The '90s Nostalgia Runs Deep in Puma's New Gear for Footlocker
Pro wrestlers in the '80s and '90s certainly had a lot of style, it's just not a style that anyone who's not a pro wrestler should try at home. Neon spandex and vests without a shirt underneath look cool in the ring, but don't work so great as an everyday look.
Well now, hardcore fans of Ric Flair and his cohorts have a sartorial option that's a little less ridiculous. Foot Locker and WWE are teaming up to package a little bit of that classic pro wrestling panache in a form that you can actually conceivably wear on the street with a collection of sneakers and tees that pay tribute so some of the most famous-not to mention the most sartorially daring-figures in WWE history.
Starting tomorrow, select Foot Locker locations will be stocking a special edition Puma Clyde in clean and classic black and white leather decorated with a gold microphone (similar to the one "Mean Gene" Okerlund wielded in interviews throughout the WWE's classic years) on the side and the WWE logo done up in the its iconic Reagan-era faux-chrome style on the heel. Inside, the insoles are decorated with one of six vivid portraits by artist Alexander-John of "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the Ultimate Warrior, Ric Flair, André the Giant, The Undertaker, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Alexander-John's artwork also pops up inside the deluxe shoe boxes and on T-shirts to help coordinate your ultimate wrestling-geek fit.
The line will be available in limited editions starting tomorrow in 33 select Foot Locker locations around the country (you can find your closest one here). For the truly insanely devoted wrestling-loving sneakerhead, a mere 23 pairs of The Undertaker Clyde will be available in an alternate blacked-out colorway, packaged in a truly sick-looking coffin-shaped box, at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando on Sunday for a cool $499.
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