*Shoes are in Excellent Used Condition

*Shoes are missing insoles*

DESCRIPTION

ASICS‘ influential GEL-Lyte III is enjoying the start of its fourth decade on the market, and the latest longevity-celebrating makeup to surface is a new “Barcode” style. Boasting a high level of detail and substantial material alterations — tweaks that would usually be reserved for a collaboration with A-list ASICS partners like Kiko Kostadinov, mita or Sean Wotherspoon — the “Barcode” is rich with embellishments that merit scanning. It’s also an apt follow-up to the bold GEL-LYTE XXX “Barcode” that popped up earlier in March.

Although the bold black-and-white colorblocking and appealing accents will certainly catch most eyes on first glance, this GEL-LYTE III’s material construction is interesting as well. Gone is the standard sport-geared mix of a mesh base and suede overlays. In its place arrives a semi-translucent synthetic base layer and leather accents. Even the split tongue has been switched up, trading out its normal puffy construction in favor of more ultra-slim synthetics and a printed “Sound Mind, Sound Body” graphic for a salute to one of the Japanese company’s guiding principles.

On top of this stark base sit leather overlays both black and white: the former shade appears on the Tiger stripes, heel and throat, the latter graces the midfoot, eyestays and mudguard. Split pieces of an unreadable barcode are scattered around many of these parts, and use inverse colors to stand out boldly on their backgrounds. These checkout lines continue onto the GEL-filled midsole, and a final touch of detail is offered by the two-tone outsole.