Puma Mostro

Sizing

Puma lists a regular fit but says it gives a snug, secure fit best suited to narrow feet.

About

The Puma Mostro first appeared in 1999 and takes its name from the Italian word for monster, which suits its experimental look. Designer Peter Schmidt crossed two ideas: the slim, tough sprinting spikes of the 1960s and the chilled out surfing shoes of the 1980s. The result is a low profile shoe with a mesh upper, a strap across the instep instead of laces and a rubber sole covered in small spikes that wraps up the sides of the shoe. It sold more than a million pairs in the early 2000s, counted Madonna and Bjork among its fans and turned up in a modified form in the 2005 film The Island. Puma brought it back on 13 January 2024. That was 25 years after the original, and it came as a remastered edition rather than an exact replica, pairing the original upper with the later Mostro Ur tooling, a metallic silver Formstrip and an elastic strap over a lycra liner. Puma lists the current Mostro OG with a regular fit and an OrthoLite lining under a hook and loop closure, and says it gives a snug, secure fit best suited to narrow feet.