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Thirty years after the Monstars stole the NBA's talent, Jordan Brand is telling the story one shoe at a time — and today is the shiniest chapter. The Air Jordan 11 'Magic Ball' takes the ball that held the stolen talent and turns it into a shoe: a matte, iridescent upper that shifts between green and purple as the light moves, black midsole, opaque outsole, and none of the usual patent shine. It is a women's exclusive in extended sizing, which makes it the most design-forward of the three Space Jam 11s.

Sharing the morning is a very different kind of return. The Nike Kobe 8 Protro 'Shanghai Fireworks' was a China exclusive in 2013, a firework print across Engineered Mesh that most American collectors could only admire from afar. Thirteen years later it gets its first US launch, rebuilt on Protro tooling with modern cushioning. At $200 it is the cheaper of the two drops and, judging by pre-release asks already sitting around $250, the one more people will chase.

The calendar keeps the story going: the 'Green Screen' 11 lands Nov 14, and the classic 'Space Jam' 11 closes the trilogy on Dec 12. Today is the day to decide which chapter you actually want — the Magic Ball is the art piece, the Kobe is the grail finally within reach.

Hailey Bieber posted the glitter-stripe tights on Instagram and they sold out within hours; Calzedonia has now restocked them at $42. Patterned tights are the cheap entry point to winter mini-dressing heading into holiday.

Who What Wear: Sold out within hours of Bieber's post; restocked Nov 10 at $42.

Tags: tights, celebrity effect, holiday, under $50, restock

New Balance called the campaign 'Dad's Back' and meant it as a joke. The joke landed, and then the shoe sold out. The Made in USA 990v7 launched Friday Nov 6 at $200, and within hours most sizes were gone online — one shopper reported sitting behind nearly 30,000 people in the queue, with an estimated wait of more than an hour.

What sold is not a reinvention. The seventh 990 keeps the grey suede-and-mesh language the line has spoken since 1982, but streamlines the upper, adds tumbled leather and synthetic suede sway bars, and softens the full-length FuelCell midsole it inherited from the v6, with a new TPU midfoot shank for stability. The debut 'Kool Grey' colourway — Kool Gray with Calcium and Light Arctic Grey — is deliberately quiet, right down to the pale blue and soft yellow accents on the N logo.

The campaign tells you who this shoe is for now: ROSALÍA, Josh Allen, Cooper Flagg and IU front it together, a spread from music to the NFL to the NBA that no running shoe from 1982 could have imagined. The v7 proves the 990's trick — it never chases the moment, and the moment keeps coming to it. If you missed the drop, the v6 remains in the line; the v7 will be back in new colourways, but the debut grey is the one collectors will remember.

The sheepskin-lined Goldenstar Evelina clog is back in Chestnut on UGG's site after months of scarcity; Woman & Home reports nearly 8,000 views in a day and very limited sizes. UGG's cozy-clog lane keeps outrunning the classic boot.

Woman & Home: Back in stock in Chestnut at £160; ~8,000 views in the past day; very limited sizes.

Tags: clog, shearling, ugg, cozy, restock

During Paris Men's Fashion Week, Salomon's new creative director Heikki Salonen said something disarmingly simple: 'Salomon is not a fashion house.' The brand is doubling down on serious mountain footwear and letting culture come to it — and culture keeps coming. FashionBeans' roundup this week puts it plainly: the XT-6 is now a city staple, spotted on streets, in cafés and outside shows, worn with wide trousers, technical jackets and minimalist coats it was never designed for.

The pair that matters most as winter closes in is the waterproof one. The XT-6 GORE-TEX takes the cult chassis — Quicklace, AgileChassis, Mud Contagrip outsole — and seals it with a PFC-free GORE-TEX ePE membrane, so the same shoe that handles a muddy coast path handles a rainy commute. Reviewers rate it among the best waterproof trainers of the year, and the colourways tell the story: Silver Cloud, the pale grey-and-white hero, plus White Pepper and full Black for the minimalists.

What is striking is how little Salomon has to do to stay relevant. No logo play, no irony, no collaboration required — just a trail shoe that works in the wet and looks honest doing it. In a season of brown tailoring and heritage knits, the XT-6 is the functional counterweight: the shoe you wear when the weather, not the dress code, decides the outfit.

The leopard GANNI x lululemon ruffle tight sold out in every size again on Nov 10, and the matching Ruffle-Trim Textured Jacket is down to M–XL in black. Fashion-label activewear remains a reliable sell-out engine.

No Thoughts, Just Cart: $170 tight sold out in every size again (11/10); jacket XS–S sold out at $240.

Tags: activewear, leopard, ganni, lululemon, sell-out

Palace marked its new 8 Poland Street Soho flagship with a 10-piece Burberry capsule: honey-beige Camden car coat, cashmere check scarf, cap, skate deck and a Poland Street polo. In-store only with no online release, which makes it a London queue story and a resale watch.

Highsnobiety: Palace x Burberry capsule for the Soho flagship opening.

Hypebeast: Limited-edition, store-only capsule for the London flagship.

Tags: british heritage, burberry check, skate, store exclusive, car coat

First UGG x Aimé Leon Dore collab: a full-grain leather moccasin slipper with debossed UGG branding and ALD's Queens Crest, fronted by Method Man and Redman on a Harlem stoop. Launches Thursday Nov 12 at 12pm ET on both sites and select retailers.

FashionNetwork: Launches Thursday in Coffee Bean and Goldenrod.

Hypebeast: Method Man and Redman campaign; Nov 12 release.

Tags: slipper, moccasin, ald, ugg, indoor-outdoor

Story mfg. puts blanket-plaid overlays on ASICS' GEL-TRANSCEND FJ with a GEL-FujiTrabuco 7 outsole and lace beads. On storymfg.com today at $180, wider ASICS and stockist run Nov 20. Trail sneakers going soft and crafty rather than tactical.

Elusive: Story mfg. web release Nov 11; ASICS.com Nov 20; $180.

Hypebeast: Black/Black and Dark Brown/Dark Brown colorways.

Tags: trail, plaid, craft, asics, slow fashion

Space Jam's 30th anniversary opens with two AJ11s this week: the iridescent women's 'Magic Ball' ($235) today and the all-green suede 'Green Screen' ($255) on Saturday, both on SNKRS, ahead of the main 'Space Jam' pair later in the season.

Complex: Magic Ball Nov 11 $235; Green Screen Nov 14 $255.

SneakerNews: Space Jam slate builds toward the main release.

Tags: jordan 11, space jam, holiday tentpole, snkrs

A-COLD-WALL* reworks its Balfron Jacket in Italian micro-ripstop with webbing straps so it can be carried like a backpack, plus a cap, carabiner and three artist tees (£15–£195). Live today at a-cold-wall.com; Overmono headlines a London launch Nov 25. Hands-free, nightlife-coded utility.

BACARDÍ: Available from Nov 11 at a-cold-wall.com; £15–£195.

Tags: utility, hands-free, nightlife, technical outerwear

TikTok's 'Chinamaxxing' (adopting Chinese habits and dress) is crossing into SS27 runways: Mandarin collars and pankou frog closures, stripped of red and gold and recut in monotones and neutrals as wearable luxury.

FashionUnited: SS27 collections confirm Chinese detailing in neutral palettes.

Tags: chinamaxxing, mandarin collar, frog closure, ss27, tiktok

Gustaf Westman's chunky, candy-colored language meets Disney: Donald Duck bookstand, Goofy coffee table, Mickey dresser, Pluto mirror, plus Mickey-trouser vases and merch. Pop-ups in Tokyo, New York and Paris before an online launch Nov 15.

Dezeen: Full collection revealed; launches Nov 15 with pop-ups.

Tags: playful design, character, home, collectible, westman

A cordless table lamp whose five translucent bulbs detach magnetically and stick to any metal surface; tap the base to switch. Another entry in the portable, playful cordless-lamp wave.

Dezeen Showroom: Launched Nov 10 (partner content).

Tags: cordless lamp, modular, playful lighting