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Color Trend: “Wheat” Brings the Winter Heat

Color Trend: “Wheat” Brings the Winter Heat

The best golden-colored “Wheat” sneakers, perfect for the winter season.

Matt DeSciora

If something’s trending in fashion, there’s a good chance it’s hot in sneakers, and vice versa. One movement that’s making considerable noise in both worlds at the moment is the workwear aesthetic. In fashion, a shift to more relaxed-fit silhouettes has made hard-wearing clothes like chore jackets, work shirts, and cargo pants en vogue in the post-skinny jeans era. The equivalent to the rugged look in footwear is chunky, retro-inspired shoes in “Wheat” colorways.

Inspired by the Timberland 6-Inch Boot and other cold weather footwear, the wheat color story originated on the Nike Air Force 1 before appearing on the Nike SB Dunk, the Nike Air Zoom Generation, and others back in the day. The golden hue returned as the “Flax” colorway on the Air Force 1 more recently. Today, wheat colorways have found their way onto everything from the Air Jordan 12 to the New Balance 57/40, and are an essential go-to for anyone looking to add a rugged look to their outfit.

Below you’ll find some of the best wheat sneakers at Stadium Goods, each one as versatile as your favorite pair of all-white shoes.

Nike SB Dunk Low “Wheat Mocha”

Like most wheat-colored sneakers, the Nike SB Dunk Low “Wheat Mocha” champions an autumnal look, this time with a golden suede construction. The addition of the coffee-inspired, mocha rubber midsole reminds us of another popular wheat-based shoe.

Nike Air Force 1 Low “Wheat”

The shoe that begets all wheat sneakers, the Nike Air Force 1 Low “Wheat” is undoubtedly the inspiration behind so many of Nike’s wheat releases over the past two decades. Originally a Japan-only “Concept Japan” exclusive in 2001, the “Wheat” was released globally in 2020.

PSNY x Air Jordan 12 “NYC”

Based out of New York City, Public School NY is mostly known for its sleek, minimalist takes on classic fashion and sportswear styles. But the brand will roll up its sleeves every once in a while as an homage to its NYC roots. Such as the time when it collaborated with Jordan Brand on a wheat-inspired Air Jordan 12.

New Balance 57/40 “Wheat/Green”

Like a black biker jacket, a shoe in a wheat colorway adds an element of ruggedness to one’s look, even if the shoe is as modern as the New Balance 57/40.

Nike SB Dunk Low ISO “Dark Russet”

Skate shops are known for their workwear-related goods such as baggy carpenter pants, beanies, and other items central to the skate aesthetic, so it was fitting Nike SB released the Dunk Low Pro ISO “Dark Russet” as part of its skate shop-exclusive Orange Label collection last year.

Nike Air Max 95 Essential “Wheat/White”

Versatility plays an important role in the wheat color story. Shoes like the Nike Air Max 95 Essential “Wheat/White” can be worn with earth tone just as easily as they can with neutrals like black, white, and grey.

Supreme x Nike Air Force 1 Low “Wheat”

The ultimate New York streetwear brand designing the ultimate New York shoe, it really doesn’t get any more thorough than Supreme and Nike’s collaboration on an Air Force 1, on a colorway that salutes another New York footwear icon, the Timberland 6 Inch Construction Boot.

Timberland 6-Inch Premium Boot “Wheat”

Not including the source of every single wheat sneaker wouldn’t be right, so here’s a nod to the style’s “OG,” the Timberland 6-Inch Premium Construction Boot in “Wheat.”

Shop even more “Wheat” sneakers and apparel at Stadium Goods