Sorry Adidas Sambas, there’s another new trainer set to ‘take over’

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Every fashion girlie knows there’s ever a cult footwear that defines the play and wins implicit the masses. 

Last year, it was the Adidas Samba, with everyone from Rihanna and Hailey Bieber to Jennifer Lawrence and Harry Styles donning a pair. 

But tides alteration dramatically and the manner assemblage declared the Samba ‘dead’ backmost successful May aft erstwhile Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was spotted wearing them and ‘ruined it for everyone’. 

This sent galore manner followers scrambling to find the adjacent ‘it girl’ trainer. 

Now, the spotlight is connected the Puma Speedcat. A suede, sleek, round-toed silhouette that sits adjacent to the foot.

Inspired by the fireproof footwear worn by Formula One drivers astatine the Grand Prix successful the 1980s, the Speedcat was primitively introduced successful 1999 arsenic portion of the brand’s Sportstyle postulation – with a sleek, low-profile plan tailored for motorsport use.

Now, 26 years aft its archetypal launch, the trainer has been revamped successful its archetypal achromatic and reddish colours, with a caller Puma feline logo connected the front. 

Though it originates from motorsport, the trainer has precocious ‘found itself connected a new circuit’, according to Puma – the streets of planetary manner capitals. 

The retro footwear has been spotted connected the feet of celebs including Em Rata and Dua Lipa. 

Em Rata sported the footwear arsenic aboriginal arsenic December 2023, according to British Vogue, and has been seen successful them aggregate times since. 

The supermodel has paired her cherry-red Speedcats with everything from a gaffe formal to sweats and a hoodie, and matched her achromatic acceptable with cargo trousers and a bomber jacket. 

Meanwhile, Dua Lipa has flaunted some pairs connected her Instagram account. The popular vocalist is regularly spotted wearing Puma’s and has been marque ambassador for the statement since 2020. 

Alongside celebrities, the trainer has been picked up by the TikTok trends forecaster ‘FloTrends’, who claims the Speedcat is going to ‘take over’ and volition beryllium the Autumn/Winter trainer of 2024. 

In a video posted to her account, she explains: ‘There’s thing astir the easiness of styling these, minimal and classic, they person the connection stripe and look stunning with this all-black outfit.

‘We saw them a spot successful summertime and we’re going to spot these reddish ones into Autumn/Winter.’

Fashion expert, Oriona Robb, tells Metro.co.uk that the Puma Speedcat has each the imaginable to go the adjacent ‘it’ trainer.

She said: ‘Their sleek design, comfort, and versatility marque them a favourite among sneaker enthusiasts. Especially those of the Gen Z and millennial demographic. I’ll beryllium decidedly adding them to my sneaker postulation for a versatile and trendy look.’

Oriona shared immoderate styling tips too. She said: ‘I personally emotion them successful reddish and I would brace them with jeans and a grey cashmere jumper for a casual yet stylish look, possibly with a headdress and a trench coat.

‘Their bold reddish colour tin adhd an absorbing interaction to your outfit, making the shoes the leader of the look.’

The trainer is sold retired successful assorted countries and is unavailable to bargain connected Puma’s US website. 

However, those successful the UK tin inactive drawback the revamped achromatic oregon reddish pairs for £90 connected Puma’s website.

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