ASICS GT-2160Kith Cream Solar Power (2025)

Product Description

The ASICS GT-2160 Kith Cream Solar Power 2025 is a retail-exclusive colorway of the GT-2160 lifestyle sneaker sold exclusively through Kith's US and Japan retail locations and online store, featuring a cream-colored open mesh base construction with synthetic metallic silver leather overlays and Solar Power yellow accenting across the design elements, presented with the GT-2160 silhouette's characteristic wavy forefoot sculpting and sleek technical aesthetic that references the GT-2000 series' early 2010s design language, alongside rope laces, an ASICS logo patch on the tongue, classic form stripes on the lateral side panels, GT-2160 branding on the ankle, GEL branding on the rear, GEL technology cushioning inserts in the midsole for advanced underfoot feel, a segmented midsole structure, and a rubber outsole. Kith's relationship with ASICS is one of the most historically significant retailer-brand partnerships in the modern sneaker collecting era, with founder Ronnie Fieg having first created landmark ASICS collaborations during his earlier role as a buyer at David Z. before establishing Kith and continuing the partnership through multiple celebrated collab drops including the Gel-Lyte III Remastered 2023 release that introduced the Remastered construction format to the wider market, and the GT-2160 Cream Solar Power continues that association as a Kith-exclusive non-collaborative colorway sold at Kith rather than designed with Fieg's direct creative input, making it a Kith-distribution GT-2160 rather than a full co-designed collaboration. The Cream Solar Power colorway applies the most seasonally bright and accessible palette available in the GT-2160's Kith-exclusive range, with the warm cream base and yellow Solar Power accents creating a combination that reads as clean, slightly vintage-athletic, and broadly wearable across the casual wardrobe contexts that the GT-2160 serves.

The GT-2160 silhouette pays homage to the GT-2000 series' technical design language from the early 2010s, when stability running shoes combined layered synthetic panels, visible GEL cushioning, and wavy forefoot sculpting into an aesthetic that collectors have returned to as one of the defining visual periods in ASICS running history. The segmented midsole design specifically emulates vintage ASICS running shoe construction from that era, reinforcing the GT-2160's identity as a specific period reference rather than a generic retro runner. At $140 retail the GT-2160 Kith Cream Solar Power 2025 is priced above the standard GT-2160 general release retail due to the Kith-exclusive distribution context, released May 23, 2025 through Kith retail locations and kith.com with style code 1203A994-100.

The ASICS GT-2160 Kith Cream Solar Power 2025 was released on May 23, 2025 with a retail price of $140.