New Balance 574v2 'Marblehead Incense'
Colorway: Marblehead/Incense · Style code: ML574TT2 · Release date: January 11, 2022 · Price: $115 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: New Balance 574 'Pennant Pack' (ML574) · New Balance 574 'Incense' (ML574AA2) · New Balance 574 'Natural Indigo Maple' (ML574AB2) · New Balance 574 'Rain Cloud Maple' (ML574AC2) · Alpha Industries x New Balance 574 'Sedona Seige Grey' (ML574AI2)
Grey and tan is the quietest pair of colours New Balance works with, and this 574v2 uses both at full strength rather than as a base and an accent. Marblehead covers roughly half the upper and incense the other half, and because both are muted the split does not shout; you notice the seam before you notice the change in colour. Suede on both sides keeps the transition soft, since a napped surface never produces a hard edge under light.
New Balance released the pair on January 11, 2022 at $90. The v2 tag marks the revised core build, which keeps the outline and the ENCAP heel, EVA in the middle with polyurethane around the outside, while tidying the details around them. The colour logic is older than the shoe. New Balance has leaned on stone and earth tones since its running models were sold on function rather than styling, and a grey and tan pair is the point where that habit and this silhouette's proportions meet. There is no theme and no collaborator here, only two colours chosen to be easy to wear.