News Summary

• New Balance's tracksuit lives in the same uncanny valley as sneaker-loafers, a hybrid that feels illogical and maybe even absurd, until you realize it fixes a modern problem.
• A traditional suit needs you to layer over a rain jacket in downpour whereas this New Balance's tailored track jacket is the rain jacket.
• The irony?
• These mashups aren’t softening tailoring.
• They’re actually making it sharper and more useful.
• New Balance’s addition to the sportswear-ification of business attire is available now over on its Japanese website for around $170.