Street Detail: Hargi in Jtown

NAME: Hargi

OCCUPATION: Wine Connoisseur

SHIRT: Kusupop

JEANS: Levi’s

SHOES: New Balance

What’s your favorite spring trend? Bright highlights

Favorite brands? Levi’s, Gucci, Members Only Original

Favorite SF neighorhood? Japantown

Favorite Menswear Blog: The Hundreds

When I was 13, I was wearing: Nike SBs

What inspires your style? Originality

One trend proof style tip: Fitted

What’s one thing you can’t live without? My MacBookPro.

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New Balance 574 Vintage Pack

New Balance drops a 574 “Vintage” Pack that includes bright shades of yellow, red, blue and white. All four pairs include their stable nylon and suede overlays with leather trim. No word on an exact release date yet.

(via Nicekicks)

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New Balance Excellent Makers Factory (Video)

Excellent Makers are not defined by success, wealth, or status, but by a passion for what they do. These craftsmen, athletes, artists, and musicians believe in sharing their authentic, inspired visions with everyone and everything they touch.

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New Balance Opens Shanghai’s First Experience Store on Huai Hai Road

New Balance Shanghai

New Balance, one of the world’s leading running brands, announces the opening of its first Experience Store on Shanghai’s Huai Hai Road. It is New Balance’s second Experience Store in China, following the opening of its first on Beijing’s Qianmen Avenue last year. Occupying more than 200 square meters, the New Balance Experience Store is located on the first floor of the Novel Building, Shanghai.

New Balance Shanghai

With its charming brick walls, wooden display windows, nostalgic old telephones and iron chandeliers, the interior décor creates a sense of subtlety, which captures the legacy and essence of New Balance. The Experience Store is designed such that a panoramic view of the ceiling unfurls the brand’s past, present and future, telling Shanghai the magnificent story of New Balance’s one hundred and four year history in making shoes.

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New Balance 574 Clips Collection

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From the heritage of the 574, New Balance introduces the 574 Clips Collection. This staple New Balance silhouette is crafted into a new innovative style, which continues to inspire the blend of design with function. While the 574 silhouette’s heritage will remain, New Balance will debut an innovative marketing campaign to support the launch of the 574 Clips Collection which will mark the first campaign from New Balance Lifestyle’s agency of record, Mother New York.

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New Balance 575

New Balance

With lugged outsoles and outdoor-inspired colorways, the New Balance 575 gets a fashion makeover for fall 2009. The lifestyle trail 575 is a former technical trail running model packed with New Balance comfort technology including an Encap and C-CAP Midsole for stability, durability and comfort and Rollbar technology, the 575 ensures the wearer is aligned and supported with each step.

The 575 is available in four colorways: black/blue, black/red, grey/yellow and black/purple at nbwebexpress.com and finishline.com

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New Balance Opens World’s First Ever Experience Store in Beijing

New Balance Beijing

New Balance announces the opening of its first New Balance Experience Store in Beijing’s Qianmen Dajie district in eastern China this summer. The new store stems from New Balance’s goal to reinvent the brand’s presence at international retail and is inspired by and dedicated to New Balance’s history. As part of New Balance’s aggressive global growth plan, China is expected to become New Balance’s second largest market with a goal of 1000 New Balance stores by 2012.

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New Balance 574 Collection

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When the 574 was first introduced in the mid 90s, it became an instant classic. The 574 was originally created as a more accessible derivative of the famed 576 silhouette. With extra materials left over from the production of the 576, the 574 was developed and was an immediate hit. Since its inception, the 574 has been one of New Balance’s most tried and true silhouettes, sought after for its comfort and effortless style. Today, it remains the iconic New Balance sneaker.

The 574 collection for fall be offered in four classic colorways, including: grey, grey/navy, navy, and black/grey. Several additional seasonal colorways will be introduced in limited quantities every two months (beginning in July 2009 with Burgnudy and Brown!) through December.

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New Balance 574 Running Shoes

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All running shoes are not created equal. The latest New Balance sneakers on the market can attest to that statement. Check out the New Balance 574′s made of fine red leather and carbon fiber accents. Nothing beats running in style.

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