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White Socks and Black Dress Shoes…Finally Acceptable?

White Socks and Black Dress Shoes…Finally Acceptable?

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In comparison to our female counterparts, menswear can be viewed as rigid. To some, the stoic tradition that defines men’s fashion is what keeps things on an even keel. For others, these rigours serve as creative license to unsettle what seems to be the norm. I say all this because I’m noticing a rebel of sorts within menswear that would leave the staunchest traditionalists livid. However, for the longevity of men’s fashion, I think this break with tradition can be healthy. Or maybe not. Well, you be the judge as I share with you some recent avant garde encounters and sightings that had me shook.

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Come Winter, Come Summer, Rock A Perforated Number!

Come Winter, Come Summer, Rock A Perforated Number!

louisvuitton-090209For a minute, last summer, I was firmly convinced that an upheaval in Thom Browne’s sockless trend was on the cards. The Sartorialist and Face Hunter had spotted a few dandies about Europe who were oddly sporting ankle socks with their lace-ups as opposed to venturing out sockless and, upon seeing this, I was quick to herald it as trend to watch for. Optimistic as I was, Louis Vuitton’s perforated richelieu shoe has definitely put a dent in that once-upon-a-time high. Your guess is as good as mine as to whether Browne’s sockless fad inspired these LV shoes, but I have to admit that the shoe’s perforated aesthetic gives those sockless goers a more attention-grabbing twist to their vogue.

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An early preview of Kanye West’s sneakers for Louis Vuitton

An early preview of Kanye West’s sneakers for Louis Vuitton

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Kanye West. Rapper, producer, blogger and now footwear designer. Whichever way you slice it, Kanye is serious about making his mark.

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D&G Dolce & Gabbana High Top Sneakers

D&G Dolce & Gabbana High Top Sneakers

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With the ever increasingly popular high-top sneakers, Dolce & Gabbana’s multi-coloured metallic high-top suede kicks are the epitomy of style and comfort!

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BePositve’s Autumn/Winter 08 Collection: Sporty and Sophisticated

BePositve’s Autumn/Winter 08 Collection: Sporty and Sophisticated

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BePositve, the new shoe brand from renowned Italian footwear outfit, Slam Jam have released their autumn/winter 08 collection which is in stores now. The aesthetic is classic meets athletic (thus pleasing in more ways than one) as a leather Oxford lace-up is rounded off with a sporty white rubber sole.

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Design Your Own Keds!

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It’s been a good while since I last slipped into a pair of Keds (the athletic Pro-Keds line to be exact), but the time away has not changed my endearment for the shoe. Rather, as I grew out of Pro-Keds, I matured into the more sophisticated, all-white Keds Champion. From time to time, for want to be individual, I find myself getting nostalgic about my pubescent days of marked up, correction fluid covered Pro-Keds. However, Keds have put an end to all my psychological frolicking with the launch of Keds Studio, an online custom shoe program.

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Fashionable or Impractical? Skateboard and Gladiator Sandal All In One

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What do you get when you mix Greco-Roman culture with an all too familiar American pastime? A skateboard complete with gladiator sandals! Warranted the gladiator sandal is being paraded up and down by men and women alike, but to affix a sandal to a skateboard is without doubt a head-scratching move.

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The Gladiator Mandal

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When the gladiator sandal sashayed down Chanel’s resort 2007 collection, a new mania was heralded. But with all this hype, fanfare and brouhaha over women and their newly beloved gladiator sandal, where do men factor in? The flurry of sprightly coloured and drab sandals Miu Miu sent out for their SS07 men’s collection paled in comparison to Chanel’s Amazon-like footwear . And as the gladiator sandal trail blazed its way into the closets of women, men were in a chasm of sorts, stuck with the fashionably faux-pas plastic flip-flop and the odd Miu Miu sandal.

Fast forward to today and men can now clamour for the so-called gladiator mandal, or man-sandals, at very affordable prices too. Topman and HE by Mango carry some urbane gladiator mandals that effectively blot out the femininity that surround this style of footwear. Here are our top 3 picks.

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