Update, October 15: Reminder — the JUNYA WATANABE MAN × New Balance P400 (black and white, ¥52,800) still hits Junya Watanabe MAN stores tonight at 9:00 PM ET (Friday, October 16 Japan time). No US window announced. Shop Junya Watanabe and New Balance at ONENESS.
Junya Watanabe MAN just put a date on the basketball shoe he walked at Paris Fashion Week. The JUNYA WATANABE MAN × New Balance P400 hits Junya Watanabe MAN stores on Friday, October 16 in black and white, priced at ¥52,800. Fashion Snap carried the confirmation with official JUNYA WATANABE MAN × New Balance imagery; Hypebeast matched the same October 16 window.
The silhouette started as New Balance's performance P400 — a mid-cut built for repeated sprints and landings — and Watanabe dressed it for his FW26 theme, THE BEST DRESSED. Dressy leather uppers meet a sculpted sole with EVA structure and a Fresh Foam X core, plus rubber underfoot. Tongues carry the JUNYA WATANABE MAN stamp, and the pair comes in straight black and straight white, sizes 25–29 cm with no half sizes. It is the kind of court shoe that somehow looks right with a necktie and patchwork trousers, which is exactly how it left the runway in January.
Our take: Watanabe has been remixing New Balance long enough that a new mid-cut already feels like part of the wardrobe, not a stunt. The P400's chunky basketball stance plus leather polish is peak Junya — sport hardware that still reads like menswear. ¥52,800 is serious money, and the JP store-only window will keep it scarce outside the CDG universe. If you want the black pair for fall tailoring, October 16 is the date to circle.
At ONENESS: Shop Junya Watanabe and New Balance at ONENESS. More Junya on Orbit: eYe JUNYA WATANABE MAN × Mammut FW26.
Source: Fashion Snap (Oct 9, 2026; release Oct 16, ¥52,800, black/white, Fresh Foam X; images credited JUNYA WATANABE MAN × New Balance), corroborated by Hypebeast. Hero and gallery: official JUNYA WATANABE MAN × New Balance FW26 runway/press imagery as published via Fashion Snap.
