Across LaMelo Ball’s signature sneakers, the standard mid-cut variant gets chopped down into a low-top near the end of the model’s lifecycle. This rings true again as Puma has officially unveiled the Puma MB.04 Low, launching in the Alien Skin colorway.
Outside of the obvious height difference, the Puma MB.04 introduces a new tongue and heel design, the latter taking on the shape and hosting LaMelo’s phoenix wing logo. For its base layer, we see a double-layered engineered mesh mesh with multi-zoned materials for targeted support. Gone are the 4D alien tentacle-inspired TPU overlays; instead, the reinforcement comes from a semi-transparent fused TPU film on the eyelets, vamp, and toe.


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