New Balance 530 'White Raspberry'
Colorway: White/Raspberry/Brighton Grey · Style code: MR530BC · Release date: January 30, 2023 · Price: $278 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: New Balance 530 'Beige Angora' (MR530AA) · New Balance 530 'Moonbeam Sea Salt' (MR530AA1) · New Balance 530 'Moonbeam Cow Print' (MR530AAM) · New Balance 530 'White Silver Green' (MR530AB) · New Balance 530 'Silver Metallic Team Orange' (MR530AC)
The 530 was a running shoe first, and not an especially celebrated one. New Balance released it in 1992 with ABZORB cushioning in the heel over an ENCAP midsole, built for high mileage, and it sold steadily for years without ever becoming a model anyone wrote about. Its second life came entirely from its shape. A chunky mesh-and-synthetic silhouette with metallic panelling read as unfashionable for long enough to swing around into the opposite, and by the early 2020s the 530 was one of the shoes carrying that trend, selling in enormous numbers to people with no intention of running in it. White raspberry keeps the upper mostly white, threads a soft pink through the trim and leaves the silver panelling untouched, which is the detail the whole shoe is actually built around.