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Nike Turns Its Strange Y2K Lifestyle Sneaker into a Crunchy Trail Shoe

The Homescape Woven is a hybrid of a hybrid, and looks like it.

Close-up of a brown leather sneaker tongue with embossed Nike logo and beige woven laces.Nike
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When Nike brought back the Footscape Woven in 2023, it felt less like a revival and more like a second chance.

The original version debuted around 2005 and became a cult favorite. But it arguably fits more with our present-day acceptance of idiosyncratic style than the era it was born into. Blending experimental biomechanics with a handcrafted aesthetic, the strange silhouette was a hybrid shoe of sorts. It wrapped the asymmetrical Air Footscape runner from the ‘90s with a leather-woven technique found in the Nike Woven. 

Pair of sneakers with dark brown leather heel tabs embossed with a tiger and Nike swoosh logo, beige woven accents, and blue soles.
Beijing-based streetwear brand Soulgoods collabs with Nike to bring us the Homescape Woven, taking the lifestyle revival of the Footscape Woven and adding some town-to-trail elements.
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Now, the lifestyle sneaker sets the stage for yet another hybridization, and it should definitely ruffle just as many feathers.

Creating a new lane

With the help of Beijing-based streetwear firm Soulgoods, Nike has crafted the Homescape Woven. It interpolates the Footscape Woven quite a bit while creating a new lane for its existence.

Brown and beige Nike sneakers with woven detailing and black soles on a white background.
The woven pattern on the side is slightly revised this time around, starting at the heelcap and riding above the toe cap in front.
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Close-up of a beige and brown sneaker with white laces, a tiger head lace lock, and a blue textured sole.
Soulgoods’s tiger motif is found right at the top of the leather tongut.
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Keeping the asymmetrical design, the new shoe sifts the lifestyle context of its predecessor to the outdoors. This isn’t a hiking shoe, per se, but it’s also not not one. The collapsible heel makes this a solid sneaker-slipper for around the house, while the overall tooling means it’s also perfectly serviceable for light trail jaunts.

In terms of the uppers, the Homescape Woven doesn’t necessarily go all out with its hand-woven elements. Instead of wrapping all the way from the heel to the toe, the lace-like weave starts in front of the heel counter and rides just above the hairy suede toe cap in front.

Close-up of a beige and white sneaker with braided detailing, white laces, and a cat-shaped lace lock.
Another element that sets these apart from their predecessor is the lace toggle for on-the-fly adjustments.
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Perhaps most significantly, the lacing system gets a totally modern upgrade. Rather than traditional laces, the sneaker goes with a toggle unit for adjusting on the go.

A hybrid hybrid

Additional elements enter the fray here as well. Underfoot, the Homescape Woven takes on a completely new form compared to the Footscape Woven. 

Black and gray segmented rubber outsole of a shoe with textured grip patterns.
The outsole of the Homescape Woven was borrowed from Nike’s rugged Special Field Boot. Meanwhile, the midsole takes directly from the Flyknit Trainer Chukka.
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Pair of beige and white Nike sneakers with woven detailing and brown suede accents, viewed from above.
The gorpcore vibe of the Homescape Woven fits in much better with contemporary style than the Footscape Woven.
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To give you better traction, the smoother outsole has been swapped with the rugged, military-grade rubber from the Special Field Boot (SFB). Meanwhile, the midsole seems to be completely lifted from the 2010-era Flyknit Trainer Chukka to give this shoe a total gorpcore vibe.

Person wearing white and brown Nike sneakers with white Nike socks, sitting on a chair with one foot on a basketball and holding a water bottle.
Apparently shooting hoops isn’t out of the question for these gorpcore sneakers either.
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Availability and pricing

Several colorways of the Homescape Woven have been unveiled or leaked. However, the initial Medium Orewood Brown is set to debut July 11 for $180 on the SNKRS app. Blue Beyond and Chile Red variants are also arriving at an unspecified date.

About the Author: Ethan Brehm is an associate editor at Gear Patrol writing about footwear, watches, spirits, EDC and more. When he’s not shopping for his next G-Shock, he spends his time watching movies and planning a future road trip with his family. He firmly believes CDs sound better than vinyl.

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