Puma Wmns Suede Mayu 'Rose Quartz'
Colorway: Pristine/Rose Quartz · Style code: 380686-19 · Release date: August 17, 2022 · Price: $2482 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Puma Wmns Suede Mayu 'Marshmallow' (380686-01) · Puma Wmns Suede Mayu 'Black White' (380686-02) · Puma Wmns Suede Mayu 'Mauvewood' (380686-06) · Puma Wmns Suede Mayu 'Bamboo White' (380686-11) · Puma Wmns Suede Mayu 'Putty' (380686-16)
The Mayu is Puma's reworked women's version of its low top, and this pair splits it between Pristine, an off-white, and Rose Quartz, a muted pink named after the stone. Neither colour is loud, and together they make one of the softest combinations the model has run. Puma released it on August 17, 2022 at 90 dollars, which put it above the plain women's low top selling that same summer.
Two-tone pastels live or die on where the split falls, and the off-white base here stops the pink from swallowing the shoe. That makes it far easier to wear than a fully pink pair, because it behaves like a cream sneaker with a colour accent rather than a statement in its own right. Nap leather holds pale dye better than canvas and avoids the chalky look printed fabric gets, though it does collect summer dust along the midsole seam. With linen, light denim or a white trouser it does the job; keep a brush within reach and it keeps doing it into a second season.