"No Sneakers Are Cool"

Two boot styles that will get us to 10k steps

This was an actual text I received this week when asking a group chat about what sneakers they thought were cool now. I’d been seeing less sneakers on the school-uniformed teens in my neighborhood, a sure sign this friend was onto something.

When I asked a 22 year-old about this she zealously replied, “It’s an epidemic! No really, It’s all over TikTok.” Which reminded me that another friend had left a fashion show in a tizzy last week during NYFW because she noticed she was the only one in attendance wearing sporty soles!!

Luckily, I’m just being dramatic because obviously we cannot fully give up sneakers. But it is very clear that they are leaving the trend-o-verse and reverting back to being strictly functional shoes for athletic pursuits. For work and leisure, I think we are meant to get a little more dressed now. (Don’t shoot the messenger!!!!!!!!)

This is not all bad news though. This sneaker shunning is occurring as summer fades into boot season so we were getting ready for somewhat of a change anyway. AND there are two styles in the zeitgeist that will ensure we can get where we need to be comfortably.

Today, two boot styles (five options for each, naturally) that you can wear as sneaker replacements and/or when you want to look amazing but need functioning feet.

The idea today is that you could envision all of these outfits with a cute sneaker (and yes yes, go ahead, you can still wear a cute sneaker if you want!) but instead will be replaced by a boot without losing a step.