Balenciaga Radar Sneaker

Balenciaga’s newest footwear innovation is one of Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli’s first for the House. Accounting for a respect for legacy as well as the accelerating pace of contemporaneity, its name derives from classic potential-tracking technology: the Balenciaga Radar Sneaker. This ultra-lightweight, streamlined design is inspired by the agility granted by radio detection—shorthand for a person’s intuition and awareness. The Radar Sneaker’s precision-crafted complexity, in a slender yet comprehensive form, favors versatility, responsiveness, flexibility, comfort, and everyday elegance. A double lacing system that threads around the entire upper and grip that curls around the outsole make for a bold statement, appearing to merge with the wearer’s foot. Highly structured elements are debossed with a 3B sport icon and Balenciaga’s signature exposed shoe size. A Ballerina version interprets the sneaker’s elements to fit a slimmer, lower-cut silhouette. The Balenciaga Radar Sneaker pre-launches in select Balenciaga stores worldwide and on balenciaga.com in late February of 2026, in a wider array of colorways and in a larger selection of stores starting mid-March, joined by the Balenciaga Radar Ballerina, in greyscale or baby pink on black-and-white, in late March. Visit Balenciaga on Rodeo Drive to shop.