For independent clothing designers, getting your first sneaker collab has become something of a coming-of-age ritual. If you freak it—like, say, Grace Wales Bonner did with her Adidas debut—the drop has the potential to supercharge your stature and open the door to even greater opportunities. And if it flops? Well…let’s just say it’s best not to flop.
Now entering the fray: Toronto menswear maestro Spencer Badu, whose eponymous label has teamed up with Hoka to reimagine the running…

