Saucony is the original running brand. Since its founding in 1898, the North American company has developed high-quality product and initiatives rooted in three principles: good performance, good health, and good community. And while the Boston-based institution continues to prioritize running, it's also gone into the archives to celebrate its past in other sports. The 586csi football trainer from 1987 is the latest bring-back—courtesy of the brand's SILO arm.
Spearheaded by Paul Ruffles, Brand Director for the experimental Merrell 1 TRL, Saucony SILO was revealed to close associates of the century-old company during January's Paris Fashion Week. Touted as "a new dimension of the Saucony lineage," Ruffles' work looks to the past to innovate for the present day and future. Everything from its art direction to the silhouettes it utilizes as canvases showcases an elevated, avant-garde-like perspective that allows Saucony to exist in a refreshing space.
Ruffles and team seem primarily focused on expanding the North American company's lifestyle arm, but their first project to release to the public was the Endorphin Elite 2. As Saucony's marquee marathon racer, the silhouette delivers cutting-edge performance in a package that pushes design into the next 100 years.
Saucony SILO's inaugural showcase displayed faithful reissues of the ProGrid Guide 7 and original Kinarva, performance-running models from throughout the 2000s. Additionally, Ruffles' experimental project has returned to the '80s for retros from other sports needs.
The 586csi is a widely-forgotten piece of Saucony's catalog for the beautiful game. A thorough Google search for the silhouette brings up little-to-no results, with the clearest piece of history deriving from an Instagram account that chronicles obscure Saucony footwear.
Presumably inspired by the era's Coupe Sport, fuel-injected BMW vehicles, the Saucony 586csi delivered the same high-quality standards found across the brand's running models.
A premium leather build across the upper was reinforced with soft suede at the tip of the toe and lower heel. The Saucony Creek-inspired logo at the profiles also opted for a fabric construction. Model-specific branding was stamped into the lateral heel, with cupsole-reminiscent tooling rounding out the package. Specific numbers of how many 586csi pairs were sold aren't available on the internet, but Saucony's offering had to face stiff competition within the world of leather football trainers for indoor and turf field use.
SILO's re-imagination of the 38-year-old design skews towards the fashionable, although its construction seems sturdy enough to hold its own on the court. Clear teaser shots shared to the initiative's Instagram account showcase a supple leather build with the same quilting across the upper that appeared on the shoe's original run. Logos at the profiles, however, have taken on a minimal aesthetic that aligns with the project's overall creative direction. A suede panel wraps around the forefoot, blending in with the reworked tooling's light blue color scheme. A long, fold-over tongue brandishes the three boulder-inspired circles rooted in Saucony's guiding principles, firmly positioning the 586i in the current old school football trend.
Other color makeups seen in January include the model in white-and-orange and predominantly-blue with black-colored accents. Pairs without the fold-over tongue will also release via the Saucony Originals branch—the imprint that houses the Jae Tips partnership.
Firm release details for the reworked Saucony 586i by SILO haven't been disclosed by the brand as of yet, but pairs are expected to launch throughout April.
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