The origin of the shoe was inspired by the popular trend of the early 2020s with 2000s era running shoes becoming popular among consumers. Asics had already brought back retros of their old shoes from that era and had plans to release more of their older shoes in the future. Despite this, the company wanted to do something different as well and planned to release a completely new model that took inspiration from the mesh running shoes of that era.
The designers took inspiration from New York City and wanted to create a new shoe that would represent it and so the shoe was called the Gel-NYC. The company took the upper of the Gel-Nimbus 3 and combined some elements from the Gel-MC Plus V into the design. The bottom of the shoe was taken from the Gel-Cumulus 16.[1] In order to make the connection to New York stronger, the first release of the shoe was made in collaboration with "Awake NY" and was released in January 2023.[2][3] A general release soon followed in March 2023[4]
Popularity
Despite being a new model, the shoe quickly went on to become a popular shoe thanks to its retro design and soon even became Asics' second best selling shoe for the whole company the months following its release.[5] The demand would lead to more collaborations in the future with the most notable being with another New York based company, "Hidden NY" in 2024.[6]
Models
Gel-NYC 2055
The shoe uses the same bottom from the Gel-Cumulus 16 but the upper uses a different design that is a combination of the GT-2050 and GT-2060, hence the name Gel-NYC 2055.[7][8]
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