Sneakers Ate Every Other Shoe

Sneakers Ate Every Other Shoe

The sneaker won the footwear argument so completely that the other categories now define themselves against it. Offices gave up, restaurants gave up, and the shoe absorbed the entire idea of getting dressed comfortably. What is left is a question of which silhouette you are signalling with.

Shoes

Shoes move fastest and date an outfit hardest. That cuts both ways, they will tell you exactly what year it is, which is sometimes the point.

More shoes

The second shoe grid is where comfort stops being a compromise. The shapes got wider and nobody complained.

Still more shoes

More shoes, and the pattern is a lower heel and a heavier sole. The whole category moved down.

Even more shoes

Shoes again, because footwear is where the season turns over fastest.

Yet more shoes

Deeper into the shoes, the pieces get more specific and less flexible. Worth it if the occasion is real.

The last of the shoes

The last of the shoes, mostly the ones that get worn without thinking.

Also in the edit

The rest of the edit resists a neat category, which is usually where the more interesting things hide. Worth a scroll rather than a skim.

More from the edit

More of the uncategorised, and this is where the range of the source really shows.

The rest of the edit

Still more that did not fit a tidy label. The breadth is the point.

Everything else worth seeing

Another run of the things that sit between categories.

Our honest take

The sneaker is no longer a casual choice, it is the default one. The only decision left is how loud you want to be about it.

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