New Balance

Price: $100 Why Buy? The New Balance x Vu 440v2 is a great collab with callbacks to one of the…

Throughout 2023, I’ve fallen in love with the New Balance 990. I don’t mean the New Balance 990v6, or 990v3.…

Price: $185 [$149 on Amazon] Why Buy? The New Balance 990v5 is the ultimate dad shoe: comfortable, well made, and…

Price: $185 / Check eBay for Better Deals Why Buy? The New Balance 990v4 is made in America of mostly…

Why Buy? The 990v3 offers the dad-shoe look without the excess bulk, and has actually become a bit of a value pick after keeping the price steady for a decade. Why Avoid? While great at a lot of things, the 990v3 isn't the best at any one.

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For a brand that wraps itself in the American flag so often, New Balance is surprisingly international. A few weeks back we took a look at a couple of Made-in-UK models, but it doesn’t stop there. As you can probably guess by the name of this article, New Balance also has a design studio based in Tokyo, Japan. This studio is tasked with taking classic designs and reworking them to fit Japan’s more fashion-forward look.

If you’re at all familiar with New Balance you know how the models go, at least here in the U.S. There is the 990, which later got 5 more revisions. Then there is the 992, the 993, etc. However, you might have noticed that in the Made-in-America line there is one missing. That’s because if you’re looking for the first time New Balance updated their famous 990 you have to look across the Atlantic Ocean. You need to check out the UK-made New Balance 991.