Saucony x Jae Tips: Urban Flowers in Sneaker Form
Words, SVD. Photo, Jae Tips.
October 9, 2025.
Saucony and Jae Tips are back at it again. In Flowers Grow Uptown—the title of their latest release—the two collaborators have managed to capture the soul of the neighborhood, with all its colors, memories and textures, in the ProGrid Triumph 4. As the collection blooms on the shelves, we look back to understand how Saucony and Jae Tips have woven together a unique creative language.
Jae Tips: Creator, Urban Poet, Designer
Born and raised in the Bronx, Jae Tips is an artist, visual curator, and storyteller of his everyday surroundings. Through his brand Savior Worldwide, he fuses music, fashion, and street culture, building bridges between the personal and the symbolic.
Before turning his attention to footwear, Jae Tips worked on clothing, hats, and graphic capsules that already showcased his signature floral motifs, custom typography, and bold material contrasts. What makes him stand out is his ability to view the world as a canvas—each walk, each corner of the Bronx becomes a texture or a motif for his art. This local, poetic gaze turns his collaborations into vessels for his identity and his life in the Big Apple.
Saucony x Jae Tips
With Saucony, Jae Tips found a partner willing to lend both technical space and heritage to reimagine archive models through his artistic lens. One of their first major successes was the Grid Azura 2000 “Remember Who Fronted”, featuring mixed materials, saturated prints, and a visual collage energy that broke away from minimalism. That chromatic boldness continued with the Grid Shadow 2, which played with shadow gradients and contrasting textures.
Later came the To Do List capsule, focused on the retro-technical reinterpretation of the ProGrid Omni 9. The design featured a multicolor mesh upper (with colorways like Pink/Purple), synthetic overlays, and “SAVIOR” typography stitched into the heel.
Jae Tips also explored smaller, more conceptual projects such as the Matrix x Jae Tips and Grid Jazz 9 “I Love You But I’m Busy”.
Across every chapter of Saucony x Jae Tips, three signature traits remain: bold palettes, recurring floral details (his hallmark), and a determination to preserve performance and technical usability even when the visual message is daring. The sneaker isn’t disguised—it’s reimagined with the same artistic logic as his broader body of work.
Flowers Grow Uptown: ProGrid Triumph 4 x Jae Tips
The latest collection, Flowers Grow Uptown, marks the sixth chapter of this creative partnership. Using the ProGrid Triumph 4 as a base, Jae Tips tells a story that begins in his native Bronx: during his urban walks, he noticed flowers growing through cracks, in community gardens, and on rooftops, and he turned the mundane into a metaphor for growth under tough conditions.
The silhouette, available in the “Virginia Creeper” (S70966-2), “Perilla” (S70966-3), and “Sugar Maple” (S70966-4) colorways, features a mesh upper with glossy synthetic overlays, floral motifs on the medial panel, “UPTOWN” embroidered on the heel instead of “ProGrid,” and “SAVIOR” stitched on the inner side. Each tongue carries a multicolored stylized flower patch. Despite its artistic flair, the shoe maintains its technical core: ProGrid cushioning, structural support, and materials that balance performance and visual impact.
For the collection’s New York launch, Jae Tips asked attendees to bring a plant as a donation, which would then be delivered to school gardens and community spaces across the Bronx—a small urban ritual that reflects and reaffirms his philosophy of connecting art and environment.
The Saucony ProGrid Triumph 4 x Jae Tips are now available at SVD.
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