DESIGN NOTES The iconic MEXICO 66 model was born in 1966 and debuted at the 1968 Olympic games pretrials in Mexico with a premium white leather, stitched with a red and blue ASICS Stripe design. Today, the classic runner has been reawakened and remains the most popular shoe in the ONITSUKA TIGER collection. Since its revival, the heritage racer gets the full-grain leather treatment on the upper and is accompanied by a natural leather heel tab, branded with the ONITSUKA TIGER emblem.