December 31, 2025 • 26 mins
2025 was an ABSOLUTE insane year for sneakers – from wild collabs and surprise drops to shoes that sold out in seconds and resale prices going crazy! In this video, I’m ranking the Top 15 Sneakers of 2025 based on hype, comfort, style, resale value, and how much they dominated the streets and social media. You won’t believe what landed at #1… it’s controversial, it shocked everyone, and it’s NOT what most people expected!
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Welcome back everyone to another episode of Shade TV.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
My name is Marissa Hill and I am so excited
to jump into my Sneakers of the Year for twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
This will be a top fifteen list. If you're brand
new here, welcome on in. Be sure to hit that
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and give this video a thumbs up if you enjoy watching.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Today's list is going to be a very eclectic list,
so you're going to see a lot of different brands
on my list. As far as how I chose these,
a lot of it has to do with what I've
seen people wearing on the streets here in a metropolitan
city like New York. Also my just pure style and taste.
As far as where ability goes, I'm going to talk
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a little bit about the comfort and also innovation. How
were the secrets that released this year that ended on
my list? So, without further ado, let's jump right into it.
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Starting with my honorable mention. This was a really hard
pick just because it didn't quite make the top fifteen list,
but it definitely deserves a shout out. So this is
the Nike air Max Big Head Mode sneaker that released
this year, and it only released on dot Swish, so
these were extremely limited and when I was able to
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snag a pair, it took months for me to get
this in the mail. But I was a huge Nintendo
sixty four fan loved James Bond GoldenEye Double O seven.
I played it all the time. It was a first
person shooter game, and they really nailed it with the
look and feel of the sneaker to really kind of
compliment that iconic game that was in the nineties. So
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as far as the look and feel, it's got the
exact tone and color scheme of a James Bond tuxedo.
You've got the gold accents, which of course golden iron.
Also the gun that was used in the game was
primarily gold. And as far as just like little hints
of the back here, you'll see that this is the
health armor, and then we've got eight bit designs on
the toe box and on the tongue and even.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
A rated E on the back.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
As far as it goes too on the inside, you've
got the whole entire emblem of what it looks like
as the shooter. And of course big Head Mode was
that secret mode essentially that you could use to enlarge
the heads on the game. And that is why this
lands as my honorable mention in this retail. That one's
sixty some crazy resell on this specifically in my size,
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lowest ask is three sixty four. All right, so now
let's jump into the top fifteen. This is a really
difficult selection because I do think that twenty twenty five
had some insane releases. You out on this side, yeah,
you motivies. Have you been in this thing winning rings
for a while?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Put it to the tests.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I could win in tru because at least say the
style yet.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So starting out with number fifteen, this is a brand
new silhouette by Jordan Brands.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
So let me just swap these boxes over here.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
These are the Jordan tronner OS's so OS stands for
off season and for those of you who are Jordan
fans but you don't really want to jump into wearing
new Balance or ESIX, this is definitely a seeker that
was made for you specifically.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So you've got this chunky, chunky dad.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Look, you've got the double stacked mitsile on here, some
nice swayed overlays and lovely meshing. I have it in
two different colourwoods colorways, the or wood, which is this
nice kind of natural tone, so if you're not feeling
like super bright colors, they give you a lot of
variety and a lot of different color variations. These who
are probably my favorite. I really love black and pink
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together with a little bit of gray. But I also
love the orwood because I do think that that will
match with pretty much anything in my wardrobe.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
So these originally released.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
In October, and you've got a lot of comfort. This
is one hundred percent the most comfortable Jordan you will
ever wear. Honestly, it doesn't even look like a Jordan,
which is why I love it.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
You've got this wrap around.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
TPU caging unit here which really just keeps your foot
intact and stable. Some good grip as well on the bottom.
But this is definitely a Jordan that you can walk
all day in. And I have not really been able
to say that in any of my other Jordan pairs
because most of us know you can only put a
few hours in before your feet start getting tired. And
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these retael between. One. To watch your motive when you
say something about to make a movement, I can help
it when you say so, next on the list is
going to be number fourteen, So let me see us
this over. These are the case was KSRC before the
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Classic case Was is really killing the game in twenty
twenty five with their collaborations with their new silhouettes. This
was a pair that I actually saw a few years
ago before actually originally released, and I was drawn to
it immediately.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
It looks sleek, it looks.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Expensive, and overall it's just perfect for what's installed right now,
which is that sleek sneakert trend.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And they really hit it on the bullseye with this
one as far as this color scheme goes.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
This is in the Cappuccino colorway, which is probably my
favorite colorway that released. Annimar Carrott did his rendition in
a beautiful black and white tone and finish this pair
hits it with this nice chocolate brown and then we've
got the classic d ring gold laces, which I think
just make it look so luxurious, and then some nice
off white kind of cream five stripes and then that
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chocolate swayed luxurious brown all over with a little case
was branding on the back with a nice gumbom and
I love a good gun bottom because it just really
pulls together and makes a sneaker look complete. All right,
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So number thirteen goes to the Kith Marvel versus Capcom
collaboration this year.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Ronnie always crushes it.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I feel like at the end of the year doing
some kind of co collaboration with Asex and the Marvel
team on Summer Rendition. My favorite this year is hands
down the Asex Nimbus ten point one, iron Man and MegaMan.
Very Asian, so a couple other aces were dropped in
this capsule collection. This is the only one I went for,
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but I absolutely love the Ironman color combination. I love
the megamahnd color combination. I think that these are super
unique and very different, and it's not too loud in
your face in an essence of like, whoa, this is
an iron Man staker.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
It's more just kind of.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Replica replicated off of like Tony Stars color schemes and
Mega Man's color schemes.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
The box is incredible.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
If you want to see a more in depth video,
there is a full one on my channel.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
So definitely check that out.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
And each pair also comes with different comic books, so
it's a blind unboxing.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
You don't know which one you're going to get. This
is one I got with my.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Pair, but again Ronnie just killed it with his brand
Kith on this collaboration.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
As far as the price goes, this retail this.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Pack, which was a double pack, released for four hundred
and fifty dollars and there's definitely a little bit of
resell on this.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
All right.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
So number twelve goes to the Hoka Marnie collaboration on
the silhouettes called the Bond Guy B three LS.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
This was such a crazy release. When I saw images
leaked of this, I had to have it. This is
the plushiest, squishiest.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Sneeker I have seen recently, and I just think that
the combination of high end designer with Hokah was the
perfect collaboration between the two. You've got Marnie's really fun,
playful kind of look and feel of the secret in
really fun color ways. So I had this in a
nice chocolate brown tone, this beautiful yellow tone. There was
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also a nice red and also a nice blue tone
as well.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
That was released with this.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
These retailed at three ninety five, so a little bit
more on the expensive side. This was probably one of
the most expensive sneakers that I've picked up for twenty
twenty five. But as far as comfort goes, this has
ev eight insuls, extremely plushy and squishy inside, and it
really looks cool on feet. I got so many different compliments,
and again it's just a great looking sneaker that I
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haven't really seen before. So kudos to both Hoka and
Marnie for really teaming up and giving us something very
cool and modern. Number eleven goes to the Puma Mastro
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Jound collection.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Every single year I pick up a jown release.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
I don't know who John's going to collaborate with, but
every single time John has a collaboration, I'm obsessed.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
With it, and it's always very, very simplistic.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
So this Puma Mastro was a brand new silhouette that
released for Puma this year.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
And the just O g kind of.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Regular color waves were really really cool, super modern and
very futuristic. But this pair, I feel like John really
crushed it. So they took away the strap which you
typically will see on the regular Mastro, and he decided
to put some laces on this pair, making it more
of a kind of luxurious, not as sporty looking type
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of sneaker, and then the leather.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Quality on this is just beautiful.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
The suede is high quality, very premium, and I just
love the spikes on the sneaker. It's something we really
haven't seen before.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
This really kind.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Of steps outside of your typical Puma Speedcap into its
own realm, giving us something more futuristic, more modern, and
Jown just really took it back to ground it with
a more personable, lighter touch and feel with some simple
natural colorways. This is a dark chocolate tone, but it
did also release in a navy shade. This was preferably
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my favorite colorway out of the two. These retailed around
one sixty to one seventy five. Originally released July tenth,
and was.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Super excited to get these.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
They sold out so fast and there's actually quite a
bit of result on these guys. Wednesday no ways were
sipping on a latte. Why no, prins Head, it's probably
weighing on my downfall, mad.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
That we made it. INDs a time while you're trying
to delay.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Now we are getting to our number ten on my list,
which goes to the air Nigel.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Sylvester brick By Bricks, which released.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Back in March on March fourteenth to be exact, this
has been a sneaker that I feel like I've seen
on pretty much everyone's list. The Air Jordan Force at
Lot is already iconic, but Nigel Sylvester has done his
take on this pair in this beautiful firewood orange colorway,
and I think that as far as color schemes goes
as well, this is just a very trendy.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Color right now.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
And they swapped out Nike for Bike on this pair,
which is something that we haven't seen before, So that
was something I feel like a lot of people were
super excited about. And the color scheme and the textures
used on this very different and a really cool box
to just compliment everything and bring it all together.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
As far as the retail goes, these retailed at two
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
As most of you know, there's some crazy resell going
on these pairs, especially since this did land on Complexes
list as number one.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Night give the Well spend with the fight It's with
emmene Bone.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Next up, number nine goes to the Sketchers arrow Burst.
Sketchers has really been crushing it in twenty twenty five
with some insanely good looking sneakers, but the.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Arrow Burst really really drew me.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
In as far as the technology that was created for these,
and as far as the look and feel, I mean,
look at how crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Cool these look.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
This doesn't even look like a sketcher's sneaker, which is
why this lands so high on my list because I
think that they really just killed it with the design
elements of this sneaker also has another outer layer of
hyper Burst foam, which gives it a little bit firmer
feel to it, so it's not too pillow cushni which
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I feel like sometimes some of my seekers are just
too soft and too squishy where my feet get tired
and they need that kind of balance. This has that
perfect balance between both having a firmer density to it
but also a plush density combined into one. The outsole
is Goodyear, you cannot complain about that, so the traction
is insanely amazing on these. And as far as being
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pediatrists approved, how can you go wrong If a podiatrist
is approving a Seeker, you know it's going to be
good for your feet.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And again, the look.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
And fiil the colorways that released for the arrow Burst
are incredible and I really love this minty fresh rendition
with this really cool ingradient look on the mincile.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, I want.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
To see And so next up on the list goes
to Allow Sunset for my number eight. The reason I
don't have the seat is because I purchased it in black,
but I honestly wanted it in the brown colorway, which
was an exclusive a little bit more rare, but they
were sold out, so I returned mine and I'm waiting
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to get that brown pair in.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
But the Alo.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Sunset recently released in twenty twenty five, and it was
based off of Sunset Boulevard in La It is a
very slender, sleek looking seeker with some very nice, plush,
beautiful swayed textures on it. Alo has been popping up
everywhere in the city. Girls are literally wearing aloe head
to toe. Men are wearing aloe head to toe. And
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I love that they have jumped into the sneaker realm
because who doesn't want a pair of alice seekers to
match the rest of their apparel. As far as the
colorways they've dropped, they have been beautiful in tone and finish. Honestly,
I would love to have all pairs. I wouldn't mind
the black either, but the brown just drew me in more.
As far as size range goes, the only qualms that
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I have about that secrets it does run a little
bit smaller, so I highly recommend going half the size.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Up in them.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
But super trendy pair of sneakers, and I can't wait
to see what twenty twenty six brings.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
As far as the color scheme goes, yow.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Yow wow. Next up is number seven. It goes to
the Solomon Sandy Leing XT Whispers. So as far as
Sandy goes, she has already partnered with Solomon on a
couple other pairs already which have a very feminine twist
to them, and one of my favorites, hands down, goes
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to this brand new silhouette that Solomon dropped this year,
And honestly, everyone has been wearing the X Whispers. So
even if you don't fall in love with this color
scheme that Sandy came out with, they have some really
cool gradient in fact color ways that I absolutely fell for,
and they also have simple, just black.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
And white pairs as well.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
But I love the touch that Sandy gave on this
specific pair. It's very very tale, very girly in essence
with beautiful pink and red tones with that lovely silver
which just hits this beautifully. I love the no laced
high system as well, gives it a very modern effect.
But pretty much anything that Sandy does I fall in
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love with. I just love her really feminine aesthetic that
she adds to the table. When it comes to all
of her secret collaborations, you know I do. Number six
goes to the Nike Jacques Moose Mooton shoe. This seeker
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has been popping up on so many different celebrities from
Jacob Loordi to Bradley Cooper and I am obsessed with
Shaq Moose, so I had to.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Snag a pair.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
This silhouette originally released back in nineteen seventy two, and
Jacques Moose literally went back, dug out this in the
archives and brought it back to life.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
As far as the look.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
And feel of this, this is hitting it right on
the bullseye when it comes to that slender sneaker that
everybody is obsessed with wearing right now. But as far
as the textures, this smooth leather really compliments the rest
of the textures on the secret itself. But this literally
is a shoe that I can style with so many
different things. And I love the three different color ways
(17:30):
that he dropped in Alabaster as well as University read
but hands down my favorite.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Goes to the off Noir colorway.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
These originally released on Jacques Moose's website on September twenty ninth,
and then had a wider release in early October. It's
number five goes to the whales Bottom Adidas Carintha. So
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this is a brand new silhouette that wales Bonner got
the full advantage of recreating.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Her own sneaker.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
So we've seen wales Bonner do a ton of other
just original Adida silhouettes, this is the first time she's
been able to create her own and I was absolutely
obsessed when I saw these Grace the Spring Summer twenty
twenty five runaway and I literally bookmarked it.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Because I had to have these.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
As far as most complimented sneakers go, this is hands
down one of the most complimented seecres I have in
my collection.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
The only thing about.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
This is it did rettel at three hundred and fifty dollars,
so a little bit of a higher price point, but
I was able to grab these for fifty percent off.
I know, kind of crazy, but as far as Wales
Bonner goes with her collaborations, I mean, this is just
something that is so trendy right now, which is sequence
and the fact that she calibrated her own sneaker creation
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on top of everything is why this land so high
on my list. And next step number four goes to
the Puma Rose collaboration that dropped this year. I was
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obsessed with all three different pairs. So as you can see,
we've got the Puma Rose Speedcat ballet and also just
the regular speed Cat which came in two different.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Colorways, this black and off white.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Tone and also an off white reversed black tone, so
the opposite color scheme of this. And then last but
not least, the brand new silhouette, which is the ballet.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Every girl has been obsessed with the.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Speedcat this year, and if you're a fan of black pink,
this hands down had.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
To be a pickup that you had to get.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
I love that Rose decided to really just combine street
wear with a lot of femininity to really bring to
life the look and feel of this ballet Speedcat as
well as the just regular Speedcat.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
And I love the design of the laces on the back.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
As far as it goes, and also the lace design
here which wraps around the back of the heel, giving
both pairs just a little bit something different that we
have yet to see on the speed Cat so far.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Zoe Bunny.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Game Legend.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
All right, we've now made it to our top three
and number three goes to the on Cloud Tilt Moon,
which is a brand new silhouette designed by Zinda and
her Stylish Law Broach. So this is such a beautiful pair.
This was actually a follow up to the Cloud Zone
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Moon pair. Between the two, I was trying to decide
which was my favorite, and hands down, the Cloud Tilt
Moon is a pair that I just think looks amazing
on foot. This did drop in a couple color variations.
I think I was drawn to this pair just because.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
I love me some all black. But those of you.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Who are fans of Zendia as well as her Stylish
Law wrote, he is so freaking talented when it comes
to style, which makes sense.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Why this sneaker looks so good on foot.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
But as far as comfort goes, this is probably one
of the most comfortable sneakers in my collection, but not
only comfort. This was specifically designed to be a lifestyle sneaker,
and so a lot of on silhouettes in general, like
they are meant to be performance based, this pair is
meant to look good on feet. It originally released in
October on the second and it retail at two hundred dollars,
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but just again a well rounded sneaker, and that's why
it made it so high in my list.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
It all right, getting down to.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
The last two pairs of sneakers on my list. Number
two is going to go to the new Balance two
oh four L siloette, which was brand new this year.
For those of you who fell in love with the
new Balance Memu collaboration, this was right down your alley.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
So this honestly kind of looks.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Like what would be a g R of that high end,
really expensive thousand dollars Silhoett, but for a little bit
better price point. So far as the color combinations that
they decided to go with on the two oh four
L this year, it has been extremely difficult to snag
just one pair, honestly, like I struggled all year round
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and I finally was able to get this beautiful pair,
which is kind of a lavender grayish hue. But I
just love this rendition of a new balance shoe because
it's not a very dad like sneaker. It's very slender
and very narrow, but still has a new balanced texture
and high end materials that they use throughout. And again
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I love the dual lacing, which is something that we
saw with that Unue pair that they've added to this one,
and the color combinations that they came out with this
year are also amazing.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
All Right, we have made it to my number one
pick of twenty twenty five, so out of all the
fifteen pairs, including my honorable mention, the number one spot
goes to the Nike Air Max one thousand.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
This pair you probably seen on my channel a ton.
But the reason that this lands at number one is comfort,
innovation and the fact that this is truly what I
see is the future of sneakers. This is a collaboration technically,
I guess, with Nike and the tech wizards from Zellerfeld
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who came up with this beautiful design which is fully
three D printed. This is something that has not been common,
but I do feel like essentially we will all own
three D printers and we will all be one day
potentially printing out our own shoes that we want to wear.
So as far as the look and feel of this goes,
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I mean the texture, the material, This sneaker is so
cool on foot. I have gotten so many compliments this
dropped in so many amazing color ways, about this beautiful.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Cream and black pear in front of me.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
But as far as most complimented sneaker, people stop and
stare at this pair and they're like, whoa, what is that?
And it's just really cool to start a conversation about
how these were fully three D printed. And as far
as the comfort go, honestly, like I was shocked. I
wasn't sure if walking around in these a few times
they would start to feel like they were going to
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fall apart. But these actually have stability and they're sturdy
and structure. But again, just such a cool creation. I
love to see what Zellerfeld has done all of twenty
twenty five, really excited to see what they do in
twenty twenty six, but this, hands down deserves the number
one spot. All right, everyone, that is my secret list
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of twenty twenty five. Let me know your thoughts and
the comments about my picks. Again, these are specific to myself.
You have all the time in the world to create
your own list if you fully disagree, but I put
some great thought into this. If you want to read
an article on all these different pairs, head onto Shade
studios dot.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Com to check that article out. Thank you so much to.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Everybody who joined me, and if you joined for the
first time, be sure to hit that subscribe down below
if you're not already subscribed to the channel and give
us be a like. I also have individual videos on
a majority of these seekers, so if you want more
in depth videos and want to learn how to style.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Each pairs that I discussed in.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
This video, be sure to check those videos out. But
that is it for this full Sneaker of the Year video.
Happy New Year to everyone. I can't wait for twenty
twenty six. We will see you all on the next one.
Welcome back everyone to another episode of Shade TV.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
My name is Marissa Hill and I am so excited
to jump into my Sneakers of the Year for twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
This will be a top fifteen list. If you're brand
new here, welcome on in. Be sure to hit that
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Speaker 2 (00:35):
Today's list is going to be a very eclectic list,
so you're going to see a lot of different brands
on my list. As far as how I chose these,
a lot of it has to do with what I've
seen people wearing on the streets here in a metropolitan
city like New York. Also my just pure style and taste.
As far as where ability goes, I'm going to talk
(00:55):
a little bit about the comfort and also innovation. How
were the secrets that released this year that ended on
my list? So, without further ado, let's jump right into it.
(01:19):
Starting with my honorable mention. This was a really hard
pick just because it didn't quite make the top fifteen list,
but it definitely deserves a shout out. So this is
the Nike air Max Big Head Mode sneaker that released
this year, and it only released on dot Swish, so
these were extremely limited and when I was able to
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snag a pair, it took months for me to get
this in the mail. But I was a huge Nintendo
sixty four fan loved James Bond GoldenEye Double O seven.
I played it all the time. It was a first
person shooter game, and they really nailed it with the
look and feel of the sneaker to really kind of
compliment that iconic game that was in the nineties. So
(02:03):
as far as the look and feel, it's got the
exact tone and color scheme of a James Bond tuxedo.
You've got the gold accents, which of course golden iron.
Also the gun that was used in the game was
primarily gold. And as far as just like little hints
of the back here, you'll see that this is the
health armor, and then we've got eight bit designs on
the toe box and on the tongue and even.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
A rated E on the back.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
As far as it goes too on the inside, you've
got the whole entire emblem of what it looks like
as the shooter. And of course big Head Mode was
that secret mode essentially that you could use to enlarge
the heads on the game. And that is why this
lands as my honorable mention in this retail. That one's
sixty some crazy resell on this specifically in my size,
(02:51):
lowest ask is three sixty four. All right, so now
let's jump into the top fifteen. This is a really
difficult selection because I do think that twenty twenty five
had some insane releases. You out on this side, yeah,
you motivies. Have you been in this thing winning rings
for a while?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Put it to the tests.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I could win in tru because at least say the
style yet.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So starting out with number fifteen, this is a brand
new silhouette by Jordan Brands.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
So let me just swap these boxes over here.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
These are the Jordan tronner OS's so OS stands for
off season and for those of you who are Jordan
fans but you don't really want to jump into wearing
new Balance or ESIX, this is definitely a seeker that
was made for you specifically.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So you've got this chunky, chunky dad.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Look, you've got the double stacked mitsile on here, some
nice swayed overlays and lovely meshing. I have it in
two different colourwoods colorways, the or wood, which is this
nice kind of natural tone, so if you're not feeling
like super bright colors, they give you a lot of
variety and a lot of different color variations. These who
are probably my favorite. I really love black and pink
(03:59):
together with a little bit of gray. But I also
love the orwood because I do think that that will
match with pretty much anything in my wardrobe.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
So these originally released.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
In October, and you've got a lot of comfort. This
is one hundred percent the most comfortable Jordan you will
ever wear. Honestly, it doesn't even look like a Jordan,
which is why I love it.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
You've got this wrap around.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
TPU caging unit here which really just keeps your foot
intact and stable. Some good grip as well on the bottom.
But this is definitely a Jordan that you can walk
all day in. And I have not really been able
to say that in any of my other Jordan pairs
because most of us know you can only put a
few hours in before your feet start getting tired. And
(04:41):
these retael between. One. To watch your motive when you
say something about to make a movement, I can help
it when you say so, next on the list is
going to be number fourteen, So let me see us
this over. These are the case was KSRC before the
(05:04):
Classic case Was is really killing the game in twenty
twenty five with their collaborations with their new silhouettes. This
was a pair that I actually saw a few years
ago before actually originally released, and I was drawn to
it immediately.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
It looks sleek, it looks.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Expensive, and overall it's just perfect for what's installed right now,
which is that sleek sneakert trend.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And they really hit it on the bullseye with this
one as far as this color scheme goes.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
This is in the Cappuccino colorway, which is probably my
favorite colorway that released. Annimar Carrott did his rendition in
a beautiful black and white tone and finish this pair
hits it with this nice chocolate brown and then we've
got the classic d ring gold laces, which I think
just make it look so luxurious, and then some nice
off white kind of cream five stripes and then that
(05:52):
chocolate swayed luxurious brown all over with a little case
was branding on the back with a nice gumbom and
I love a good gun bottom because it just really
pulls together and makes a sneaker look complete. All right,
(06:17):
So number thirteen goes to the Kith Marvel versus Capcom
collaboration this year.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Ronnie always crushes it.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I feel like at the end of the year doing
some kind of co collaboration with Asex and the Marvel
team on Summer Rendition. My favorite this year is hands
down the Asex Nimbus ten point one, iron Man and MegaMan.
Very Asian, so a couple other aces were dropped in
this capsule collection. This is the only one I went for,
(06:46):
but I absolutely love the Ironman color combination. I love
the megamahnd color combination. I think that these are super
unique and very different, and it's not too loud in
your face in an essence of like, whoa, this is
an iron Man staker.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
It's more just kind of.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Replica replicated off of like Tony Stars color schemes and
Mega Man's color schemes.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
The box is incredible.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
If you want to see a more in depth video,
there is a full one on my channel.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
So definitely check that out.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
And each pair also comes with different comic books, so
it's a blind unboxing.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
You don't know which one you're going to get. This
is one I got with my.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Pair, but again Ronnie just killed it with his brand
Kith on this collaboration.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
As far as the price goes, this retail this.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Pack, which was a double pack, released for four hundred
and fifty dollars and there's definitely a little bit of
resell on this.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
All right.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
So number twelve goes to the Hoka Marnie collaboration on
the silhouettes called the Bond Guy B three LS.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
This was such a crazy release. When I saw images
leaked of this, I had to have it. This is
the plushiest, squishiest.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Sneeker I have seen recently, and I just think that
the combination of high end designer with Hokah was the
perfect collaboration between the two. You've got Marnie's really fun,
playful kind of look and feel of the secret in
really fun color ways. So I had this in a
nice chocolate brown tone, this beautiful yellow tone. There was
(08:27):
also a nice red and also a nice blue tone
as well.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
That was released with this.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
These retailed at three ninety five, so a little bit
more on the expensive side. This was probably one of
the most expensive sneakers that I've picked up for twenty
twenty five. But as far as comfort goes, this has
ev eight insuls, extremely plushy and squishy inside, and it
really looks cool on feet. I got so many different compliments,
and again it's just a great looking sneaker that I
(08:54):
haven't really seen before. So kudos to both Hoka and
Marnie for really teaming up and giving us something very
cool and modern. Number eleven goes to the Puma Mastro
(09:18):
Jound collection.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Every single year I pick up a jown release.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
I don't know who John's going to collaborate with, but
every single time John has a collaboration, I'm obsessed.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
With it, and it's always very, very simplistic.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
So this Puma Mastro was a brand new silhouette that
released for Puma this year.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
And the just O g kind of.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Regular color waves were really really cool, super modern and
very futuristic. But this pair, I feel like John really
crushed it. So they took away the strap which you
typically will see on the regular Mastro, and he decided
to put some laces on this pair, making it more
of a kind of luxurious, not as sporty looking type
(09:59):
of sneaker, and then the leather.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Quality on this is just beautiful.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
The suede is high quality, very premium, and I just
love the spikes on the sneaker. It's something we really
haven't seen before.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
This really kind.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Of steps outside of your typical Puma Speedcap into its
own realm, giving us something more futuristic, more modern, and
Jown just really took it back to ground it with
a more personable, lighter touch and feel with some simple
natural colorways. This is a dark chocolate tone, but it
did also release in a navy shade. This was preferably
(10:32):
my favorite colorway out of the two. These retailed around
one sixty to one seventy five. Originally released July tenth,
and was.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Super excited to get these.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
They sold out so fast and there's actually quite a
bit of result on these guys. Wednesday no ways were
sipping on a latte. Why no, prins Head, it's probably
weighing on my downfall, mad.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
That we made it. INDs a time while you're trying
to delay.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Now we are getting to our number ten on my list,
which goes to the air Nigel.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Sylvester brick By Bricks, which released.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Back in March on March fourteenth to be exact, this
has been a sneaker that I feel like I've seen
on pretty much everyone's list. The Air Jordan Force at
Lot is already iconic, but Nigel Sylvester has done his
take on this pair in this beautiful firewood orange colorway,
and I think that as far as color schemes goes
as well, this is just a very trendy.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Color right now.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
And they swapped out Nike for Bike on this pair,
which is something that we haven't seen before, So that
was something I feel like a lot of people were
super excited about. And the color scheme and the textures
used on this very different and a really cool box
to just compliment everything and bring it all together.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
As far as the retail goes, these retailed at two
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
As most of you know, there's some crazy resell going
on these pairs, especially since this did land on Complexes
list as number one.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Night give the Well spend with the fight It's with
emmene Bone.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Next up, number nine goes to the Sketchers arrow Burst.
Sketchers has really been crushing it in twenty twenty five
with some insanely good looking sneakers, but the.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Arrow Burst really really drew me.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
In as far as the technology that was created for these,
and as far as the look and feel, I mean,
look at how crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Cool these look.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
This doesn't even look like a sketcher's sneaker, which is
why this lands so high on my list because I
think that they really just killed it with the design
elements of this sneaker also has another outer layer of
hyper Burst foam, which gives it a little bit firmer
feel to it, so it's not too pillow cushni which
(12:59):
I feel like sometimes some of my seekers are just
too soft and too squishy where my feet get tired
and they need that kind of balance. This has that
perfect balance between both having a firmer density to it
but also a plush density combined into one. The outsole
is Goodyear, you cannot complain about that, so the traction
is insanely amazing on these. And as far as being
(13:21):
pediatrists approved, how can you go wrong If a podiatrist
is approving a Seeker, you know it's going to be
good for your feet.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And again, the look.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
And fiil the colorways that released for the arrow Burst
are incredible and I really love this minty fresh rendition
with this really cool ingradient look on the mincile.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, I want.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
To see And so next up on the list goes
to Allow Sunset for my number eight. The reason I
don't have the seat is because I purchased it in black,
but I honestly wanted it in the brown colorway, which
was an exclusive a little bit more rare, but they
were sold out, so I returned mine and I'm waiting
(14:11):
to get that brown pair in.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
But the Alo.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Sunset recently released in twenty twenty five, and it was
based off of Sunset Boulevard in La It is a
very slender, sleek looking seeker with some very nice, plush,
beautiful swayed textures on it. Alo has been popping up
everywhere in the city. Girls are literally wearing aloe head
to toe. Men are wearing aloe head to toe. And
(14:36):
I love that they have jumped into the sneaker realm
because who doesn't want a pair of alice seekers to
match the rest of their apparel. As far as the
colorways they've dropped, they have been beautiful in tone and finish. Honestly,
I would love to have all pairs. I wouldn't mind
the black either, but the brown just drew me in more.
As far as size range goes, the only qualms that
(14:58):
I have about that secrets it does run a little
bit smaller, so I highly recommend going half the size.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Up in them.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
But super trendy pair of sneakers, and I can't wait
to see what twenty twenty six brings.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
As far as the color scheme goes, yow.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Yow wow. Next up is number seven. It goes to
the Solomon Sandy Leing XT Whispers. So as far as
Sandy goes, she has already partnered with Solomon on a
couple other pairs already which have a very feminine twist
to them, and one of my favorites, hands down, goes
(15:42):
to this brand new silhouette that Solomon dropped this year,
And honestly, everyone has been wearing the X Whispers. So
even if you don't fall in love with this color
scheme that Sandy came out with, they have some really
cool gradient in fact color ways that I absolutely fell for,
and they also have simple, just black.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
And white pairs as well.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
But I love the touch that Sandy gave on this
specific pair. It's very very tale, very girly in essence
with beautiful pink and red tones with that lovely silver
which just hits this beautifully. I love the no laced
high system as well, gives it a very modern effect.
But pretty much anything that Sandy does I fall in
(16:23):
love with. I just love her really feminine aesthetic that
she adds to the table. When it comes to all
of her secret collaborations, you know I do. Number six
goes to the Nike Jacques Moose Mooton shoe. This seeker
(16:46):
has been popping up on so many different celebrities from
Jacob Loordi to Bradley Cooper and I am obsessed with
Shaq Moose, so I had to.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Snag a pair.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
This silhouette originally released back in nineteen seventy two, and
Jacques Moose literally went back, dug out this in the
archives and brought it back to life.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
As far as the look.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
And feel of this, this is hitting it right on
the bullseye when it comes to that slender sneaker that
everybody is obsessed with wearing right now. But as far
as the textures, this smooth leather really compliments the rest
of the textures on the secret itself. But this literally
is a shoe that I can style with so many
different things. And I love the three different color ways
(17:30):
that he dropped in Alabaster as well as University read
but hands down my favorite.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Goes to the off Noir colorway.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
These originally released on Jacques Moose's website on September twenty ninth,
and then had a wider release in early October. It's
number five goes to the whales Bottom Adidas Carintha. So
(18:02):
this is a brand new silhouette that wales Bonner got
the full advantage of recreating.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Her own sneaker.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
So we've seen wales Bonner do a ton of other
just original Adida silhouettes, this is the first time she's
been able to create her own and I was absolutely
obsessed when I saw these Grace the Spring Summer twenty
twenty five runaway and I literally bookmarked it.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Because I had to have these.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
As far as most complimented sneakers go, this is hands
down one of the most complimented seecres I have in
my collection.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
The only thing about.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
This is it did rettel at three hundred and fifty dollars,
so a little bit of a higher price point, but
I was able to grab these for fifty percent off.
I know, kind of crazy, but as far as Wales
Bonner goes with her collaborations, I mean, this is just
something that is so trendy right now, which is sequence
and the fact that she calibrated her own sneaker creation
(18:57):
on top of everything is why this land so high
on my list. And next step number four goes to
the Puma Rose collaboration that dropped this year. I was
(19:20):
obsessed with all three different pairs. So as you can see,
we've got the Puma Rose Speedcat ballet and also just
the regular speed Cat which came in two different.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Colorways, this black and off white.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Tone and also an off white reversed black tone, so
the opposite color scheme of this. And then last but
not least, the brand new silhouette, which is the ballet.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Every girl has been obsessed with the.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Speedcat this year, and if you're a fan of black pink,
this hands down had.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
To be a pickup that you had to get.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
I love that Rose decided to really just combine street
wear with a lot of femininity to really bring to
life the look and feel of this ballet Speedcat as
well as the just regular Speedcat.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
And I love the design of the laces on the back.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
As far as it goes, and also the lace design
here which wraps around the back of the heel, giving
both pairs just a little bit something different that we
have yet to see on the speed Cat so far.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Zoe Bunny.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Game Legend.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
All right, we've now made it to our top three
and number three goes to the on Cloud Tilt Moon,
which is a brand new silhouette designed by Zinda and
her Stylish Law Broach. So this is such a beautiful pair.
This was actually a follow up to the Cloud Zone
(20:53):
Moon pair. Between the two, I was trying to decide
which was my favorite, and hands down, the Cloud Tilt
Moon is a pair that I just think looks amazing
on foot. This did drop in a couple color variations.
I think I was drawn to this pair just because.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
I love me some all black. But those of you.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Who are fans of Zendia as well as her Stylish
Law wrote, he is so freaking talented when it comes
to style, which makes sense.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Why this sneaker looks so good on foot.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
But as far as comfort goes, this is probably one
of the most comfortable sneakers in my collection, but not
only comfort. This was specifically designed to be a lifestyle sneaker,
and so a lot of on silhouettes in general, like
they are meant to be performance based, this pair is
meant to look good on feet. It originally released in
October on the second and it retail at two hundred dollars,
(21:45):
but just again a well rounded sneaker, and that's why
it made it so high in my list.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
It all right, getting down to.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
The last two pairs of sneakers on my list. Number
two is going to go to the new Balance two
oh four L siloette, which was brand new this year.
For those of you who fell in love with the
new Balance Memu collaboration, this was right down your alley.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
So this honestly kind of looks.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Like what would be a g R of that high end,
really expensive thousand dollars Silhoett, but for a little bit
better price point. So far as the color combinations that
they decided to go with on the two oh four
L this year, it has been extremely difficult to snag
just one pair, honestly, like I struggled all year round
(22:46):
and I finally was able to get this beautiful pair,
which is kind of a lavender grayish hue. But I
just love this rendition of a new balance shoe because
it's not a very dad like sneaker. It's very slender
and very narrow, but still has a new balanced texture
and high end materials that they use throughout. And again
(23:06):
I love the dual lacing, which is something that we
saw with that Unue pair that they've added to this one,
and the color combinations that they came out with this
year are also amazing.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
All Right, we have made it to my number one
pick of twenty twenty five, so out of all the
fifteen pairs, including my honorable mention, the number one spot
goes to the Nike Air Max one thousand.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
This pair you probably seen on my channel a ton.
But the reason that this lands at number one is comfort,
innovation and the fact that this is truly what I
see is the future of sneakers. This is a collaboration technically,
I guess, with Nike and the tech wizards from Zellerfeld
(24:11):
who came up with this beautiful design which is fully
three D printed. This is something that has not been common,
but I do feel like essentially we will all own
three D printers and we will all be one day
potentially printing out our own shoes that we want to wear.
So as far as the look and feel of this goes,
(24:32):
I mean the texture, the material, This sneaker is so
cool on foot. I have gotten so many compliments this
dropped in so many amazing color ways, about this beautiful.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Cream and black pear in front of me.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
But as far as most complimented sneaker, people stop and
stare at this pair and they're like, whoa, what is that?
And it's just really cool to start a conversation about
how these were fully three D printed. And as far
as the comfort go, honestly, like I was shocked. I
wasn't sure if walking around in these a few times
they would start to feel like they were going to
(25:06):
fall apart. But these actually have stability and they're sturdy
and structure. But again, just such a cool creation. I
love to see what Zellerfeld has done all of twenty
twenty five, really excited to see what they do in
twenty twenty six, but this, hands down deserves the number
one spot. All right, everyone, that is my secret list
(25:27):
of twenty twenty five. Let me know your thoughts and
the comments about my picks. Again, these are specific to myself.
You have all the time in the world to create
your own list if you fully disagree, but I put
some great thought into this. If you want to read
an article on all these different pairs, head onto Shade
studios dot.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Com to check that article out. Thank you so much to.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Everybody who joined me, and if you joined for the
first time, be sure to hit that subscribe down below
if you're not already subscribed to the channel and give
us be a like. I also have individual videos on
a majority of these seekers, so if you want more
in depth videos and want to learn how to style.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Each pairs that I discussed in.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
This video, be sure to check those videos out. But
that is it for this full Sneaker of the Year video.
Happy New Year to everyone. I can't wait for twenty
twenty six. We will see you all on the next one.
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