More @newbalance @mitasneakers takes on the MT 580 with added REVlite #crookedtongues #newbalance

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More @newbalance @mitasneakers takes on the MT 580 with added REVlite #crookedtongues #newbalance

Actually, it's a remix of a remix, because this is the MRT580WM, with the MRT580 being a superlight version of this model that uses the REVlite foam we see on NB performance pieces like the M890. The 574 and 996 have had similar treatment, but we've always found the MT580 a pretty weighty shoe and scrapping the usual ROLLBAR midsole (we've come a long way since people thought that technology would hurt western feet) is a colossal difference that doesn't affect the look too much. The formal shoe-like black leather, complete with tan leather sockliners and inner tongues isn't unusual in the current collab-heavy climate, but the decision to have brogue style perforations in star shapes with a white 3M underlay is more than a little unorthodox. So there you have it, a reworked take on a onetime oddity made to look like some kind of space brogue and we're not complaining. The m...

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