A shoe with many names: Puma Suede, Clyde, States and the non-suede shoe Basket.
Whatever you call it-it's an integral part of sneaker history, a Puma shoe that's a timeless classic.
Famous for:
1968-Mexico Olympics-Black Power salute.
1970's-Funk Block parties -The Bronx, NYC
1973-The Clyde is born
The man was smooth both on and off court-and he still is.
1980's-The First Shoe of Bboyism-Rocked by the New York City Breakers and the Rock Steady Crew, different color on each foot was the sh*t
1981-3 dancing men wearing pink Puma Suedes-The Tommy Boy logo
1982-Graffiti writers favorite getaway shoe
1985-Made their way onto football terraces across Europe via the casuals
1990-Adopted and loved by the Acid Jazz scene
1994-Bounced back as the footwear of choice for the Beastie Boys'Check Your Head' World Tour
1998-Styled by the UK Garage massive
2003-The last pairs of Suedes are produced as Puma decides to put the classic to sleep for a couple of years.
Puma and Def Jam goes Jamaica (thanks to Helen Sweeney -Dougan).
Puma Def Jamaica Launch party @sneakersnstuff Stockholm
SNS x Puma Basket Hemp are produced in 136 pairs.
2004-The Olympic Pack is released: 2 Suedes(Mexico '68 and Los Angeles '32) and 2 Baskets in leather (Tokyo '64 and Münich '72)
2005-The Clyde is finally back! Thanks to Adam to 'Air Rev' Leaventon!
2006-The Yo! MTV Raps Clydes drops, possibly the fastest selling Puma of all time. The Crooked Tongues Clydes + the Bonnie & Clydes dropped and they were all gone within minutes.
2007-The most buttery Clyde ever is released: The Sneakersnstuff Clyde.
2009-The Sneakersnstuff GOAT Pack is launched
2010-these lovely Suedes just landed, based on the 1978 tooling.
Get yours now before they're gone.
Puma Unisex Sizingchart Sizes in the scroll list are in US-sizes. See below for translations from US to Europe sizes.
