It's not that hard to do a sweet looking shoe : get a classic shoe and get the good persons involved .
Thanks to former niketalk retro forum moderator AirRev hired in 2003 or 2004 , the brand has set up an interesting reedition program of its classics , far from the actual products of the brand . I don't know much about the real part of the job AirRev has done for Puma since , but knowing the tastes of the man , I am pretty sure this trip back in the roots of the brand was in his brain just the second after he received a call from the brand executives .
First Puma has called back the man himself , two time NBA Champion , Walt"Clyde"Frazier , probably the best New York Knick ever , and at least the flyest , to represent the signature shoe in its original 1973 form in a worldwide tour , between Tokyo , NYC and London .
Then they have proposed various interpretations of the Clyde , including the Clydezilla (a special shaped clyde who was specifically produced in Japan back in the days which explains the reference to Godzilla) . The b-boy roots inspired them to make the totally crazy Yo! MTV raps . And later they did a an Easter pack and a Bonnie and Clyde pack (hence the nickname of the player) , before collaborating with the Crooked Tongues to release 3 color schemes , one being the winner of the custom CT contest that was set up this last autumn .
The alter egos of the classic named Suede (different shape) , Suede Mid , and Basket (leather version) were also released in the mean time .
With the benefit of an incredible buzz on the Crooked Tongues forum (AirRev UK connections ?) , and the limited distribution , the Puma Clyde has succeeded its comeback .
The releases continue with a wonderful rainbow pack . Yes it's simple but suede and solid colors do it for me .
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6 comments:
A mon avis, Puma a bien perdu 2 ans de marché... Il etait temps de resortir une clyde hype... N'est pas Nike qui veut quoi!
ouais
puma
ils dorment avec leur mostro degeu
mais vive la clyde
elle dechire mais pas fushia yeurk
rebirth of a classic
puma a pris son temps et ej trouve que ça paye
ils se font assez de maille avec les produits plus mainstream et ça leurs permet de ne pas tuer certains modéles comme la clyde ou alors de maniére plus pointus les disc blaze
les choix de chez puma sont vraiment bon en ce moment pr la clyde , que ce soit pr les collab ou pr les GR
ttes ces couleurs me font bien tourner la téte
:)
bienvenue rainman ! bonne analyse mec !
je croyais que tu pensais que STARKS était le meilleur knick de tout les temps samos, perso je reste sur mister ewing....
La disc de puma...one of the ugliest soulier ever
Starks pas le meilleur , mais surement le plus représentatif de l'esprit NYK tel que je l'ai perçu aprés les avoir suivi toutes ces années .
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