“PUMA SUEDE” has been loved at so many scenes and people for more than 50 years since CRACK made of SUEDE material was released as training shoes in 1968. After 1979, “PUMA SUEDE” has been the same silhouette as the current ones since “Walt Fraizer” who is the one of PUMA’s contract basket player and the signature player for “PUMA Clyde” in 1970s stopped to be with PUMA. In 1980s, “PUMA SUEDE” became famous all over the world because the various artists loved this shoes and this shoes become the essential item in the Hip-Hop culture and the SKATE scene.
“PUMA SUEDE VTG HAIRY SUEDE” which is released from the Premium Sneaker Boutique “KICKS LAB.”, who send the Japanese culture from Harajuku to the world is based on “90681 PUMA” made in Yugoslavia and was sold from 1979 to mid 1980. The production is the same way as “CLYDE” in 1970’s, which is used only adhesive to combine the upper and the sole. Also this style is introduced with the same way as the first type of “90681 PUMA” which didn’t have “CLYDE” signature on the upper. More over the color is the pedigreed color which is “BLACK x GOLD” used for the original “CLYDE”. The material is used hairy suede, long and random length and describing the feature of discoloration. Also for the lace and the sole, the ivory color is used to give expression of the secular change.
* 90681 Puma: Product name before the street name SUEDE became the product name. The original name was “Puma”. “PUMA’s Puma” made confusion for the market, therefore, some people called “CLYDE” as the previous name and some people called “PUMA’s SUEDE shoes”. After the few decades, in 1990s, this shoes became one of the most popular shoes in the market, “PUMA’s SUEDE Shoes” in the street culture became the official product name “PUMA SUEDE”. This can be the proof “PUMA SUEDE” is always along the Street culture.