Method Man and Redman are the faces of the first collaboration between UGG and Aimé Leon Dore. The UGG ALD Slipper releases on November 12, 2026, in two colorways, Dark Coffee Bean and Goldenrod. Aimé Leon Dore premiered the campaign film on its YouTube channel on November 10. In it, the two sit on a Harlem stoop and talk about their friendship, life on the road and what home means after three decades in rap. That comes about a year and a half after Redman said on The Julian Dorey Podcast in March 2025 that he and Meth no longer hang out outside of work. "We do shows and we come back home," he explained, as Okayplayer reported. The new film picks up exactly that thought.
First, to be clear about their role: Method Man and Redman front the campaign. None of the reports I have read say they worked on the design of the slipper. This is a campaign, not a Meth and Red signature shoe.
The UGG ALD Slipper: Release Date, Colorways and Where to Buy
The slipper is a moccasin-style shoe in full-grain leather with a twin-face sheepskin lining. It has moccasin stitching on the upper, a tongue that sits higher than the rest of the shoe, an embossed UGG logo and the Aimé Leon Dore Queens crest. Sizing is unisex.
According to Sole Retriever, it releases on November 12 through ALD, UGG and select retailers, both in stores and online. Oui Speak Fashion adds aimeleondore.com, the ALD flagship stores and UGG stores in Tokyo and Osaka. No price had been announced as of November 10. ALD produced the photography and the film itself.
- Model: UGG ALD Slipper
- Colorways: Dark Coffee Bean, Goldenrod
- Release date: November 12, 2026
- Price: not announced yet
- Where: Aimé Leon Dore, UGG and select retailers, in stores and online
A Harlem Stoop Instead of a Studio
There is no big production in the film. The two sit on the steps and talk. Redman explains how his view of home has changed: "When I'm in the house, I get to stay in there and perfect my craft and be at the board. I'm an engineer." He also says that after a run on the road the two of them need time with their families. Complex sums up Method Man's part the same way: family as a way to find "peace away from the chaos." The clip ends with a quote from KRS-One.
"I'm an engineer" is the most interesting line for me. Redman has always been more than the wild guy from the How High poster. He produced a lot of his own records. Hearing him describe his house as the place where he sits at the board is a quiet reminder of that, in an ad for a slipper of all things.
The location is worth a note too. Method Man is from Staten Island, Redman from Newark. Neither of them is from Harlem. Aimé Leon Dore was founded in 2014 by Teddy Santis in Queens. The film is less about one neighborhood than about New York as a whole, the way ALD has always sold it: brownstones, stoops, nineties references.
Why Method Man and Redman Fit This Campaign
Few duos in rap have lasted as long as these two. They first teamed up on "How High" in 1995, when the Wu-Tang Clan and the Def Squad were both on the rise, and they have been a pair ever since. Their joint album Blackout! came out on Def Jam in 1999, the stoner comedy How High followed in 2001, and Blackout! 2 arrived in 2009. They also had their own short-lived Fox sitcom, Method & Red, in 2004.
That history is exactly what ALD trades in. The brand built its image on New York in the nineties, and Teddy Santis has carried that look into his work as creative director of New Balance's Made in USA line. UGG, on the other hand, comes from California and Australian sheepskin, and for most people it is a winter boot, not a rap reference. Putting two of the most recognizable New York voices of that era in a campaign for a house slipper is the bridge between both worlds. And the theme fits: two rappers in their fifties talking about home, family and staying in.
My Take
I like that the campaign does not pretend this is something it is not. No signature shoe, no invented backstory, just two guys on a stoop who have been friends for over thirty years. That is a smarter use of Meth and Red than another logo hoodie.
The timing is good too. Two days after the release, the Wu-Tang Clan is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 14 in Los Angeles. Not long ago I wrote about Wu Wear's return at ComplexCon 2026 and how much the Clan's look was always its own. This is the other model: a big brand rents the credibility of the artists for one campaign. Both can work. Here the artists at least get to talk like themselves.
If you want a pair, mark November 12. The price will tell us whether this is a slipper for the house or another hype product for the resale market.
