Puma Suede Bloc 'Black Ice Flow'
Colorway: Black/Ice Flow · Style code: 380705-05 · Release date: February 6, 2022 · Price: $100 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Puma Suede Bloc 'White Yellow Pear' (380705-01) · Puma Suede Bloc 'White Amazon Green' (380705-02) · Puma Suede Bloc 'Black Ivory Glow' (380705-03) · Puma Suede Bloc 'White Dark Slate' (380705-04) · Puma Suede Bloc 'White Silver Blue' (380705-06)
Pale and cold, Ice Flow set against black gives this Bloc pair the chilliest palette in the series. Black covers most of the leather upper, with the blue placed where the eye lands first, so the shoe stays dark overall and saves its colour for a single accent. It shipped on February 6, 2022, into the tail end of a northern winter, which suits it well.
Cold accents on a black upper work because there is no warmth anywhere to fight them. A pale blue next to brown or cream would look washed out; next to black it reads as clean and deliberate. The leather build helps again, since a glossy surface keeps a pale blue from drifting grey the way a brushed one can. Practically this is the lowest-maintenance pair in the set: black hides almost everything, and the blue sections are small enough to wipe down in seconds. The shape underneath is still the reason to buy it, but this is one of the few colourways where the upper stops demanding thought after the first wear.