New Balance Encourages "Urban Exploration" with This Pack

New Balance's latest inline set focuses on the higher-numbered models in mean mesh/suede combos.

by Brendan Dunne

It turns out that the recent return of the New Balance 1500 Elite Edition is part of a bigger pack plan.

That pack will be known as the New Balance "Urban Exploration Pack" and is available at retailers including Kith now. 2014 saw New Balance get particularly explicit with respect to their inline packs, when the brand was borrowing fonts and graphics from classic novels for their "USA Authors" group. This one though is tougher to nail down, and relies on its blue/green/grey mixture of colors to convey the theme. The "Urban Exploration" New Balances include two pairs of the New Balance 1500 and one pair of the New Balance 1600.