New Balance’s Skate Shoe Is Seeing Yellow and Looking Good Doing It
Black and yellow is a pretty reliable combination, but this new New Balance makes a particularly good case for it. Most of the shoe keeps things low-key, with just enough Happy Yellow sprinkled in to stop the whole thing from feeling like another black sneaker.
Meet the New Balance Numeric 440Wv2.
There’s something appealing about a skate shoe that doesn’t feel the need to reinvent itself every five minutes. The 440Wv2 has that familiar, slightly old-school look that works just as well off the board as it does on it. Nothing too bulky, nothing too flashy, just a good-looking sneaker with a bit of attitude.
Then there’s that yellow. Against the black, it really pops, giving the shoe a little extra life without turning it into something you’d struggle to wear. It’s a simple combination, sure, but sometimes that’s all you need. The contrast does the talking, and the rest of the shoe knows when to keep quiet.
What makes it work is that it doesn’t look overly polished or precious. It has the sort of laid-back appeal you want from a skate shoe, with enough color to make it feel a little more considered than your usual black pair.
If your sneaker rotation is looking a bit too monochrome, this is one way to brighten things up without going overboard.
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