Arguably ruling the roost in minimalist footwear and sneakers in particular, New York based brand, Common Projects have been dominating the market for clean and effortlessly simple footwear.
After years of wasteful spending on exceedingly average, trend sneakers I finally decided to follow my own advice and recently picked up a pair of the iconic Achilles low in the must have coked out white colourway, from Dover Street Market for the reasonable sum of £250 (about $380).
Featuring a buttery calf leather upper and a leather insole there has been no compromise on quality materials. The uppers are incredibly soft and supple, something that wider footed purchasers will be pleased to hear due to the generally narrow and long fit. I would definitely recommend trying these on in person before you throw your money down on them due to their fit.
The shoes themselves are wonderfully versatile, as demonstrated just about everywhere, so instead of insulting your intelligence and telling you what you should wear them with I'll let you be the judge and just google for yourself to get ideas (although props to Eugene Tong and Fredrik Risvik).
Sure those not in the know will wonder why you've spent a quarter of a grand on some all white trainers when you could've bought something similar from any generic high-street store. What your friends or partner don't understand is that flexing is absolutely everything.
The short argument for dropping almost $400 on a pair of sneakers is that they're perfect, they're cut well using quality materials, with minimal branding in a market that is saturated with Adidas stripes and Nike swooshes. Hell, if you don't like the gold size/serial numbers on the rear of the shoes you can scrub them off with some Jason Markk shoe cleaner.
Don't hesitate and instead pick up a pair as soon as you can, you wont regret it.
Sure those not in the know will wonder why you've spent a quarter of a grand on some all white trainers when you could've bought something similar from any generic high-street store. What your friends or partner don't understand is that flexing is absolutely everything.
The short argument for dropping almost $400 on a pair of sneakers is that they're perfect, they're cut well using quality materials, with minimal branding in a market that is saturated with Adidas stripes and Nike swooshes. Hell, if you don't like the gold size/serial numbers on the rear of the shoes you can scrub them off with some Jason Markk shoe cleaner.
Don't hesitate and instead pick up a pair as soon as you can, you wont regret it.
