Onitsuka Tiger’s Most Popular Sneaker Tips the Scales

Double Tap to ZoomSneakersOnitsuka Tiger Snakes Out Its Mexico 66 SneakerCrossbreed a tiger and a snake. What do you get? Perhaps one of Onitsuka Tiger's best sneakers to date: The Mexico 66 Square.The Japanese shoe brand transformed one of its most notable shoe makes into a stylish serpentine by way of a snakeskin-inspired upper and camouflaged Tiger Stripes that blend seamlessly into the rest of the sneaker. This is quite the contrast to the bold Tiger Stripes found on classic Mexico 66 colorways. Onitsuka Tiger is at its best when it's blending in and standing out. Aside from that, the Mexico 66 Square sneaker also wears a cow leather upper that's a bit more polished than its suede-rich predecessors. Similarly, the shoe also wears a slightly squared toe, which gives a bit of retro flair to the shoe that is still effortlessly of the times.Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.This reptilian interpretation of Onitsuka Tiger's most popular sneaker, available on the brand's website for $335, is also available in yellow and red colorways. Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.This scaly interpretation of the Mexico 66, while quite revolutionary, isn't the first time Onitsuka has freaked its famed sneaker.Just recently, the brand turned the beloved runner into a board-meeting-approved kitten heel.The Mexico 66 was already classic, but watching Onitsuka Tiger remix the shoe in a myriad of tasty ways proves the brand is just not playing fair. And thank goodness for that.Highsnobiety has affiliate marketing partnerships, which means we may receive a commission from your purchase. Want to shop the products our editors actually love? Visit HS Shopping for recs on all things fashion, footwear, and beauty.We RecommendOnitsuka Tiger Makes One Heck of a Kitten HeelOnitsuka Tiger Just Made a Principal Dancer Out of Its Simplest SneakerOnitsuka Tiger Paints the Town RedThis Is What Versace-fied Onitsuka Tigers Look LikeInside the Quiet Japanese Factory Powering Onitsuka Tiger’s Global RiseWhat To Read NextOnitsuka Tiger’s Most Popular Sneaker Tips the Scalesadidas' Sprinkled Samba Gets Its Just Dessertsadidas' Climbing Samba Reaches a New Peakatmos Made the Literal adidas Sneaker of the SeasonYaeji & Oatly Gave the Coffee Shop an After-Hours Remixadidas’ Most Beautiful Samba Slipper Is Straight from India