In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Marvel’s X-Men, Kith and Marvel are collaborating to create an extensive collection of elevated apparel, accessories, and collectibles—reimagining iconic X-Men artwork through the Kith lens.
Kith founder Ronnie Fieg was inspired to construct this collection by his childhood love of collecting Uncanny X-Men trading cards. Nods to classic X-Men comics can be found throughout the collection, including in the artwork found on the apparel and in the packaging of the footwear. In addition to Kith and Marvel’s collaboration, the duo worked with ASICS, Upper Deck and Professional Sports Authenticator, Modernica, and Arcade1Up to build a selection of exciting lifestyle offerings.
Debuting 60 years ago, the X-Men were envisioned by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee to be a new kind of superhero team. The band of mutant outsiders sought to confront misunderstanding toward mutantkind by promoting equality and peace. The X-Men’s relevancy across the decades can be tied back to their imaginative and poignant stories that resonate with fans across generations, as well as highlight important real-world social issues. Fans have enjoyed following the X-Men in comics, animated series, games, films and more over these 60 years, giving the franchise a permanent place in pop culture’s past, present, and future.
The entire Marvel | Kith for X-Men – 60th Anniversary Collection released publicly on Friday, July 28th at Kith stores, on Kith.com, and in the Kith App. Note that items may sell out and it is unknown if or when sold out items will be restocked.
Keep reading to check out a selection of the items in this collection and visit Kith.com to see the full line. What catches your eye? Do you have a favorite X-Men character? What is your first X-Men memory? Let us know in the comments below!
Marvel | Kith Apparel
Kith reinterpreted archival X-Men illustrations, graphics, and logos to create elevated apparel styles, as well as accessories and collectibles. The apparel range features tapestry coaches jackets, wool varsity jackets, satin bombers, as well as intarsia knitwear and vintage tees.
The Marvel | Kith for X-Men Tapestry Coaches Jacket is crafted of a custom woven tapestry jacquard fabric, featuring an all-over, comic book-inspired artwork of the X-Men, and is fully lined with satin. It has Kith-branded metal snap closures at the front, and Kith logo embroidery at the chest. Priced at $350.
The Marvel | Kith for X-Men Wolverine Tapestry Coaches Jacket is crafted of a custom woven tapestry jacquard, featuring Wolverine artwork on the front, and a chain-stitched Wolverine logo on the back. It is fully lined with satin, has Kith branded snap closures down the front, and is complete with Kith classic logo embroidery on the chest. Priced at $350.
Tees and Accessories
Marvel | Kith Special Edition Comic
Kith also worked with Marvel to develop a special edition X-Men comic book with an original storyline and custom illustrations. The story follows the X-Men on their “day off” in New York City, which sees the Super Heroes attend a New York Knicks game, shop at a Kith store, and defeat multiple villains on a subway train. This comic also includes Ronnie Fieg as a character, as well as his friends Greg Yuna, Nigel Sylvester and Motofumi “Poggy” Kogi. This comic book is available for purchase in-store at Kith shops and as a gift-with-purchase with Kith.com orders during the full global launch.
Marvel | Kith & ASICS
In an exclusive collaboration with Marvel, Kith and ASICS reimagine the GEL-LYTE III, honoring the 60th anniversary of the X-Men franchise. Designed in seven X-Men-inspired colorways and materials–including one ultra limited-edition holographic silhouette–each sneaker arrives as a mystery, packaged in a co-branded blind box. Priced at $195.
Beast
Cyclops
Gambit
Rogue
Storm
Wolverine 1975 – Rare
As a nod to the original Uncanny X-Men trading cards, the Wolverine 1975 colorway is exceptionally rare. Hologram cards used to be limited to 1 in every 36 cards during the Uncanny X-Men’s original run in 1992. Similarly, the Wolverine 1975 colorway is limited to 1 in every 36 pairs of shoes.
Wolverine 1980
Marvel | Kith & Modernica
As part of the collection, Kith and Marvel worked with luxury home brand Modernica to craft two custom versions of the Fiberglass Shell Chair. Both chairs feature wraparound archival X-Men artwork, with one using a vintage comic panel design and the other an illustrated battle against Magneto. The bottom of both styles also includes a custom Kith Home plaque. Priced at $595.
Marvel | Kith & Arcade1Up
Kith and Marvel also created a completely custom retro arcade game with Arcade1Up. This game stands at 60.7” tall by 19.75” wide and bears co-branded Marvel | Kith for X-Men artwork. When powering up the console, users will also see a custom gameplay animation that features X-Men characters and a Kith logo.
While retaining a retro design, this arcade game has been modernized through various features. The console features the option to play one of eight different games, including: Marvel vs. Capcom, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes, X- Men: Children of the ATOM, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, and Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems. It also features WiFi capability for live online play, a light-up marquee, a headphone jack, and more.
