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Alexander McQueen is All for Sandals and Socks. Are You?

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As the age-old fashion faux-pas of wearing socks with sandals sauntered down the runway of Alexander McQueen’s men’s SS09 show, US Vogue came out with their “Ageless” issue to celebrate the fashion industry’s old guards.

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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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