Video games and shoes are two worlds that clash and mesh far more than I ever expected them to. Last year Fila’s Sonic shoes caused a stir and sold out immediately – not once, but twice – and a pair of Adidas sneakers designed to look like they were being infringed upon by Spider-Man 2’s symbiote were also out of stock by the time most who wanted them made it onto the site. We shall see if Pokemon’s latest team-up with Clarks has the same effect as the shoemaker has revealed four new designs in its Torhill collection.
Sticking with the Pokemon pretty much everyone the world over knows and loves, the four Pokemon featured in the Torhill collections are Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander, and of course, Pikachu. Each pair is a vibrant shade of the color associated with that Pokemon, so green, blue, orange, and yellow, with a pixelated version of each Pokemon on the shoes’ tongue.
Even though the post below comes from Pokemon UK, the links in the box below it will take you to the US store pages for the collection.
The design also includes a Pokeball embroidered on the outside of the shoe, and Pokedex numbers get the same treatment on the back. Made of suede with a very thick, ridge rubber sole, based on Clarks’ iconic Wallabee design, a lot of work and high-quality material has gone into each pair of these shoes. That combined with the fact it’s an officially licensed Pokemon product means they’ll cost you a little more than your average pair of shoes. $140 each, but on the bright side, all four varieties appear to be in stock through the links below.
Torhill Explore x Pokemon Shoes
Pokemon and Clarks teamed up again to create a range of shoes based on the shoemakers Torhill collection. Including all three Kanto starters and Pikachu in the collection, each pair is a bright shade of the color associated with its Pokemon complete with a pixelated version of that Pokemon on the tongue.
Pokemon and Clarks teaming up might seem a little odd, but these four new designs are an expansion of a collaborative collection that already exists. Clarks already has a somewhat similar pair of Pikachu shoes that launched in 2022. Those were predictably popular enough that Pokemon and Clarks teamed up again to bring four more brightly colored items of footwear our way.
Shoes aren’t the weirdest item Pokemon has officially put its name on. Not even close. There are waffle makers available for just $15 at GameStop right now that bake an image of a Pokemon’s face right into your breakfast. At the other end of the spending scale, Tiffany & Co. recently teamed up with Pokemon to create some very high-end pendants, the most expensive item a sold gold, diamond-studded Pikachu that costs $31,000.
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