The Puma King, synonymous with soccer tradition. Pele and Maradona both wore Puma when they made history at the World Cup. In fact, Pele was offered $120,000 to wear Puma's footwear in the 1970 World Cup, where he famously held up kick off to the final match so he could bend down and tie his shoes. Product placement at it's finest.
Puma has come through with this updated version of the shoe, and in our opinion it's a winner. The upper is a full-grain soft leather keeping with the traditional feel and look of the Puma King line. Close your eyes and you'd think you're holding a dress shoe. The leather is that good.
Nice touch on the contrasting stitching along the side of the shoe. Definitely gives the shoe that elegant detail which is appropriate for the quality of the upper. The outsole is your traditional molded round studs. On the heel there is some cool Roman numerals, and of course nothing says "heritage" like a semi-obsolete numeric system! After looking this up on google though, it appears MCMLXVIII converts to 1968. We were initially excited that this was in homage to President Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, but later found out that in fact 1968 was the year Puma released it's first version of the King. How about that? Hold on to your hats, the XL in the shoe's name actually means "40" as in, 40th anniversary! And we thought it was in reference to livin' large or something.
Order today and we'll throw in this bonus leather and nylon carrying case! This offer is not available in stores, so call today! Woops, this offer actually is available in our store. Each pair of Puma King XL's comes with a shoe bag.
So that's the new Puma King XL, available now at OnionBag.com for the low price of $CLXIX.XCV. Or $169.95 to you non-romans. Click here to buy now.
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