Salehe Bembury is the most prolific independent sneaker designer around right now, releasing new projects on a regular basis. This week, he has teased another upcoming collaboration with New Balance, showing off a pair of the Made in UK 991v2 in a shaggy purple suede composition.
The work of sneaker designer Salehe Bembury is infiltrating every corner of the world of footwear. The designer’s career started off introducing new silhouettes for Payless and Cole Haan, before moving on to create new concepts for the Yeezy line, and later on, Versace. Now, he spends his time working with a wide variety of brands, recently announcing a new partnership with PUMA to work on some of their upcoming basketball sneakers. However, his partnerships with Crocs and New Balance remain the main focus of his work.
This week, Bembury has given us another teaser of an upcoming sneaker release with New Balance, after an initial glimpse of his 530 release earlier this Summer. While we are still waiting on that yellow pair to arrive, he has shown us an early look at a new signature style of the 991v2. The Made in UK model gets a makeover in shaggy purple suede uppers for his take, adding some bright blue, green, and yellow shades as accent colors.
SALEHE BEMBURY X NEW BALANCE 991V2 RELEASE INFORMATION
Salehe Bembury’s next collaboration with New Balance releases on March 20th, 2025. The shaggy purple suede pair of the 991v2 features blue, green, and yellow accents, and will likely release initially from Bembury’s website ahead of a wider global release. The silhouette is a Made in UK exclusive model, and will likely carry a price tag of $250.
Salehe Bembury x New Balance 991v2 “Colors Be The Palette”
Color: Purple/Purple
Style Code: U991SB2
Release Date: March 13, 2025 (Spunge)
Release Date: March 20, 2025 (Global)
Price: $250
UPDATE 3/3/25: Salehe Bembury officially announced his “Color Be The Palette” NB 991v2 will launch online March 13th at 12pm ET followed by a wider release via New Balance on March 20th.
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UPDATE 2/20/25: New images of Salehe’s upcoming New Balance 991v2 have arrived today, though there is still no information regarding when they will release.
