Puma Suede 'Expedition'
Colorway: Zen Blue/Brown Mushroom · Style code: 395783-01 · Release date: April 10, 2024 · Price: $77 · Availability: Available now
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Expedition is the name Puma gave this two-tone Suede, and the palette earns it: Zen Blue, a soft desaturated blue, across most of the upper, with Brown Mushroom, a warm grey-brown, handling the contrast panels. Neither colour is bright, and the combination reads closer to hiking gear than to a court shoe. It arrived on April 10, 2024 at 75 dollars, which kept it at the standard price for a non-collaborative pair in the line that season.
Blue and brown is an underused pairing on this silhouette, which usually gets a single colour against white. Here the brown warms the blue up and stops it looking cold, and because both tones are muted the shoe sits comfortably under corduroy, canvas trousers or washed denim. The one caveat is the season it launched into: spring rain and brushed leather do not get along, and a light suede this pale grey-brown will show water marks if it is not treated first. Protect it once, brush it after wear, and the nap keeps the flat, dusty finish that makes the colours work.