LA's Most Stylish Jog Takes on New Balance's Coolest Trail Shoe
District Vision, the coolest running label in Los Angeles, is taking on New Balance's coolest trail sneaker. Even having already laced up several fantastic New Balance shoe collaborations, District Vision is still pushing outside its comfort zone.
The New Balance Minimus is enjoying a minor boom at the moment, as the slickly flattened sneaker is reborn anew.
Thought it looks like a climbing sneaker, the New Balance Minimus is a barefoot trail-running sneaker of the Vibram FiveFinger variety, thankfully sans toes.
Its compressed shape is very of the moment, though, and it's been cosigned by experimental sneaker enjoyers as disparate as Issey Miyake — the Japanese label's first sneaker collab! — and Junya Watanabe, whose all-white New Balance Minimus looks a fair bit like District Vision's sneaker at first blush.
Actually, that's only one version of District Vision's take on the New Balance Minimus.
Quietly debuted in District Vision's Summer 2025 collection lookbook, the collaborative New Balance Minimus shoes are realized in crisp pale and delicious brownish hues, abetted with tasty panels of unexpected mesh and nubuck.
The shoe, which District Vision says is inspired by early 2000s Japanese minimalism, is arriving on the brand's website April 23 (refresh the page at 10 am PST to get first dibs) and globally April 30.
This is not only the flattest District Vision New Balance to date, it's also arguably the trendiest. Not that there's anything wrong with that, BTW — this is a great shoe by any metric. It's just extra timely.
Officially titled the MT10OV1, New Balance's throwback trail sneaker has inspired a minor wave of likeminded shoes even as it rides newfound interest in the sportswear brand's Minimus footwear series.
It's an unconventional sneaker and all the better for it, somehow hybridizing divergent tastes for flat sneakers and dad shoes.
Super stylish while being knowingly off: That's District Vision's vibe, too.
The LA-based brand is running-obsessed but very open to all aspects of sport, especially as a means to overarching wellness. Its persona is clear and its vibe is aspirational, making it a clear fit for fashion-conscious individuals like Harry Styles.
With New Balance, District Vision has done some beautiful things and brought about plenty of all-new sneaker shapes. Next up, an old classic made better.
