Cotton Candy Garden, 2025

A pastel dream symbolizing soft rebellion, personal growth, and the beauty of blooming in your own time.

Asics GEL-1130 | White/Birch | 003

“Cotton Candy Garden” is Just Souled Out’s third custom embellished sneaker that embodies the essence of transformation and personal growth. This custom ASICS sneaker is titled Cotton Candy Garden, a name that captures the sweet nostalgia of childhood and the unexpected softness that comes with growing into yourself.

Inspired by the pastel-drenched universe of Tyler, the Creator’s GOLF WANG, this design weaves together playful rebellion and personal reflection. The colors—pinks, baby blues, and hints of green—mimic the hues of cotton candy skies and spring gardens, evoking joy, innocence, and evolution all at once. Hand-stitched fabric flowers bloom across the upper, transforming the shoe into a moving garden. I used to resent flowers for how quickly they faded. Now, I find beauty in their symbolism and resilience. These flowers don’t die. They live on in thread, in fabric, in motion, marking every step as part of a continuous blooming.

The name Cotton Candy Garden speaks to that duality: softness and strength, impermanence and preservation, sweetness and soil. It’s a reminder that we’re all growing—even if it’s not always visible. This sneaker reflects a personal transformation: from rejecting fragility to embracing it as part of becoming a more evolved, expressive, and rooted version of myself.