New Balance Wmns 574+ 'Juniper'
Colorway: Juniper/Raincloud/White · Style code: WL574ZSG · Release date: August 23, 2023 · Price: $2632 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: New Balance Wmns 574 'Sea Salt Real Pink' (WL5742BA) · New Balance Wmns 574 'Pink Sugar' (WL5742BB) · New Balance Wmns 574 'Reflection Spring Sky' (WL5742BC) · New Balance Wmns 574 Rugged 'Angora Granite' (WL574AA2) · New Balance Wmns 574 'Bright Lavender' (WL574AG2)
Juniper reads close to navy in low light and opens up into a blue-green outdoors. New Balance puts it on the suede overlays of this women's 574+, with raincloud, a soft mid grey, across the body panels and white on the sidewall N, the laces and the midsole. Keeping the brightest element underfoot is what stops the dark upper from swallowing the shape.
The 574+ is the platform build: the same upper pattern lifted by a thicker foam sole that adds height without widening the last, with the ENCAP heel riding on top of it. New Balance released this pair on August 23, 2023 at $100. Three colours is more than the model usually carries, and because the split follows the panel seams rather than cutting across them, the construction stays legible from a distance. That clarity is inherited. The 574's upper came from the 576, a pattern drawn to hold a foot steady on uneven ground, so every overlay on it was doing structural work before it was doing decorative work.