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A standard model of SAUCONY! What is ” SHADOW ” with its retro high-tech look?

A standard model of SAUCONY! What is " SHADOW " with its retro high-tech look?

saucony” is known as the oldest sneaker brand in the United States. It is a long-established shoe brand with 120 years of history since its establishment. Their simple yet retro design sneakers have been attracting more and more attention on the streets in recent years. This time, we focus on the “SHADOW,” one of the signature models of the brand, and introduce the features and recommended models of the SHADOW as well as unraveling the history of the brand!

What is “saucony”?

saucony” was born in 1898 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, the United States. In the early to mid-1900s, running attracted the attention of senior athletes, and many runners at that time wore leather spikes. With this in mind, Succaney manufactured its first running shoe, ” THE 7446 SPIKE,” based on the belief that it would “create shoes that would change the way people ran. This was the beginning of the history of the running shoes of the company.

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In 1972, the American runner Frank Shorter won the gold medal, which brought about another running boom in the United States. Among the many running shoes that appeared on the market, the high quality running shoes produced by Succaney were highly acclaimed and were described as the ” BEST QUALITY ” in the “CONSUMER REPORT MAGAZINE”. By that time, the brand was gaining popularity not only among senior runners but also among the younger generation. Since then, the company has continued to introduce popular models to the world, and even today, the tradition remains unchanged, attracting many people with its simple design and retro design that is uniquely Succaney.

The Hyde Company” was the key to making the company famous.

The relationship with the American shoemaker Hyde is inseparable when discussing the company’s history. The Hyde Company was founded in 1910 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and manufactured indoor shoes, but after 1930, it began to develop sports shoes, and in 1968, it acquired the less well-known, but still high-quality, company, Succany. In 1968, Hyde acquired the company, which manufactured high quality shoes but was still not well known. From this point on, the sneakers produced by Hyde were unified under the brand name “Succany. This led to the spread of the “Succaneer” name throughout the United States. It is no exaggeration to say that if it had not been for the Hyde Company, the current “Succaneers” would not have been born. In 1998, the company changed its name to “Succaney. Today, the company continues to develop high-quality shoes for the world.

A unique history that is said to be the first to go into space

The Hyde Company, which had acquired Succany, had a contract with NASA, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in the 1960s to develop shoes for astronauts, and it is said that the crew of Apollo 11, the world’s first successful moon landing in 1969, were also wearing Hyde shoes, and at that time, Hyde shoes were already used by the crew of the Apollo 11 mission. The company had already acquired the company, so it is said that the shoes manufactured by Succaney were the “first sneakers to land in space. This unique history is one of the charms of the company that other brands do not have.

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