There’s a specific feeling that comes with stepping onto a worn-down skate park in 1994 New York. The suede is scuffed. The logo is cracked. The whole thing looks like it’s been lived in, and that’s the point. A$AP Rocky knows this better than anyone, and his latest PUMA capsule, the Suede ’94 Drop 2, is built entirely around that feeling.
It hits shelves today, November 12, 2026, at $120, and it’s the second wave of a collaboration that’s been quietly reshaping how PUMA thinks about its own archive. The first drop landed in July with a clean black-and-white pair. This one goes deeper into the grit.
The shoe itself is the centerpiece. It’s a Suede ’94 in a color Rocky and his team call “Faded Blue” — a distressed navy that looks like it’s been left in the sun for a decade. The suede is washed and broken in. The grey Formstrip sits low. The tongue is padded with a raw edge, no clean stitching. The outsole is gum rubber, the kind that yellows with wear. A gold PUMA lace dubrae ties it together. Every stitch was pulled from PUMA’s 1994 production files, not approximated.
But the capsule doesn’t stop at the shoe. There’s a T-shirt in black with a cracked red PUMA No. 1 logo — the old one, not the current mark — and a hoodie in washed charcoal with a faded white version of the same logo. The fabrics are chosen to match the era’s weight and drape, not modern equivalents. It’s a full fit, not just a sneaker with a tag.
The campaign was shot in Berlin by photographer Spyder, pulling from the city’s skate and hip-hop scenes. Rocky is also hosting a ’90s-themed rave in Chelsea, New York, to mark the release, which tells you the energy he’s going for. This isn’t a museum piece. It’s a party with a time machine.
Rocky has been PUMA’s Creative Director since October 2023, and this drop is one of the clearest examples of what that role actually means in practice.
