{"id":71200,"date":"2022-12-19T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=71200"},"modified":"2023-01-04T14:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:54:22","slug":"crocs-x-melting-sadness-karoro-release-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2022\/12\/19\/crocs-x-melting-sadness-karoro-release-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocs Meets Melting Sadness&#8217; KARORO Bunny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>[Update 4 Jan 2023] <\/strong><strong>More campaign images have surfaced for this fantastical Melting Sadness x Crocs collection.\u00a0While no firm release dates have accompanied these images, we are sure more details will hop into our field of vision as we approach the rabbit&#8217;s year. In the meantime, look to the top slider for closer looks!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21980 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845.webp\" alt=\"LINE\" width=\"1200\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845.webp 1200w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-300x11.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-1024x38.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-768x29.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20104413\/Untitled-9-e1658285982845-282x11.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nMelting Sadness&#8217; brand ethos has always centred on making art approachable through whimsical graphics, and their youthful creative energy has been employed numerous times by adidas. While the Chinese label&#8217;s ties to the Three Stripes remain strong, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2022\/12\/02\/first-look-melting-sadness-x-adidas-originals-adimatic\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adidas Adimatic<\/a> in the making, Melting Sadness is looking to introduce its cast of characters to other lands \u2014 namely, the cushioned resin world of Crocs.<\/p>\n<p>Revealed by Melting Sadness&#8217; founder Zhang Quan on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zmuyou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, the brand&#8217;s signature bunny-suit-wearing KARORO has been tasked with being the central motif of this collaboration with Crocs. And as cartoons have made us believe, there&#8217;s nothing that rabbits love more than fresh, crunchy carrots&#8230; Which is exactly what the Crocs has been transformed into.<\/p>\n<p>Donning a Vitamin A orange, the sandal&#8217;s\u00a0 &#8220;running mode&#8221; straps complement this carrot color in a vegetable green. Specks of dirt is printed across the perforated front, establishing that this vegewear is freshly pulled from the earth. Driving the reference home are strategically placed Jibbitz: a melting carrot top, flower pot and Melting Sadness logo.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a carrot, a second design is also available if you prefer to wear the animal. Literally. Under Melting Sadness&#8217; fantastical hands, the Crocs silhouette has been outfitted with a cobalt blue fursuit, complete with long ears on the top. It&#8217;s basically KARORO&#8217;s signature outfit in shoe form.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, no concrete dates have been attached to these teaser images, but we expect them to make an appearance in the coming weeks. Stay tuned as we&#8217;ll update this article with the latest information.<\/p>\n<p>While Crocs is undergoing a bunnification, <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2022\/12\/19\/asics-x-shushutong-gel-mj-release-retail-2022\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shushu\/Tong has created a sporty Mary Jane with ASICS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Images via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zmuyou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@zmuyou<\/a> &amp; @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasonliu.studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jasonliu.studio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\" width=\"970\" height=\"\u201c300&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp 970w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-768x238.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-282x87.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Melting Sadness x Crocs collaboration sees the resin silhouette transformed into a carrot and blue fur bunny. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":76396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71200"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76398,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71200\/revisions\/76398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}