nanamica x Puma Suede Vintage GORE-TEX 'Parisian Night'
Colorway: Parisian Night · Style code: 385875-01 · Release date: August 26, 2022 · Price: $2452 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: nanamica x Puma Suede Vintage GORE-TEX 'Vintage Khaki' (385875-02)
A waterproof membrane is the entire point of this collaboration. nanamica, the Japanese label that built its reputation on GORE-TEX outerwear, reworked the Suede Vintage with a GORE-TEX upper in Parisian Night navy, turning a shoe famously ruined by rain into one made for it. Puma released the pair on August 26, 2022 at 150 dollars, double what a standard version cost that year.
The logic is sound enough to make you wonder why it is not done more often. Brushed leather is close to the worst possible material for wet weather, and this silhouette has spent decades being kept indoors whenever the forecast turned. Swapping the upper for a laminated fabric solves that at the cost of the texture the model is named for, a trade some buyers will refuse on principle. Navy is the right colour for the job, dark enough to hide what a wet pavement leaves behind and neutral enough to survive the seasons the shoe is built for. It is a technical piece wearing a heritage outline.