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One more down. Another shoe scratched off my grail list. I was able to get my Infrareds two years back and this was next on my list. I couldn’t find a pair in my size and if there were, they were just priced way over my budget. Some say Jeff Staple’s Dunk SB Pigeons are [...]

How fitting is that New Balance Philippines will be dropping their 574 Dragon Pack 2012 this weekend to welcome and celebrate the Chinese New Year. This isn’t the first time NB used the mythical creature on their pairs but every time they do, they’ve come up with such an excellent use of material and imagery. [...]

Here’s the last installment of the three from 2011′s APAC Project. The HS77 PPF represents the “Future” of the iconic 574 silhouette. It is quite noticeable that there are similarities between this and the 574. The HS77 uses sonic weld technology for a sleeker and seamless design. The shoe also uses a lot of new [...]

Here’s the second edition from the PPF Pack, the H574J or the “Present” 574. As the Past was a wonderful collaboration between New Balance and Streething, the Present 574 is one between NB and Singaporean sneaker boutique Leftfoot. Still keeping in line with the whole outdoor/hiking motif, this iteration of the 574 has quick release [...]

Recently, I featured the special 2011 APAC project for New Balance collab with Streething and Leftfoot. Today, we focus on the Past. As the PPF (Past, Present, Future) Pack’s goal was to re-imagine and re-work the classic 574 shoe, the “Past” tried to emulate the classic shoe but with a twist. Using some of the [...]

If you run out of the PPF Pack and you want to go rugged and outdoors, you might want to consider this navy and gold number from New Balance. This version of the 574 draws inspiration from the outdoors, using materials that are closely related to outdoor wear. From the gridded nylon, outdoor laces and [...]

Aside from releasing the PPF Pack and the HS77s, New Balance also released a duo of classic 574s using suede and 3M material. Both the tongue tag and heel tab use 3M while the rest of the shoe (save for the N and the mesh ankle panels) is done in suede. They may be hard [...]

It may be a little too late, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is they dropped them here. After last year’s successful APAC (Asia Pacific) Project, the Tri-Color Pack, New Balance works with Streething and Singaporean store Leftfoot for this year’s release. The PPF Pack- Past, Present and Future- focuses on the 574, and how [...]

A few months back, I picked up the HS77, a hybrid sneaker/boot by New Balance. The color blocking on the HS77 is just awesome- from the color accents on the midsole, stitching, laces and the eyelets. Aside from the Sonic Welded suede and the flex grooved outsole, the shoe is mad comfy. The padded camo [...]

I’ve been meaning to post my latest pick up, the New Balance HS77. If you’ve seen the shoe online, they’ve dubbed this as the Future of the 574. They created a special pack  together with Streething and Leftfoot for the Asia Pacific region for the 574. They created a mid-cut vintage version of the 574 [...]