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AURALEE’s Minimal New Balance 550 Collaboration Releases Globally In August

AURALEE’s Minimal New Balance 550 Collaboration Releases Globally In August

Back in March, as AURALEE unveiled their AW21 collection, the New Balance 550 graced the digital stage, flaunting a colorway that near perfectly encapsulates the Japanese label’s design ethos. Finally, the collaboration is due to release July 16th, possibly exclusively in Japan.

While simple — and likely “lazy” to the ignorant — the pair subverts the trend of past inline releases and even ALD’s own. Instead of relying on the collegiate, retro-inspired blocking, AURALEE has opted to celebrate the allure of vintage itself. As such, they’ve imparted an aged feel throughout, the leathers glazed in a cream finish and subtly distressed at certain edges. Below, the tooling only aids this experience, yellowing to a degree far more intense. Branding, also, is kept minimal, the only instance of “AURALEE” found atop the insole.

For a closer look, see the campaign imagery below. As previously mentioned, a release date is currently set for July 16th, with New Balance stores and AURALEE themselves to participate.

In other news, the New Balance Vision Racer is getting a retro look itself.

UPDATE 7/27/2021:
The global release has been pushed back to August 19th.

UPDATE 7/11/2021:
Additional photos of the AURALEE x New Balance 550 have been added below.

UPDATE 7/11/2021:
The AURALEE x New Balance 550 will see a global release on July 26th via END.

WHERE TO BUY

Mens AURALEE x New Balance 550

SKU: BB550AR
RETAIL PRICE: $180
RELEASE DATE: Aug 19, 2021

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