Donovan Alexander Barnett

Berlin, Germany

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Noah's 2025 Timex Watch Is a Patek-ish $200 Dress Watch

4 days ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

Noah x Timex is back. The New York menswear label's next collaboration with Timex is a stylish pivot that's poised to once again please crowds and disappoint fans looking for an easy buy. Gone is the square moonphase case from Noah and Timex's debut drop, a design that riffed on the original timepiece's Tank proportions. In its place is a softly rounded ellipse with a painted lighthouse dial.
Tobe Nwigwe’s Minty Moncler Sneaker Is As Fresh As It Looks

5 days ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

Tobe Nwigwe linked up with Moncler for his first sneaker with the brand and made it a family affair. The result? A minty, trail-ready stomper. The Trailgrip Momint is a textured green remix of Moncler’s rugged sneaker silhouette, inspired by Nwigwe’s Grammy-nominated album moMINTs and brought to life through a campaign starring his wife, kids, and a vintage Benz.
The High Horology Brand That Trolled the Smart Watch, Just Made One

5 days ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

H. Moser & Cie. is back doing what it does best, surprising us. The Swiss brand known for mechanical mastery and horological cheekiness (remember the cheese watch? Or the Apple-like Swiss Alp?) just dropped a duo of watches with Alpine Motorsports. And one of them might be the smartest Swiss watch we’ve seen yet. Unveiled for the Barcelona Grand Prix, the new Streamliner Alpine Drivers Edition is a blue PVD skeleton chronograph powered by an open-worked Agenhor movement.
A NASA-Approved Watch, Space-Ready & Summer-Proof

1 week ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

UNIMATIC and Massena Lab’s latest collaboration, the Modello Quattro UT4-SPT “NASA Artemis II,” is a rugged 40mm tool watch with a NASA-signed dial and a burnt-orange Cerakote case inspired by the Artemis II lunar mission. It’s the duo’s second NASA-themed release this year, following March’s U1-SPG “NASA Artemis,” which vanished faster than a pair of Moon Boots.
You Can Wear LEGO x Nike Dunks. Or Build Them, Your Call

1 week ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

Nike and LEGO’s ongoing collaboration is doing the most (in the best way), giving us Dunks you can wear and Dunks you can build… yes, brick by brick. The sneaker in question is a LEGO x Nike Dunk Low, built with a one-piece glossy white upper and black printed overlays that look sketched on by hand. The paneling is cartoonish, like something out of a Katharine Morling ceramic or Joshua Vides collab, complete with a LEGO-branded tongue tag. It’s clean, graphic, and surprisingly subtle.
ASICS' Wild Sandal-Shoe Is a Freaky Dad Shoe Hybrid

1 week ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

We’re deep in the sneaker-sandal era. Sneakers aren’t just getting lighter, they’re getting airier, strappier, and way more open-toe curious. And now ASICS is stepping in with its own dad-core twist with the GEL-Filimy sneaker, a breathable, GEL-cushioned hybrid shoe that trades full-coverage trail runner styling for wide cutouts, open mesh, and thick crossover straps. For me, this is big dad tech energy, the kind of shoe you pull up to the BBQ in.
If I Can’t Stick LEGOs to My Nikes, What’s the Point?

1 week ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

Photos of the long-anticipated LEGO x Nike Air Max Dn have finally arrived. And yes, the sneaker's exactly as wild as it sounds. First rumored about in 2024, the collab is shaping up to be one of Nike’s brightest, most playful releases this year. However, it might also be one of Nike’s most frustrating. Drenched in LEGO’s signature primary yellow, the sneaker is loud in the best way featuring tactile rubber studs covering the upper like a 3D brick wall.
The "Banana Split" ASICS Dad Shoes Are Straight-Up Delicious

1 week ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

VANDYTHEPINK is finally bringing its first ASICS collab to the masses, and it’s serving… dessert. The VANDYTHEPINK x ASICS GEL-Nimbus 10.1 “Banana Split” Pack is inspired by the all-American warm-weather classic: The banana split. That’s three scoops of ice cream, a halved banana, and as many toppings as you can pile on. Delicious? Yes. Wearable? Apparently, also yes.
Is This the TAG Heuer Monaco Yet? Honestly… Yeah

1 week ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

TAG Heuer’s long-running love affair with speed continues with the Monaco Chronograph x Gulf, a sharp tribute to Steve McQueen, the Monaco Grand Prix, and maybe the sexiest (and most stylish) Monaco yet. If you know the watch, you know the legacy. When the original Monaco launched in 1969, it introduced the first automatic chronograph inside a waterproof square case. It was strange, technical, and a little rebellious.
Would You Wear Jordans to Go Fishing?

2 weeks ago | highsnobiety.com | Donovan Alexander Barnett |David Fischer

Would you wear your favorite Jordans to go fishing? That’s the existential quandary the newly minted Laker Luka Dončić has dropped on us with his latest signature sneaker, the Jordan Luka 4 “Gone Fishing.”Now, Dončić doesn’t need much of an introduction. Even if you’re casually following the NBA, his trade from the Mavericks to the Lakers had everyone scratching their heads. Still, he put in work on the court this season, averaging a solid 28 points per game.