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Sneakers were the first way that men could start to take sartorial choices and I think that men continue to take their greatest sartorial choices at the footwear level.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The colors that Elizabeth Semmelhack see in sneakers, the bold designs, oftentimes Elizabeth Semmelhack don't find those reflected necessarily in other garments that men wear.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
When the first sneakers debuted [in the 1800's], they were themselves luxury items, we're kind of coming full circle in a weird way.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He wasn't Michael Jordan by any stretch of the imagination, but what he gave to the brand was an authenticity, it was a means of endorsing the athletic potential and athletic promise of the shoe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Kanye West was an active participant in the creation of this collection at Louis Vuitton, he represents a new image of male success that involves access to these luxury brands. But it's not simply being a consumer, it's being a creator.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is one of the first times when a brand that's so female identified is now eagerly embraced and worn by men, sneaker culture is suggesting a huge shift in constructions of masculinity ... They allow men to participate in fashion in a way that does not at all call into question their masculinity, so men are able to partake in the luxury associations that are made between shoes and fashion.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think of it as a transformer shoe: it's a business brogue in the midst of being transformed into a sneaker, it just speaks to what is a very transformative moment in men's fashion.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Their participation in the sneaker game was very prescient. They were getting in there much earlier than any of the other brands we see doing it now.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The sneaker is segueing away from simply being a fitness shoe to being a fashion shoe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
He becomes an icon of individuality, of bucking the trend, and the shoes that he wears suddenly become something that every guy wants to have.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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