Puma Wmns Suede Platform Strap 'Deep Purple'
Colorway: Deep Purple/Deep Purple/Marshamallow · Style code: 364586-02 · Release date: January 2017 · Price: $2482 · Availability: Available now
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Puma's platform range was at its busiest when this pair landed in January 2017, and the Strap version is the one that swaps part of the lacing for a fastened band across the instep. The colour is deep purple, carried over the suede upper and the thick platform midsole alike, with marshmallow white as the only lighter element. At 75 dollars it was priced in line with a standard low top despite the extra sole height, and it stands as one of the darker, less decorative colourways the women's platform line ran in that period.
A raised sole changes how the silhouette reads more than any colourway can. The original is a low, flat shoe with a shallow profile, and stacking it lifts the wearer, shortens the visual length of the upper and turns a sport shape into something closer to a boot. The strap adds a second horizontal line across the foot, which breaks up the purple and keeps the upper from looking like a single block. Tonal purple is the reason to pick this one: it works with black and grey the way a neutral does, then shows its colour in daylight.