Puma’s First Round shoe, is back. Following the tremendous success of last years collaboration with Alife, Puma has decided to bring the shoe back with a collaboration with Japanese brand “American Rag Cie.” The shoe features two transposed colorways; Silver/White or White/Silver. The shoe is available now at American Rag Cie.
The Puma California which was first released in 1982 was one of the cornerstones of the sportswear brand. Now reviving the California sneaker back from the dead, Puma will be releasing three styles which draw inspiration from rich Californian lifestyle. One of the three styles seen here is the “Cali Woody” which is themed after the classic 40’s station wagon known as the “Woody Wagon”. The shoe features the state of California on the tongue tag, there will be palm trees on the heel and a translucent surf board print on the sole. These will be limited in only 200 pairs and will be available only at the Puma retail shop in Santa Monica starting February 1st.
PUMA Store (Santa Monica)
The Promenade
1350 Third St. Promenade
Santa Monica, California 90401
The magazine Sneaker Freaker, founded by Simon Wood aka. Woody has been around for quite a while. This year they have released their 11th issue of the magazine but that’s not all they’re going to release. It looks like there will be a collaboration sneaker in the works with Puma which you might have already seen on the cover of Sneaker Freaker issue #11. Now, thanks to Guillotine, here’s a better picture of the shoe which is dubbed “Blaze of Glory”. There is currently no word on release date yet but hopefully we can see these in stores soon.
Awhile back, we featured a reflective Puma RS100. That particular pair shares a common Emergency Pack theme with two recently released models. Unlike their reflective counterpart, these two pairs are hard to miss in any lighting conditions with fluorescent colors dominating the uppers. Available now at Overkill.
Here is the new Puma Suede Mid II which is an adaptation from the Puma Suede which has its roots in early hip-hop and break dancing. This season, Puma has offered two colorways for the Puma Suede Mid II including a vibrant green with a chocolate brown form stripe and a navy with a straw colored form stripe. These are available now at Puma retailers for $75 USD.
Combining their sports heritage with new contemporary fashion looks, Puma has unveiled their 2008 Spring/Summer collection. Incorporating different elements into their designs, the collection ranges from motor-sports to the urban inspired.
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Rudolf Dassler is the original German founder of the sportswear company Puma (His brother Adolf Dassler founded Adidas). At first, Rudolf Dassler called the company “Ruda” but later changed it to Puma. Here is the new Rudolf Dassler Collection which combines modern aesthetics with nostalgic elements. The new models include the Puma Verlauf, Puma Strassentanz Mid and Puma Kletterer. Available now at Overkill Berlin.
In what seems to be an increasing trend, sneaker companies are beginning to offer up winter-appropriate versions of some of their classic models. We’ve seen various Gore-Tex and WP (waterproof) releases from Nike while Puma has stepped up with the Argentina Winterized. The 1978 classic includes winter friendly technical features such as water/dirt/grease repellent leather and a Thinsulate liner to trap heat. Available now through hanon shop.
Spy vs. Spy is a wordless black and white comic strip created by Cuban Antonio Prohias. The comic has been published in Mad magazine since 1961 and is inspired by the Cold War of that era. Bodega and Puma has taken this and created a sneaker based of the Sky II but renamed it to the Spy II. Detail wise you won’t find much better than this shoe as it includes things like the Morse code, bullet holes and dynamtic swing tags. If you want to check out an interview with Bodega, head over to Sneaker Freaker.
Puma has given the Puma RS100 an extensive reflective 3M treatment. The gray and black upper features a reflective materials along parts of the side and toebox with a mesh toebox. The heel tab features a high voltage logo. Check your local Puma dealer for availability.
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As 2007 led to the successful killing of lumberjack/plaid/buffalo check/tartan materials, it’s with good riddance that these latest Puma Suede’s kept the use of the aforementioned materials out of sight and only on the inner lining without spoiling two clean colorways. Black/red and red/black are available on this Puma Suede. Available now at Mita.
One of the more uncommon Puma running offerings, the XR Runner will release early next year in January. This particular XR Runner model under the pretense of a Jurassictheme features a texturized reptile-esque upper in either blue or red.
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