We have seen some great sneaker collaborations in recent months and these are no different. Sneaker Freaker magazine and New Balance have teamed up to create a very unique New Balance 850 shoe dubbed the “Skippy”. These sneakers have a black and brown upper made of some great premium materials like suede, mesh and light brown leather that looks butter soft from the detailed images. There are also nice accents of neon yellow around the New Balance “N”, on the midsole and sock liner. The Sneaker Freaker logo can also be found on the insoles of the shoe. The subtle base colors with bright accents really give this New Balance 850 a truly unique design. Via NewBalanceLive

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New Balance has steadily been dropping some clean designs and colorways as we have seen in recent months. Whether they are collaborations or general releases we have been impressed with the choice of colors and textures used. New Balance’s newest project is new the M670 line produced in the UK. These M670’s are expected to drop for the 2010 Spring/Summer season. There are 4 pairs in total, which all feature a suede/mesh upper. The 4 colorways are: grey/navy-white, brown/yellow-white, cream/orange-navy and predominantly navy blue colorway with hints of grey and white. Stay tuned for more info on the release of these New Balance M670s. via Hypebeast & Crookedtongues

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The last time this trio got together and designed a New Balance 580 runner, the results were quite flashy.  The Full Metallic Jacket Pack went hard in three shiny leather models ready for war, but their recent teamwork has resulted in something more in line with the general tendency toward ‘maturity’ in streetwear.  The Undefeated x Stussy x Hectic x New Balance MT580 ‘SMU’ has a name more complex than its relatively simple design.  They borrow the black/white/gum palette we’ve seen several times this year, but send it in a totally different direction with the purple lining.  Stick with Sneaker News for more on their release.  via Warp

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Unlike adidas, New Balance is no novice when it comes to boots.  They have rugged sneakers, hybridized models made for harsh conditions, and of course, actual boots.  Pictured above, the New Balance H754BGY is probably closest to that third option.  The midsole is vaguely similar to a simple athletic shoe, but considering NB’s crazy designs, this one is clearly intended for something else.  Both in suede, with a black leather mudguard, you can get a brown pair or the olive green joints from Caliroots.

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We’ve seen a number of sneakers on Gilt in the past include Alife Sneakers and some designer labels as well, today, Giltman has New Balance Lifestyle available at discounted rates. This includes a number of good New Balance Lifestyle releases from the past season or so. Giltman is a members only shopping website but if you need a Giltman invite, our sister site nitro:licious can hook you up, Giltman Invite from nitro:licious.

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Sneakerness took over Zurich for its May 2009 show, thrust into the spotlight by two dope Nike Air Force 1s.  One was a custom, the other Bespoke, but neither style paved the way for this month’s meetup in Vienna.  The usual swapmeet stuff dominated the proceedings, but an appearance from Bobbito Garcia and a Nike iD installation added a little something extra.  Speaking of something extra, what the Vienna show lacked in AF1s it made up with a Sneakerness x KangaROOS collaboration.  Check out a ton of photos of the event after the jump.  via SF

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Somebody at SNS was probably thinking ‘KISS’ with this RGB Pack for NB.  Red, green and blue *are* the three colours of visible light, so SneakersnStuff stuck to basics when designing this three pack of New Balance runners in commemoration of the Sweedish boutique’s 10th anniversary.  They focused on creating the highest quality designs possible and each has unique details.  The red M577 has a pig suede toebox, 3M reflective details and four sets of laces.  A green M1500 looks to be one of the best hewn versions of this smooth sneaker, judging by how great its distinctive side panel ‘N’ looks with that outline.  Wrapping up the pack is the rarely seen M1700 in blue, which is all manmade materials, all vegeterian.  The bright blue ripstop nylon’s texture adds some debth to this one.  All three are built in NB’s England factory and will drop at SNS later this year.  via HS

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The New Balance 574 is one of the Massachusetts company’s all time best sellers.  This four pack with ‘USA’ embroidery on their heels takes the 574 model to a new high by using supple pig suede instead of the typical cow-derived nubuck.  That’s a nice new feature, but perhaps not the key innovation for the pack.  That might go to the marketing campaign, which features a website hosting some 480 video clips, one of each of these limited edition releases.  If you get the joints when they drop this month, you can go to the 574 Clips website and match it to the photo with an alphanumeric code (and the colour, of course).  Interesting stuff to draw attention to a stellar design; well done, New Balance.  We’ll update you with an exact release date soon.  Click the jump below for more photos and a list of retailers set to stock these.

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