NEGRONI, a driving shoe brand from Japan, announces its second collaboration model with Nissan Motor Company's GT-R (2025 model). IDEA CORSA × The three models, including the special color "Midnight Purple" for the NISSAN GT-R Premium edition T-spec, will go on sale on August 7, 2024 (Wednesday).
It has been 10 months since the first NISSAN GT-R collaboration, which was flooded with orders from all over the world upon its release. The second collaboration model based on the NISSAN GT-R 2025 model by Negroni will finally be released.
This time, the colors of the IDEA CORSA NISSAN GT-R Premium edition T-spec Midnight Purple and IDEA CORSA NISSAN GT-R Track edition engineered by NISMO, which change in color depending on the angle of view and the way the light hits them, will be available. In addition to One Gun Blue, the base grade IDEA NISSAN GT-R Premium edition Ultimate Metal Silver & Blue Heaven will be available in three new colors.
A gem of a collaboration model that symbolizes the Nissan GT-R 2025 model year
Following the 2024 collaboration model, two key figures in the development of the NISSAN GT-R, Mr. Hiroshi Tamura (Brand Ambassador) and Mr. Mitsunori Morita (Senior Manager, Advanced Design Department, Global Design Division) from Nissan Motor Co. Negroni's signature driving sneakers, "Idea" and "Idea Corsa", were changed to a pattern specifically for the NISSAN GT-R model, and tuned to special specifications, including material finishing and color adjustments based on the three color schemes symbolizing the 2025 model year.
For the base grade "Idea" driving shoes, a combination model of the Ultimate Metal Silver of the GT-R Premium edition, which graced the catalog cover of the GT-R 2025 model, and the interior color Blue Heaven was proposed. The contrast between the industrial texture of Ultimate Metal Silver and the organic and warm blue heaven is the most symbolic coloring that embodies the mood of the GT-R Premium edition, which is handcrafted by master craftsmen.
Midnight Purple, born of Negroni's passion for materials.
One of the most iconic projects of this edition was the development of Midnight Purple, a color that was once thought to be impossible to reproduce in leather. In developing this leather, we asked designer Morinoda for his cooperation. In order to reproduce more realistic changes in the paint color of the car body, we applied the "glass leather" manufacturing method, which is characterized by its sharp luster, to create a polarized pearl layer that changes from purple to green on the surface of the finely buffed leather, and by applying a thin top coat of glossy synthetic resin, the color changes in various ways depending on the angle of view and how the light hits it. The result is an enchanting midnight purple coloring that changes color from purple to green depending on the angle of view and the way the light hits it.
The beautiful gold T-spec logo parts developed for the GT-R collaboration project are made of brass plates with special surface treatment and clear coating to reproduce the approximate color of the T-spec emblem on the car body. The beautiful combination of carbon fiber and gold piping lines creates a special signature model that symbolizes Japanese automobile culture.
Detail work created with Hiroshi Tamura, a Negroni enthusiast.
Hiroshi Tamura, Nissan brand ambassador, compares the finished shoes with the GT-R's body color.
The GT-R emblem, which took a lot of trial and error, is reproduced by nickel plating and two types of coloring: pearl red and black. In particular, there is only about 1mm clearance between the middle of the GT and the center of the R. The process of injecting the black paint is handled by a skilled domestic hardware manufacturer and is completed through an extremely difficult process.
In addition, the "technique of embedding the GT-R logo in the embossed leather" was designed to imitate the details of the steering wheel, which was achieved through the persistence of Mr. Tamura, a long-time Idea Corsa user, and the skills of Negroni's craftsmen. The processing method of expressing the powerful embossing by thinning the thickness of the back side of the leather material in parts by hand and adjusting the thickness of the leather and the core is a masterful technique unique to this model, realized by the handwork of a single craftsman at Negroni.
In order to express the coloring of Wangan Blue, one of the most iconic body colors among the successive generations of NISSAN GT-R, the usual Negroni leather manufacturing process has been customized to apply pearl metallic between two different blue dyes to create a strong and compelling coloring. We have reproduced a vivid blue color that makes a strong statement not only in sunlight, but also in interior light and inside the car. The blue colored stitching on the carbon leather is also a feature of this work.