New Balance Korea Is Putting Us to Shame

How are we supposed to compete with this?

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It doesn't matter who you are: Korea has better New Balances than you. And they are holding out on us in more ways than one.

Not only do they have pairs of New Balances we've never seen before, they're styling them up in tuff editorial shoots. The NB Korea Facebook page is populated by crazy pairs and shoots totally unique to Asia. One of our favorites is the ML655 Retro Blue Pack.

Credited as a 90s retro sneaker, the 655 is made up in suede, synthetic nubuck, and mesh resulting in a super clean homage to the bygone decade. The photographer paired the sneakers up with some Bearbricks to pull our heartstrings a little tighter.

Faith and prayers are what we're banking on for getting these in our hands.

[via New Balance Korea on Facebook]