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K-Swiss is using the second chapter of its 60th anniversary collection to salute Bahr Brown, the New York retailer and connector who has spent years tying together streetwear, skate, sneaker, and music scenes. K-Swiss Racquet Club (KSRC) Creative Director Anwar Carrots leads the project, called “Black Karats.” It’s a three-shoe set in black, white, and gold that puts a New York name at the center of a California-rooted brand.
“In collaboration with Bahr None New York, we approached the Classic 66 with the intention of
keeping things timeless, clean, and culturally relevant,” says Carrots. “I’ve always believed that
you don’t have to reinvent something great to give it new life. Sometimes it’s about
understanding its roots and introducing it to a new generation through a different perspective.”
Brown’s résumé explains the choice. In 2006, he and fellow Harlem resident Tone McRae opened Everything Must Go, a skate shop on First Avenue in East Harlem, after seeing local kids travel to Soho for boards and gear. The shelves held decks, wheels and trucks alongside streetwear tees, rugby shirts and a small run of sneakers, and the walls doubled as a gallery for New York graffiti artist Claw Money, whose sunglasses and tees got their own display. Coverage at the time pointed to the shop as a sign Harlem’s fashion scene was changing. Brown later founded the Bahr None Agency, which has worked across fashion, sneakers, skate, and music. Carrots says the pairing connects two generations and two coasts.
The Classic 66 is the centerpiece, in black leather with white stripes and a small gold 60th anniversary mark. Before the Classic, the archival style that predates the Classic 66, goes tonal in black suede with black stripes and gold touches and carries anniversary embroidery. The Konejo, a chunky runner Reebok-era sneaker fans may know as K-Swiss’s Y2K revival, is the most gold-heavy of the three. It pairs a black mesh upper with gold overlay lines and a gold flash in the midsole.
The drop follows a busy year for K-Swiss. The brand named Carrots as the creative director of its Racquet Club line in 2025, after he first worked with the brand in 2018 on a Made in Japan Classic 66 and the Si-18 International. KSRC’s 60th anniversary run began in June with a five-shoe collection that included gold sock liners, special gold packaging, and a commemorative gold charm, and K-Swiss is leaning on that gold theme again here.
“We’re calling this collection Black Karats, a play on Black Gold,” says Carrots. “Gold has always represented value, longevity, and something worth holding onto, which felt appropriate for a brand celebrating 60 years.”
The KSRC 60th Anniversary “Black Karats” collection is now available at K-Swiss.com. Check out the lineup below.
K-Swiss Classic 66
Release Date: November 12, 2026
Price: $135 USD
K-Swiss Before The Classic
Release Date: November 12, 2026
Price: $135 USD
K-Swiss Konejo
Release Date: November 12, 2026
Price: $135 USD
