Overkill x New Balance “Berlin Wall” Pack Release Details

The Overkill x New Balance “Berlin Wall” Pack release has been announced today. The pack consists of 3 pairs of the New Balance 577 – a black one, a blue one and a red one. Each colorway is limited to 577 pairs worldwide and is sold separately for 124,90 €. The shoes come with a pair of printed insoles that show different motives of the Berlin Wall, a nice collabo hangtag, a special tongue label and a secret goodie. Overkill Berlin will release them on January 9th 2010. Other stores carrying the sneakers include Undefeated, Colette, Hanon, Sneakersnstuff, 24 Kilates and Wood Wood.
Via Highsnobiety

New Balance 577 for 2010

Even though it's "only" 20 years old (just consider how old some of its Flimby-made contemporaries are) the 577 feels like the elder statesman of New Balance's heritage artillery with its distinguished looks and arched, stealthy silhouette that takes well to premium materials and classy colour schemes. That's not to say we haven't seen the shoe given some wacky makeups - putting say, a Safari theme, or extrovert colours on this model is like putting sunglasses on an aged Airedale Terrier; novel, but kind of unnecessary. Unless it's UK-made, generally we don't mess with the 577. Some versions spotted in the States in sport shop chains just felt fake. We'd like to see the Mossad military-issue versions put out again, complete with Hebrew box lettering, but you can be assured that the 577NG (navy/grey) and 577CB (charcoal/black) will still be readily available in the new year. The 577CBG makeup had a palette akin to the white/red/brown versions (577WRB) but the white/green/brown 577WGB version however, feels fresh.
Both drop in March 2010.