Salomon earned its notoriety thanks to its high-functional designs for trail and ultra trail, becoming a staple for techwear enthusiasts and gorpcore geeks later. Salomon XT-6 is one of the designs that blurred the lines, making the brand overflow from the outdoors to the urban settings, up to the fashion world peaks. Read more…
Salomon was born in the heart of the French Alps in 1947 as a small, family-run workshop manufacturing ski bindings. It gradually widened its product range and leveraged its metalworking expertise, becoming the leader in winter sports gear by 1970. Over the years, the label has opened to producing techwear and outdoor apparel, incorporating technical advancements while pursuing innovative solutions for sustainable production. Shaping cutting-edge designs for outdoor sneakers and introducing performance-enhancing features designated for cross-utilization, Salomon imposed itself in the trail sneakers market. The Quicklace system and the self-developed Contagrip outsole are well-proven features for hikers and adventurers, and Salomon performance footwear became unmissable in the most devoted sneakerheads’ gorpcore enthusiasts’ rotation. The XT series, alongside the Speedcross line, has been a hit in the contemporary sneakers scenario. The silhouette has been subjected to neverending reworks, from the most forward Japanese labels like And Wander and Atmos to the recently launched multi-layered Expanse iteration, up to the Gore-Tex®-equipped Salomon XT-6 GTX.