NYC’s Tip Top Shoes, Mephisto, and fashion arbiter Mister Mort (the creative alter ego of Big Apple street style photographer Mordechai Rubinstein) recently created an ultra-limited-edition collab sure to be on streetwear lovers’ covet list. Just 15 pairs of the vibrantly colored Mephisto Matches exist, distributed during an exclusive friends and family drop for influencers close to the project at Tip Top, giving the family-friendly Upper West Side retailer an entrée into the hype-driven “if you know, you know” niche more commonly associated with its sister store, West.
Mister Mort’s take on the Mephisto Match featured full grain tumbled leather in bright pink and red with a white and gray sole, white or green laces (the shoes came with both to give wearers a choice), and a custom woven tongue label that ties into a larger forthcoming Mister Mort and Tip Top Shoes x Mephisto Match release of a brown Match inspired by a mountaineering boot.
“Mordechai and I spent a lot of time nerding out about vintage men’s footwear and hiking apparel,” says Adir Landes, brand director for Tip Top Shoes and West NYC. “We felt that the hiking boot is the perfect mutual ground for Tip Top Shoes and M...