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We already knew that Jaden Smith & New Balance were dropping another collaboration in 2023 but turns out it ain't just NB brand ambassador Jaden getting in on the action: MSFTSrep, his clothing brand, is receiving its own NB collab, too.

Jaden Smith's next New Balance shoe was first seen during Coachella 2023, when Smith wore the sneaker on-stage while performing with sister Willow.

Looking all the world like an updated New Balance 550, Jaden Smith's next NB shoe remained an enigma... until now.

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On August 23, New Balance T_House, the sportswear company's premium Japanese flagship store and home of its Tokyo Design Studio, announced the forthcoming arrival of "New Balance for Jaden Smith MSFTSrep 0.01."

It's a wordy name, to be sure, but the point is that Jaden Smith's next New Balance sneaker will be debuted in late August as part of a bigger project with Smith's MSFSrep brand.

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The 0.01 signifier makes it sound like there are a lot of collaborations to come — there are 99 more parts until we reach 1.0, you know — but it's really just a fancy signifier indicating that MSFTSrep's New Balance partnership is only getting deeper.

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Smith will be attending the pre-launch event and afterparty at New Balance T-House come August 24, where he'll debut first looks at his collaborative NB sneaker and accompanying clothing, if there is any.

MSFTSrep is a clothing brand, though, so collaborative New Balance clothing would only make sense.

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The first publicly available Jaden Smith New Balance sneakers — I'm not talking his DIY Louis Vuitton Balances — were the immensely chunky NB Vision Racers, which dropped in a few ultra-vivid colorways.

There was also a one-off patchwork 574 but that was a rarity. Smith's next New Balance, the MSFTSrep one, will be seeing at least slightly wider release when it rolls out in Fall 2023.

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