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Japanese artist, mnnf has done a series of three 574s using cardboard paper paper rope and twine. Absolutely amazing!! Info and pics courtesy of Ro @ 5th Dimension.

“For mnnf inquiries, original artwork, commissions or to get on the mailing list, please email: info///at ///woven.jp”

M574 by mnnf - “Sasurai”, “M574″, “Ru”

M574 Sasurai (Roaming)

M574 Ru (Flow)

The downtown NB Seattle store has just received a shipment of Classic 574s for Spring 2007. These include all the “Japan colors” - blue, green, orange, yellow, pink and red - with a variety of white leather, black carbon fiber and grey suede to offset the bright colors. The price is nice at USD $70. Info and pics courtesy of Christian at the shop, nice one!

Spring 2007 574s - Japan Colors

M574JRB - Japan Red Black

M574JGB - Japan Green Black

M574JBG - Japan Blue Grey

M574JGO - Japan Grey Orange

M574JGY - Japan Grey Yellow

M574JPG - Japan Pink Grey

Turf here in the Yay Area has got their paws (no furry) on a grey/orange/white 574 that was a Tier 1 release in Japan last year. At $80 this looks like a top deal. See it on their blog here.

Another nice new arrival at End — a 574 in Black/Brown/Silver and Black/Silver, featuring “mixed material upper including premium leathers and suede and a gum sole.”

Also in wide release now is the Asia-Pacific 574 collection with four colors of “Dragon” and one “Shogun”.

M574 SHOGUN LES (beige)

M574 HUNGRY DRAGON HDB (brown)

M574 HUNGRY DRAGON HDG (green)

M574 HUNGRY DRAGON HDP (purple)

M574 RED DRAGON LER (red)

Via Mita

Another very disparate pair of colorways - the 574 in WR (White/Rasta) and WH (Wheat) are out now in at Atmos (WR, WH) and Mita (WR, WH) in Japan.

Out now at Overkill is a bright lemon yellow, grey and black 574 for € 110 incl tax. Check out the yellow outsole, polka dots behind the “N”, use of mesh in several colors, and contrast between the white leather and black laces. This one seems a good match for the latest red 574.

Via Overkill

A new made-in-UK neon red 574 is available at Sold Out. It’s made with black carbon, black leather and bright red suede and has bicolor laces for a super techy look. They have a pretty wide range of sizes in stock and it will set you back 90 Euros.

Via Sold Out

This brown leather & beige cotton upper 574 (M574LEBB) and matching tan leather and brown cotton version (M574LEBT) are now widely available for about $80. NB Tampa has a prime deal right now - $75 and free shipping on both the BB and BT. Zappos also has the BB for $80.

I’m really feeling the combination of browns and the textures on this one. Check out the fiber pattern on the sole as well.

Previously on NBB

Whoa, sneakerjack.com has a mock customization flash app where you can paint a pair of 574s in a very wide range of colors. If only this were a real NB customization program!!

Feel free to send me screenshots of good ones you’ve done (email to steps [[at]] newbalance-blog.com) and I’ll post some here.

Shouts to DNI for the heads up.