New Balance has kept especially busy lately, what with its onslaught of localized collaborations and fine leather dress sneakers. But sometimes it's the simplest, most unassuming underdogs that end up stealing all the attention...

In this case, it's the brand's 480 V5 specimen, and its new hues specifically, that are raking in interest.

A clean-lined, low profile dad shoe, this New Balance sneaker has yet to reach any hype-level notoriety, but wonderfully slots into the current footwear climate's rewarding of slenderer silhouettes.

Treated as mere walking shoes by New Balance, 480 V5s are stylishly minimalist, everyday kicks with just the right amount of retro-futurist activewear techy-ness to give them that signature New Balance charisma.

Up for grabs in an all-black, shades of white, and the classic NB grayscale, the 480 V5 is a $70 steal.

In some ways, one might argue it's the even cleaner, maturer version of the 204L, better known as the brand's Miu Miu model. Recently turned a light coffee color with taffy pink accentuations, it's the more playful, more fashion-y sibling to the titular 480 V5.

But so, these aren't your dad's old walking shoes. They might be his new ones though.

And, oh boy, what a cool dad you've got indeed.

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