New Balance Wmns 574 'Pink Red Blue'
Colorway: Pink · Style code: WL574YP2 · Price: $254 · 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)
Pink is the base and the other two colours are interruptions. Red sits close enough to the pink to look like a deeper version of it, while blue is the outlier, a cool tone dropped into a warm shoe, and the contrast between the two accents is sharper than either is against the ground. All three arrive on suede, which flattens them; the same combination in patent or synthetic would look considerably louder.
New Balance priced this women's pair at $90. The heel carries ENCAP, the unit that has been under the 574 since it was designed: a soft EVA core held inside a firmer polyurethane rim, which was the brand's way of getting cushioning and stability out of one wedge at a time when a single foam could not deliver both. The upper is the 576 pattern the model borrowed at birth, which is why a three-colour scheme has somewhere to go. A shape this heavily seamed lets a designer run a palette across the shoe in steps rather than blocks, and this pair uses every step available to it.