Puma Wmns Suede XL 'Goddess'
Colorway: Pale Plum/Pale Plum/Galactic Grey · Style code: 401600-01 · Release date: November 4, 2024 · Price: $262 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Puma Wmns Suede XL 'Flecked' (398578-01) · Puma Wmns Suede XL 'Denim' (399271-01) · Puma Wmns Suede XL 'Dewdrop' (397648-10) · Puma Wmns Suede XL 'Galactic' (401594-01) · Puma Wmns Suede XL 'Glam Athletics' (401250-01)
Soft purple runs top to bottom on this women's Suede XL. Puma lists pale plum twice in the colour code, the usual giveaway for a tonal build, so the upper, the Formstrip and the collar all share one shade and galactic grey appears only where the shoe needs a shadow. It came out on November 4, 2024 at 90 dollars, under the name Goddess.
Tonal pastel on an oversized sole is a specific look, and it belongs to the XL rather than to the flat original. On the low version a single soft colour tends to disappear; on a shoe with this much sole and padding, the shade has enough surface area to register as a block of colour. Plum also sits in an unusual place on the spectrum, warmer than grey and duller than lilac, so it works against brown and cream as readily as against black. What it will not do is hide dirt. A pale purple upper on a chunky sole shows every mark the pavement has to offer, which makes a protector spray the sensible second purchase.