FENDI WRAP SNEAKER FOLDS ON AN ELASTIC TOE BAND

The Fendi Wrap sneaker holds a suede and technical fabric upper together with an elastic band across the toe, and on November 5, 2026 Fendi introduced it under the line "Crafted to move with you" and credited it to Maria Grazia Chiuri. Elastic is the thread that ties it to the Fendi Flow of 2020, which used elastic laces and a diagonal zipper. Between the two shoes the credit moved from Silvia Venturini Fendi to Chiuri, and the stretch stayed.

Elastic Webbing Across the Toe

The Wrap is a low top sneaker with an elastic band running across the toe. Farfetch describes the lace up version as using customized elastic webbing there, and says the slim, contoured sole lets the shoe be folded and secured with that elastic. V Magazine, which covered the shoe as a fall release, describes a suede exterior with a defining wrap element built from elastic.

The materials change by colorway. Farfetch lists a technical fabric and white suede pair, Editorialist lists technical fabric with black suede, and the composition on the Farfetch listing reads 50 percent calf leather and 50 percent polyamide. A suede trimmed calf hair version sits above the standard pair at The Cool Hour. The point is that the shoe is a hybrid: nylon style fabric does the stretching, suede and leather do the framing, and the elastic decides how the foot sits.

That construction is the opposite of a stiff luxury sneaker. A shoe that can fold flat is built for a bag, a carry on or a hotel drawer, which fits the line Fendi chose to introduce it.

Silvia Venturini Fendi Named the Flow After Running

The Flow reached the men's Fall Winter 2020 catwalk and then Fendi boutiques worldwide at 850 dollars. Hypebeast reported that Silvia Venturini Fendi said the name reflects the feeling of running in the shoe, and that the Fendi F swoops across the sole line. The construction was sleek suede, translucent technical fabric, a feather light rubber sole, elastic laces and a diagonal zipper. Fendi sold it as a unisex shoe.

Earlier Fendi sneakers leaned on partners. The Fendi and FILA collection for Fall Winter 2018 produced a sneaker boot and a low top runner with the reworked Fendi tag. The Flow was the first of these to read as Fendi's own performance shoe, and the Wrap now carries the stretch idea forward without the zipper.

Retailers still list Flow styles in leather and FF fabric for Spring Summer 2024, and a low top for Fall Winter 2024 near 988 dollars. A sneaker that stays on shelves for four seasons is not a one drop gimmick, which is the context for a second elastic shoe arriving in 2026.

February 25, 2026. Chiuri's First Fendi Show

Fendi revealed Chiuri as its chief creative officer on October 14, 2025, and she presented her first collection for the house on February 25, 2026 in Milan. LVMH's release describes the Fall Winter 2026 to 2027 collection as a tribute to the collective creativity of the five Fendi sisters. Coverage of the show describes practical garments next to collectible jewellery, shoes and bags.

She is not new to the building. Chiuri worked at Fendi for 10 years as an accessories designer, between 1989 and 1999, before her long run at other houses. Accessories and shoes are the part of Fendi she knows from the inside, so it is consistent that her name is attached to a shoe rather than a coat.

The footwear in her first season is not all sneakers. The Very Colibrì, introduced in August 2026 as part of the Fall Winter 2026 to 2027 collection, is a heeled shoe that revisits one of Fendi's signature designs. The Wrap is the casual end of the same footwear push.

Four Colorways on Fendi's Own Site

Fendi's site lists the Wrap in black suede and fabric, white suede and fabric, yellow and green fabric and suede, and yellow and black suede and fabric. A black version in animal print appears at Modesens, first seen in September 2026, and Fendi's black listing gave an expected ship date within 30 days of October 18, 2026. So the shoe was selling before the November 5 introduction. That makes the new line a spotlight on a shoe already in the range, not a first appearance.

Fendi prices the black and white Wrap at 950 dollars, and Nordstrom shows the same figure. Lyst shows discounted pairs, a metallic version at 700 dollars and a white pair at 775 dollars, so the shoe is already being marked down at some retailers. That matters if you are deciding whether to wait: the 950 dollar price is Fendi's, not the street's.

Miu Miu Is Selling Suede Sneakers Too

Fendi is not alone in pushing luxury footwear at the casual end. Miu Miu revived its 1999 Bubble sneaker in multitextured suede, which the Bubble shoe revival priced from 1,170 dollars and which counted as the third Miu Miu archive revival since May 2026. Miu Miu's contradiction sneaker followed in August with a crystal covered version at 2,300 dollars.

Against that, the Wrap is the cheaper way into a house sneaker, 220 dollars below the Bubble's entry price. Fendi's own site lists the black and white Wrap at 950 dollars, 100 dollars above the Flow's 2020 launch price of 850; what has carried over from one to the other is the elastic.