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    New Balance P550 — 2020
    Jordan BrandRetro Card
    EST.2020
    NB 550 x ALD Burgundy L.S.3.1st Monogram patchBB550SE1

    NB 550 x ALD Burgundy

    "Burgundy"

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    ModelNew Balance P550
    Year2020
    DesignerTeddy Santis / ALD
    StyleBB550SE1
    Colorway Palette
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    NB 550 x ALD Burgundy

    Aime Leon Dore x New Balance P550 (2020)

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    Specs & Heritage
    ModelNew Balance P550
    Model No.BB550SE1
    Release Year2020
    Style CodeBB550SE1
    DesignerTeddy Santis / ALD
    Nickname"Burgundy"
    Shoe Palette
    Inspired By

    The collaboration that resurrected the 550 from obscurity and launched a thousand GR colorways. Teddy Santis pulled this forgotten 1989 basketball shoe from New Balance's vault and gave it the ALD treatment: rich burgundy/maroon on cream leather with natural yellowed aging that feels vintage from day one. The burgundy-and-cream palette channels Ivy League libraries, old money aesthetics, and Queens, NY neighborhood basketball courts simultaneously. This is the pair that proved archival digging and community storytelling could create more hype than any celebrity endorsement.

    NB 550 x ALD Burgundy · CS

    Model & Print Details

    • • Sneaker-, fashion- or culture-inspired monogram model — direct tribute to a specific silhouette, colorway or moment
    • • 3″ × 3″ L.S.3.1st Monogram artwork
    • • Ultra-high-resolution DTG / DTF graphic print, intentionally designed to visually mimic real patch & embroidery textures
    • • Numbered limited edition · part of the Open Archive

    Texture & Material Mimicry

    Every print is meticulously designed to visually mimic the look, depth, and tactile feel of a real embroidered patch — simulated stitch direction, thread sheen, merrowed border, twill backing, and subtle fabric shadowing are all baked into the artwork. The result reads as a physical patch on the garment, achieved through ultra-high-resolution DTG / DTF rather than thread.

    Wash Durability

    • • Soft-hand finish — sits flush with the fabric, no peel or crack
    • • Color-locked pigments engineered for long-term wash resilience
    • • Wash inside-out, cold cycle, tumble dry low to maximize lifespan
    • • No ironing directly over the printed monogram

    Print vs. Future Physical Patches

    This release uses our DTG / DTF print process — chosen so the monogram artwork can render at a fidelity, color range, and detail level that traditional embroidery cannot match, while keeping the silhouette of every colorway in the ever-growing archive intact.

    Physical embroidered patches — woven, with merrowed borders and heat-press backing — are reserved for select future drops in small, numbered quantities tied to specific colorways and collections. They are a separate, limited future format, not a replacement for the print line.

    Provenance

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    Certificate ID

    LS31-NB55-DD4DD3-068

    Mint Date

    2025.04.19

    Edition

    #068

    Network

    — pending —

    Each L.S.3.1ST piece will be paired with a tamper-proof NFC chip and on-chain certificate of authenticity. Provenance data above is illustrative only (placeholder edition #068).

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