Marcel Winatschek

Kiko in Reebok

Kiko Mizuhara in the GL 6000 and Freestyle Hi Spirit—those Reeboks just sitting there, not trying to do anything but exist. There was a moment when sneaker design understood that simplicity was enough, and the GL 6000 is that moment in shoe form. Clean lines, almost flat geometry, everything in service of not announcing itself. What stuck with me was how perfectly the shoe solved its own problem, and then stopped.