Let me be straight with you: I love the footwear masters at HOKA. Let me be straight with you again: I also love the running experts at Satisfy. So when I saw that the two brands I love were teaming up for two collaborative sneakers, I was shook. In a good way, of course.

Thing is, there’s more. I don’t only love both of these lovely French outdoors brands dearly, but I adore the Clifton LS sneaker, too. And, as you’ve probably guessed by now, that is exactly the shoe that the two have perfected for Fall/Winter 2023. Rejoice!

Equipped with everything you’d expect of a classic HOKA runner (a chunky midsole and a comfortable fabric upper), Satisfy’s Clifton comes with the neat addition of a Salomon-esque toggle fastener in place of traditional laces.

Best of all, the colorways are classic Satisfy: crisp off-white for one shoe, delicious dark contrast for the other shoe. Hard to pick a favorite, really.

HOKA, Press

HOKA, Press

HOKA, Press

As if that wasn’t enough (I mean, it is), each shoe also houses waterproof panelling on the upper, which not only keeps your feet protected, but looks mega, too.

HOKA, Press

HOKA, Press

The Satisfy x HOKA Clifton LS shoe, as it’s officially titled, is said to be arriving in two pleasing colorways (black/brown/navy and white) come November 18 via Satisfy’s web store.

HOKA, who last week dropped a Frankenstein’d Mafate Three2 with Nicole McLaughlin, has been on a roll with its sneaker collaborations of late.

Back in September the Annecy-based footwear specialists teamed up with BEAMS for an incredibly good version of the Tor Ultra, one month after Kyle Ng’s Brain Dead released a riff on HOKA’s slip-on Hopara shoe.

That all before sneaker retailer mita revamped its own Tor Ultra Lo sneaker as a part of an Japan-only exclusive.

As it goes, though, HOKA’s also getting things bang on when it comes to its inline sneaker releases, too.

After dropping a handful of its signature silhouettes in an autumnal “Celery Root” colorway in late September, HOKA unveiled a Suicoke-like mule, GORE-TEX-lined hiker boots, and even a revamped Clifton 9 shoe, itself rendered waterproof.

On the whole, though, all HOKA releases thus far pale into insignificance when compared to HOKA’s new Satisfy Clifton LS shoes, at least to me.

Because as a self-proclaimed HOKA head and Satisfy obsessive, I’ll be all over these things. Thing is, I certainly won’t be running in these sneakers. They’re far too good looking for that.

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