K·Swiss celebrates 55 years of on and off the court footwear making. The 55th anniversary is traditionally celebrated as an “Emerald” which becomes the key inspiration for this celebratory collection. Out of a small factory on Howard Street, Golden Bear Sportswear began in 1922, crafting dockworker coats for the longshoremen who hauled cargo up and out of San Francisco Bay, their sturdy leather collars upturned against the fog and the cold. Twenty-five years down the line, you could find our fringed jackets on the backs of young adults on Haight Street and sported by icons of the counterculture—the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.