Hoka Arahi 7 Blanc De Blanc / Steel Wool

Released on 18 January 2024 and part of the Arahi 7 line. This release has a knit upper in Blanc De Blanc/Steel Wool. Blanc De Blanc with Steel Wool is an off white body against a grey with a metallic name, and it is the most restrained treatment the Arahi 7 receives. The Arahi is Hoka's support minded daily trainer, where the brand's founding logic, an oversized cushioned outsole built in France so two mountain runners could descend faster, is reshaped for runners whose feet need guiding rather than only cushioning. This pairing softens everything. The pale upper keeps the exaggerated sidewall from looking industrial, and the grey grounds it just enough that the shoe does not read as a hospital white. It is the version that behaves like clothing.