Key Details
Price: $195Style Code: 1203B281-700Release Date: September 28, 2026
- The ASICS GEL Lyte III x Kith “Salmon Toe” released September 28, 2026 for $195 at Kith stores, Kith.com and the Kith App.
- Kith sold it through a Kith App draw from September 25 to 27, with early access for Kith Voyage loyalty members.
- The 2011 original launched with Kith's first store and was limited to 72 pairs in person and 300 online.
The ASICS GEL Lyte III x Kith “Salmon Toe” released September 28, 2026 for $195 at all Kith stores and at 11 a.m. ET on Kith.com and the Kith App. Kith confirmed the release, officially named the Ronnie Fieg for ASICS GEL-LYTE III Remastered “Salmon Toe,” as part of its 15th anniversary.
The “Salmon Toe” is the shoe Kith opened its first store with, and the anniversary year has already brought Ronnie Fieg’s GEL-Kayano 12.1 “Loyalty” collection and KITH: The Footwear Archive book, which lists this pair as an official release. For more from the brand, see the ASICS archive.
Release Date, Price and Where to Buy
ASICS GEL Lyte III x Kith “Salmon Toe”
Style Code: 1203B281-700
Colors: Navy, salmon and white
Price: $195
Release Date: September 28, 2026
Launch: Kith App draw (entries September 25 to 27, early access for Kith Voyage members); all Kith stores, plus Kith.com and the Kith App at 11 a.m. ET
Status: Released
The ASICS GEL Lyte III x Kith “Salmon Toe” Design
The pair keeps the 2011 color blocking: a navy upper, a salmon toe box and white ASICS stripes trimmed in salmon. New for 2026 are a pigskin nubuck upper and perforations across the salmon vamp and the quarter panels. The split tongues and heel tabs carry ASICS branding on one shoe and FIEG on the other, and the navy footbeds get ASICS and Kith 15th anniversary artwork, including a salmon Kith 15 crest.
Underneath sit a white midsole, a navy outsole and the GEL window on the heel. The pair ships in a custom box covered in wood grain artwork with co-branding, a nod to the original Kith store.
How Is the 2026 “Salmon Toe” Different From the 2011 Original?
The colors match the 2011 pair, but the shoe underneath is new. According to Kith, this is the first time the original color blocking has returned, and it now sits on the Fieg-led GEL-LYTE III Remastered silhouette with the nubuck, perforation and branding updates above.
The original launched with the opening of Kith’s first store in Brooklyn on September 30, 2011, the step that took Fieg from buyer at David Z. to running his own brand. Just 72 pairs sold in person and another 300 online, and original pairs now resell for more than $2,000. Kith revisited the look twice before this retro: a “2.0” with a navy midsole for its fifth anniversary in 2016, and a GEL Lyte 5 version for its tenth in 2021. For more on the silhouette, see the ASICS GEL archive, the Kith GEL Lyte III “White & Blue” and the GEL-Lyte III “Shigeyuki Mitsui”.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did the ASICS GEL Lyte III x Kith “Salmon Toe” release, and how much was it?
It released September 28, 2026 for $195 at Kith stores, with an 11 a.m. ET online launch on Kith.com and the Kith App.
Was the “Salmon Toe” a raffle or first-come, first-served?
Kith ran a draw in the Kith App, with entries open from September 25 at 1 p.m. until September 27 at 11:59 p.m. Kith Voyage loyalty members got early access.
What is the style code for the Kith x ASICS GEL Lyte III “Salmon Toe”?
The style code is 1203B281-700, the same number printed next to the pair in KITH: The Footwear Archive.
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Images via Ronnie Fieg, Kith and Assouline.
