With what is normally considered summer footwear, Alexander McQueen give his take on the tennis shoe with the latest in his Fall/Winter 2011 footwear collection. With the exception of McQueen’s signature skull embossed on the heel, the all white sneaker is the apotheosis of subtlety — an aspect rarely attributed to the work of the […]

Trussardi 1911 releases a new half sneaker half shoe hybrid for their Fall/Winter 2011 footwear collection. The luxury high tops are constructed of premium leather and suede blend on the upper with full wingtip details and a sneaker-like white outer sole. Find the Trussardi 1911 High Top Wingtip Sneakers for around $860 (¥66,150) at Restir.

European alpine specialists Moncler team up with Japanese label visvim for a top of the line Leather Mountain Boot. Based on a classic hiking boot silhouette — as with visvim’s own Serra boot — the highly limited edition collaboration comes in either black or dark brown waxed leather upper with several premium features. A Vibram […]

As summer winds down, we’re given the opportunity to check out some new cold weather kicks from a company that knows how to keep the focus on their philosophy and not one particular shoe. New Balance, unlike most shoe companies, uses a numbered reference system instead of the traditional naming. The newest in their line […]

A big day for Christian Louboutin, who on top of the “Tartan” Rollerboy Spikes Slip-Ons below also is unveiling 2 colorways of their Alfie Flat silhouette. The first high-top shoe (above) features an upper made mostly of black velvet with glossy black watersnake, gold patent leather, hiking boot-inspired cross lacing and a heel strap. The […]

We’ve seen several varitities of Christian Louboutin’s Rollerboy Spikes shoes, but these add a new edge to the already attention-grabbing slip-on. The “Tartan” model employs a plaid English tartan pattern under the forest of spikes, adding more punk to an already punk rock piece of footwear. The Christian Louboutin “Tartan” Rollerboy Spikes are part of the […]

Yesterday we brought you Common Projects’ Duck Boots, and today comes another beauty from the New York label. These pristine white high-top premium leather sneakers emulate vintage basketball shoes of days past, with perforations on the upper, padded tongue and ankle, and cream rubber sole with textured foxing and heel. Of course as always there’s […]

Normally duck boots are associated with heavy plastics, used to slosh around in mud and heavy water. I’m not so sure I would recommend that kind of behavior with Common Projects’ Duck Boots, which are among the sharpest and most elegant duck boots on the market. Part of Common Projects’ Fall/Winter 2011 Collection, the black […]