Discontinued

I've spent the past few weeks looking for a pair of Saucony Shadows in black and white. I've been to every store on 8th Street and most of the stores on Broadway in the SoHo vicinity. I've looked at dozens of online stores. They have the shadows in other colors, but not my favorite black with the white stripe. Or if I can find the right color, I can't find my size (10 men's).

The other day, I was in a store on Broadway and I brought a navy/grey Shadows to a salesperson. "Do you have these in black and white?" I asked. She pointed to a pair of Jazz. "Yeah, right there." "No," I said. "Those are Jazz's. I'm looking for Shadows." She shrugged.

This morning I called the company. A woman answered and told me they had discontinued that color for 2005. I asked if they'd ever bring the colors back. She said they do if there's enough demand. A few years ago they had discontinued the black on black color scheme and received a lot of complaints. People in the service industry had sworn by them. But I haven't seen the colors come back. Maybe I should start a letter writing campaign. Posted by eku at August 17, 2005 9:57 AM