Designer John Geiger Gets A Second Round For His Patron Tequila Collaboration

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, John Geiger grew up a Pirates baseball admirer, and it reveals in his get the job done as a streetwear designer, and his carrying of Pirates hat. Geiger recalls, “It started off like six several years ago. I would use a Pirates hat every single day.” The reduce case ‘g’ that dawns nearly each individual pair of John Geiger casual sneakers is a related font to the lower scenario g in the 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates brand noticed on the hats. Geiger launched the eponymous model in 2017 and has expanded to clothing and radiates dazzling hues in high quality products, echoing the array of sneakers and colorways the manufacturer makes.

New to that spectrum of sneakers is a collaboration with the hailed tequila brand Patron. Mexican tequila is a staple of Cinco De Mayo, and its iconic taste is recognizable like the John Geiger ‘g’ and the sneaker silhouette that has been famed by streetwear from its earliest renditions. For his second collaboration with the Patron, Geiger delivers his signature shoe to his enthusiasts with restricted-edition John Geiger sneakers, just in time for Cinco De Mayo.

John Geiger is one of “The 25 Most Influential Men and women in Sneakers Correct Now” in accordance to Complex, and Patron acknowledges his craftsmanship in this exclusively manufactured pair. The GF-01 sneaker features a colorway of delicate eco-friendly and a ‘natural’ hue. Impressed by Patron’s agave fields in Jalisco, Mexico, the rare components reflects the agave plant texture.

“This is our 2nd go-round. It is like a loved ones around listed here now. When we have been looking at the GF-1s and the colorways that Patron presented, they desired it to retain it in green and white. We had been in El Salvador sourcing elements that were unique and abnormal. It was this leather-based that was embossed. As before long as I [saw] it, I said ‘it seems like an agave plant.’ I saved the substance right up until our initial conference. It reminded me of it,” Geiger points out.

The sneaker and attire designer expands on the new leather-based application stating, “The products have never ever been employed for footwear – it is usually for like bags and other things like that. That product will come in just one shade, so we had to dye individuals colours – acquiring it from scratch. We cut the leather-based, dyed it, then it will get embossed, and it has to get ‘lasted.’ [The Material] usually arrives in a brighter white or brown coloration.”

The embossed leather is sourced from El Salvador and applied to the thought of Mexican tequila, celebrating Cinco De Mayo. The leather coloration was explored to mirror the inexperienced of the Patron brand name, and the ‘natural’ white coloration delivers in the summertime time as a go-to exceptional pair of kicks.

The sneakers will be out there, and solely accessible for registered admirers of Patron and the John Geiger sneaker and apparel manufacturer. “Our first go-round we experienced t-shirts and socks, and the rollout for that offered out in a couple of minutes. We’re going to release them on Cinco De Mayo at 5 pm, so it’s like ‘5/5’, on johngeigerco.com internet site.”

With ample buzz all over these pair of Patron trainers with the Mexican getaway and the constrained amount of sneakers, they’re going to be relatively challenging to attain a pair. “Recurring costumers who are lovers of Patron or supporters of John Geiger will be ready to access pairs prior to 5 pm, and Geiger insists that “there [are] a ton a lot more sneakers than there were being t-shirts and socks.”