MAISON MARGIELA’S COLLABORATION WITH REEBOK IS HERE

by Stephen Garner

Reebok’s trailblazing Instapump Fury from 1994 unites with Maison Margiela’s signature Tabi from 1988 in a new collaboration featuring two styles, the Tabi Instapump Fury Lo and the Tabi Instapump Fury Hi.

Dropping today, the Tabi’s split-toed upper creates the foundation for the new shoe, which morphs with Reebok’s pump mechanism, an inflation technology originally developed one year after the Tabi in 1989. A small pump fills the patch wrapped around the upper, while an adjacent button deflates it. This transformative and functional element of the Tabi Instapump Fury echoes those key to the philosophies of Maison Margiela.

The Tabi Instapump Fury Lo, which retails for $1,150, is reminiscent of the sole design of the Retro Fit, the sneaker launched by Maison Margiela in 2018. The outsole and midsole are constructed from rubber and expansive foam across different color variations.

The Tabi Instapump Fury Hi, which retails for $1490, is a 10cm heeled interpretation of the Instapump Fury’s sole design. Like the original Reebok sneaker, the outsole and midsole are constructed from rubber and expansive foam across different color variations.

For both styles, optimized flexibility and stability were achieved with a sheet of Hexalite integrated into the sole. On the heeled version, a Graphlite carbon shank connects the plateau and the heel of the sole. Maison Margiela’s white stitch logo is also featured on the back of the upper, while Reebok’s vector logo is embroidered on the heel.

The Tabi Instapump Fury launches in four colorways for both the flat and heeled versions: all-black or all-white, and color renditions that pay homage to the OG Instapump Fury such as the yellow, black and red as well as the white, blue, and red.

Styles available for purchase online at MaisonMargiela.com and in-stores at the Maison Margiela boutique on Crosby Street, New York City, as well as at other Maison Margiela retail locations.