Skepta is taking Kickers out of the classroom, and onto the streets and the dance floor for his upcoming Mains collection.
The musician and man behind Mains has reworked the classic style to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kick Hi boot, which takes place next year.
Skepta, whose real name is Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr., has reimagined the classic Kick Hi style in different colors and created a new Kick Mule which is lined with faux fur. The latter nods to the colorful, Muppet-y faux fur hats in his season 2 collection.
The Kickers x Mains Kick Hi features dual branding and comes in three styles: white leather with white details; dark green leather with off-white accents; and a debossed snake pattern on black and gray leather with off-white details.
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They retail at 160 pounds, or around $200.
The Kick Mule is a new slip-on style made with premium soft leather and faux fur details. It also features the brands’ logos and comes in tan nubuck; dark red leather with a vintage feel; and black leather with contrasting off-white details. They retail at 200 pounds, or around $250.
The shoes will drop in June 2025, and be available through both brands’ online stores and retailers.
The styles made their debut during the Mains show at London Fashion Week, and also feature in the new campaign, which was photographed on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Skepta’s hometown.
Mains originally launched in 2017, but was later put on hold. Skepta revived it in 2023 with the support of partner Puma, and plans to start selling direct-to-consumer in the coming months.
He’s still working closely with head designer Mikey Pearce, and is involved in everything from the conception of the collection to the castings, marketing and celebrity wrangling.
The collection that showed in September was filled with tailoring, leather and denim, and channeled Skepta’s love of fashion and desire to dress up and show off when he was at school. He also brought in references from ’90s raves, anime and the West End production of “Matilda.”
Skepta says he’s designing for people who want to dress up for a night on the town.
“What I want to do is take fashion back to music. I want to start doing raves where you’re only allowed in with shoes, so that people will start dressing up again. Not getting dressed was what killed the rave,” he told FN’s sister publication WWD in September.
Skepta added that one of his favorite moments is when he sees his friends come to his London studio and try on the clothes and say, “‘Where are we going?’ I want people to feel that as soon as they put these clothes on, they’ll want to go out and express themselves,” he said.
