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title: "New Balance 574 Un-N-ding (Grey Day 2021)"
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date: 2021-09-17T15:40:54-04:00
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categories: [shoes, new balance]
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tags: [574, grey]
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draft: true
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---
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![New Balance 574 Un-N-ding [Grey]](/images/birkenstockarizonastock.jpg)
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New Balance's popularity can in no doubt be at least partially attributed to
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a loyal fanbase that grows through word-of-mouth. Any New Balance fan will
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tell you about how New Balance's sneakers are both made with higher quality
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materials and more comfortable to wear than nearly anything put out by Nike
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or Adidas at the same price point, and they are absolutely right. My dad
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loved New Balance sneakers, and for a long time, I couldn't shake the feeling
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that they felt dated, even when they were new.
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However, with the explosion of "dad shoes" like the Nike Air Monarch IV, the
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"vintage" appeal of trainers that look like they once belonged in the 90s now
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feels almost timelessly reinvigorated. Perhaps that's just how trends have to
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be filtered; when a previous decade's fashions seem too outlandish, you just
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wait for the inevitable revival that leaves behind a lot of the trends that
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don't get to come back as "vintage".
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Regardless of my newfound appreciation for sneakers that look like they came
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from an era where everyone wanted Nike Air Maxs, I've still never grown fond
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of the big N logo on most of New Balance's shoes. I'm sure you can tell I was
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excited when I learned that an "Un-N-ding" variant (which omits the N, if it
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wasn't obvious) was releasing for 2021's "Grey Day" collection, New Balance's
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made-up annual tradition for releasing a somewhat "special" set of shoes in
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the celebrated warm grey tone they've been using for decades.
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