New Balance have been a cool, clean alternative to Nikes for a while now. It’s mostly the 574 model that you see around. They have a real sort of even, clean (I use that word a lot, “clean.” Don’t I ?) look to them. With some jeans I have to wear hi-tops, but the 574s have just enough bulk in a low top to hold my pants right yet still look proper with shorts or skinny jeans. The other New Balance models don’t seem to have the same aesthetic value as the 574s. The just didn’t seem as… well… balanced. Until now.

New balance teamed up with sneakersnstuff.com, a European online shoe store, to make these super dope 577s.

These color ways are solid if I do say so myself. Especially the green ones. The offsetting of the earth tones with the hot pink is especially nice. And the gray on gray is just (ahem) yeah, you know… clean.

There’s something about these color combos that make the actual design of the show look better in my opinion. I’ve always thought they were a little too long and narrow compared to the 574s, but these shoes are hot. And besides that, New Balance makes a top quality, very comfortable shoe.

Sneakersnstuff.com has a real nice selection of all the other major shoe brands, but I don’t know what shipping would cost as it seems they’re based in EU.

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