During New York Fashion Week, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler debuted their Spring 2025 collection—and unveiled a brand-new shoe collaboration with Sorel. Today, you can shop the highly anticipated collab.
McCollough and Hernandez put their signature metropolitan spin on the footwear brand, elevating the quintessential winter snow boot into something with more of a cool, downtown edge.
The Spring 2025 collection focused heavily on craft, color, and print, and included trench coats in cobalt blue, minimalist knitwear, and asymmetrical skirts featuring striped motifs inspired by American artist Barnett Newman. The new Sorel × Proenza Schouler boots were styled with these outfit formulas, serving as sartorial inspiration for the ultimate city slicker this coming season.
Two boot styles were unveiled as part of the Sorel × Proenza Schouler release. The first, dubbed the Caribou mule, has a low-cut boot silhouette, while the second takes after a more classic Chelsea boot. Both feature Sorel’s signature waterproof vulcanized rubber shell and the brand’s Aero-Trac sole, for added grip and traction during the wintry months. The shoes’ palette reflects the Proenza founders’ love for New York: There’s a high-contrast, taxicab yellow and black pairing, alongside a minimalist white and jet black option.
The new collab is the latest of the designer label’s partnerships with universally beloved footwear brands. Proenza’s past collaborators include Vans and Birkenstock.
“We liked the Sorel × Proenza Schouler Caribou styles as a counterpoint to some of the floatier and more feminine pieces in the Spring/Summer 2025 show—specifically, the weight the Chelsea boot and mules gave to our silhouettes,” McCollough and Hernandez told Harper’s Bazaar in a statement. “We are very specific in the brands we partner with, but Sorels are something we wear in our personal lives as the perfect rainy spring shoe. We like layering our brand codes within existing heritage structures. The black and white color palette, contrast topstitch, and polished leather really make this collaboration feel like a blend of our two worlds.”
Although much of the runway collection will not be shoppable until 2025, the Sorel × Proenza Schouler boots are available to shop today, just as the leaves are changing and temperatures are dropping. Modestly priced between $350 and $400, the boots are available to shop at Nordstrom, Shopbop, Sorel, Proenza Schouler and through additional select retailers. These boots are surely going to sell out, so make sure to get yours today, below.