After delivering a brand new behind-the-scenes take a look at the making of the Abzorb 2000 with designer Charlotte Lee, New Balance is readying recent colorways of the Y2K-inspired sneaker, one in all which is already accessible proper now.
The New Balance Abzorb 2000 was simply launched in a brand new Metallic Silver/Faded Black colorway which accentuates its futuristic design. It’s constructed round a light black mesh higher that’s overlaid with numerous shades of silver and grey.
The silver colours specifically heighten the mannequin’s 2000s-informed design language, which Lee informed FN in June was impressed by imaging what designers from the period may pull off with at present’s applied sciences. The result’s a vis-tech, practically no-sew sneaker which was conceptualized with the usage of a digital actuality design device.
“I immersed myself in it,” Lee mentioned of the software program. “I learned a lot. I did a crash course. I spent hours, I think I was New Balance’s number-one Gravity Sketch user for quite some time because it got addictive in a way. You could physically build with your hands, in VR, a physical object and see it and turn it around and spin it around and scale it, and you could get so deep into that model, you could zoom in like, however many thousand percent.”
New Balance Abzorb 2000 in Metallic Silver/Faded Black (pair).
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Following the launch of the brand new Metallic Silver/Faded Black colorway, New Balance will start introducing extra colourful kinds of the sneaker heading into spring. The model teased a neon inexperienced Limelight/Dry Lime look which is about for an April launch.
And athough 2026 is simply getting underway, New Balance has already unveiled much more new way of life fashions. In January, the Boston-based firm launched the low-profile Gator Run and at Paris Fashion Week, a futuristic 5030 sneaker was previewed in collaboration with Italian retailer Slam Jam.
As for the New Balance Abzorb 2000 within the Metallic Silver make-up pictured right here, it’s accessible now from newbalance.com and choose retailers for $170. The model code for the sneaker is U20003OZ.
New Balance Abzorb 2000 in Metallic Silver/Faded Black (lateral).
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New Balance Abzorb 2000 in Metallic Silver/Faded Black (medial).
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New Balance Abzorb 2000 in Metallic Silver/Faded Black (high).
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New Balance Abzorb 2000 in Metallic Silver/Faded Black (heel).
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New Balance Abzorb 2000 in Metallic Silver/Faded Black (outsole).
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