with co-branded cleats and technical apparel leading the line.
Headlining is the 1890 Pack, a pair of New Balance silhouettes reworked with Stone Island's industrial hand. Expect the compass badge punched right on the tongue, sitting proud above layered mesh and premium suede. It's the same language as their Made in UK 991v2, but tuned for summer: lighter builds, cleaner panels, and that familiar olive-grey-black palette Stone Island pulls from factory floors.
The lookbook reads like a tour rider: oversized silhouettes, elevated tailoring, relaxed essentials, textured fabrics and statement-ready summer pieces, all cut for the way Benito actually dresses off stage. Think boxy graphic tees, patchwork shorts, breezy knits, and office-ready blazers that still feel like streetwear. The through-line is Puerto Rican identity, down to the slogan stitched across pieces: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."
It's also part of something bigger. The two brands are in a multi-year footwear partnership developed between Stone Island's creative team and New Balance's Tokyo Design Studio, with an emphasis on innovative tech and performance over simple color swaps.
And because it's Stone Island, there's kit too — a recycled polyester jersey and a thermally bonded Pro Football to match the boots, completing the on-pitch offering.
SS26 isn't nostalgia. It's Stone Island taking its terrace DNA and handing it to New Balance to make it actually playable. June 4, bring shin pads.
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