Rihanna’s Fenty Gives the Puma Avanti Sneaker a Pony-Inspired Makeover

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Rihanna‘s Fenty is giving the Puma Avanti sneakers a furry treatment.

Released on Thursday, the Fenty x Puma Avanti Pony shoe comes covered in lux calf hair and finished with embroidered Fenty branding and retro gum soles. The silhouette is available in two colorways: all-white and dappled white and brown — the latter features a unique pattern on every style, making them one-of-one shoes.

Made of premium materials, the Avanti Pony is the latest drop of the Fenty and Puma collaboration and is labeled as an “extremely” limited edition, according to the footwear brand. Only 2,000 pairs of the Avanti Pony sneakers were made available in both men’s and women’s sizes. The shoes were released at 10 a.m. EST on Thursday at puma.com and select retailers globally. Both styles retail at $200 each.

Rihanna first teamed up with Puma in 2014 as creative director for the womenswear line, and the line paved the way for a collaboration under her own name Fenty x Puma. Rihanna’s partnership ended in 2018. In 2023, the singer reignited her partnership with Puma and released her first take on the classic Puma Avanti inspired by the soccer world.

“Football is a universal language that brings people together from all over the world, all walks of life, and I wanted to pay homage to that,” Rihanna told FN exclusively.

In November 2023, Rihanna a “bigger, bolder and phatter” version of the Puma Creepers. “We took our OG Creeper and made it bigger and badder,” Rihanna said in a statement.

Rihanna and Puma launched their first Creeper collaboration in 2015. The style won Shoe of the Year at the FN Achievement Awards in 2016.