The History Behind Retro Sneakers and Why They Are Back

Made for running, kept for walking

The seventies runner was the first shoe built for a hobby that everyone suddenly had. Nylon uppers, a gum sole, a suede toe — light enough to race in, handsome enough to keep on.

Why now

The shape is slim, which reads clean under wide trousers, and the colours were never subtle. In a year of quiet clothes the shoe carries the outfit.

How to wear them

With the trouser hem just touching the tongue, and nothing else loud.