The New Balance 204L Goes Sporty With A “Grey/Yellow”

The New Balance 204L is off to a hot start, making good on its trendy slim-soled hardware and high-profile celebrity endorsements (Rosalía has emerged as the tacit face of the silhouette) by marking instant sellouts in many of its debut looks. Typically, it’s been the more outwardly feminine colorways that’ve hit that bar, but you can’t keep playing to type forever.

Thus, alongside the pastel suede editions that the shoe has delivered in its run so far, we’ve also seen links back to the tech-runner home base of the Boston brand, usually leaning on metallic tones you’d see on models like the 1906R. That’s where the New Balance 204L “Grey/Yellow” sits — undoubtedly sporty with its high-energy yellow accents and reliance on neutral grey overlays and mesh paneling. If anything, it’s the dark grey underlays that split this shoe in half that create some unexpected color-blocking appeal, but this nonetheless registers as a visit to a reliable formula for NB.

Look for the New Balance 204L “Grey/Yellow” hitting the NB site come Holiday ’25, retailing for its usual $120. Watch our Sneaker Release Dates page for further updates on this pair and everything notable on the slate.

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Matt Varga, Junior Editor

Matt Varga is an Editor at SneakerNews. Initially earning a degree in Video Arts and Technology, he got his start in video editing and writing in the music world — primarily on hip-hop and electronic. A long-standing interest in sneakers led him to switching over to footwear. An avid collector, his favorite sneaker of all time comes down to either the Air Jordan 1 “Black Toe” and Air Jordan 5 “Laney,” his first ever pick-ups. When he’s not writing, you can find Matt cooking, traveling, attending concerts and when weather permits, on the handball court.