Puma Suede Classic 21 'Malachite White'
Colorway: Malachite/White · Style code: 374915-89 · Release date: October 4, 2023 · Price: $145 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Puma Suede Classic 21 'Black White' (374915-01) · Puma Suede Classic 21 'High Risk Red' (374915-02) · Puma Suede Classic 21 'Grey Violet' (374915-03) · Puma Suede Classic 21 'Peacoat' (374915-04) · Puma Suede Classic 21 'Honey Mustard' (374915-05)
Malachite gives this Suede Classic 21 a green upper named after a copper carbonate mineral prized for its banded colour. Puma applies it flat across the suede, with white on the Formstrip, the toe wrap and the cup sole underneath. The release landed on October 4, 2023, nine months after the line's Vine green, and carried the same 75 dollar price. The rest of the build is standard for the model: suede across the quarter panels and tongue, a padded collar and a rubber cup sole.
Autumn is a sensible window for a green this saturated, since the pair works as a colour accent in a wardrobe that turns brown and grey from October onward. This has been a colour-led shoe since Puma first covered the shape in nap leather in 1968, and greens have been a recurring thread in the line ever since. What separates this one from its siblings is how little else is going on: no contrast heel tab, no tonal Formstrip, no pattern, just one green and the white that frames it. If you want the silhouette in a colour that is doing something without shouting, this is the version that argues for itself.