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The New Balance 57/40 Gets Functional with GORE-TEX and CORDURA
Brand: New Balance Model: 57/40 (M5740G, M5740 CD1, and M5740 RC1) Release Date: Available now Price: ¥16,500-22,000 (approx. $144-192) Buy: Online at New Balance JP Editor’s Notes: If Gorpcore has anything to say about it, the best way to make a good sneaker even better is to get some GORE-TEX involved. I’d be inclined to agree. There’s nothing […]
New Balance’s ”Refined Future” Meets the 57/40
Brand: New Balance Model: 57/40 “Refined Future” Release Date: October Price: $120 Buy: Online at New Balance Editor’s Notes: New Balance is on the path to taking the crown for the best sneaker releases of 2021, thanks in part to its stacked collaboration calendar. Straight out of the gate, it kicked an explosive schedule into motion alongside […]
CdG HOMME’s GORE-TEX New Balance Is This Year’s Best Boring Sneaker
Brand: COMME des GARÇONS HOMME x New Balance Model: 57/40 Release Date: October 1 Price: ¥40,700 (about $366) Buy: Dover Street Market and Japanese Editor’s Notes: COMME des GARÇONS’ workwear-centric HOMME sub-label — not to be confused with the adventurous mainline fare of COMME des GARÇONS HOMME PLUS — may or may not still be […]
As Babe Ruth Riffs Go, Concepts’ New Balance 57/40 Is a Home Run
Brand: Concepts x New Balance, New Era Release Date: August 27 Price: $150 Buy: Concepts’ website and stores Editor’s Notes: There was a time when Babe Ruth was an up-and-coming slugger with something to prove. As his career was on the upswing, the Yankees decided to cash in on their young firebrand with an early […]