Puma Suede Mid 21 'Green Gables'
Colorway: Green Gables/White/White · Style code: 380205-07 · Price: $87 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Puma Suede Mid 21 'Black' (380205-01) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'Quarry' (380205-02) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'High Risk Red' (380205-03) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'White Mineral Yellow' (380205-08) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'White Red Lemon' (380205-09)
Mid 21 is the version that extends the collar above the ankle, and this pair does it in Green Gables, a dark green, with white on the sole and the trim. Puma listed it at 80 dollars, a ten dollar premium over the low version for the extra material. The upper is brushed leather throughout, so the added panels carry the same texture as the rest of the shoe instead of switching to canvas or nylon the way many mid-cuts do.
Extending a low-top silhouette upward is harder than it looks, because the Formstrip and the lace panel are proportioned for a shoe that stops below the ankle. This one keeps the sweep intact and adds height above it, so the original profile stays readable with more shoe underneath. A single dark colour helps, since no contrast panel draws attention to where the extension begins. In wear the taller collar makes the shoe warmer and more supportive around the ankle, which pushes it toward winter use. Dark green nap is forgiving too, hiding the marks a pale mid-cut would show along its collar within a week.