{"id":2327,"date":"2019-05-03T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T08:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhv-journal.com\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2019-10-10T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T13:46:37","slug":"the-great-grandfather-new-balance-990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhv-journal.com\/en\/features\/the-great-grandfather-new-balance-990\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Grandfather – New Balance 990V5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Great Grandfather \u2013 New Balance 990V5<\/h1>\n
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Words: Yannick Niang<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What do Marteria, Casper, Dwayne Wade, Die A?rzte, Kevin Kura?nyi and Fler have in common? Right, they all share the same year of birth. The year 1982 was obviously under the star of greatness and the sneaker cosmos must have been influenced by it as well. The OG version of the nowadays iconic New Balance 990 appeared in 1982, \u201cnowadays\u201d because the second version from 1998 was the one to set the course for the classic look. Even then, the V2 combined numerous performance and comfort aspects with an unusual bulky silhouette and was thus ahead of its time. Nevertheless, this combination has attracted a wide variety of people all over the world, not least thanks to the discreet, unagitated, grey colorways.<\/p>\n

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The New Balance 990_V5<\/a><\/strong> releases at a time when the sneaker world has finally caught up and the term \u201cdad sneaker\u201d has been established. Especially in comparison to its predecessor from 2016, the silhouette seems a bit more reduced and with the new element on the heel, New Balance sets a small but modern accent. Most people are oblivious to the fact that the 990 series is actually the great-grandfather of the dad sneaker. Instead of bowing to the colorful, conspicuous and probably short-lived qualities of its great-grandchildren, the V5 remains true to its line and convinces with a clean upper, the timeless grey colorway and top-quality material, typical of New Balances \u201cMade in USA\u201d-line.<\/p>\n