Is Your Choice Of Sneaker Ageing You?

In the lead up to 2000, fashion was consumed with ‘the future’ through an almost novelty space-like lens (assuming we all survived the impending Millennium Bug.) 

Sneaker sales decree we’ll still be wearing our favourite Millenium silhouettes throughout 2023. Rediscovered by Gen Z, nostalgic for millennials, Y2K-inspired styles – like Nike’s Air Max Futura – transcend the divide.

Where in recent years we’ve seen a strong delineation between fashion sneakers and sport shoes, saving each for their assigned use, in 2023 sticking to those rules feels dated. 

This year we see fashion adopt the performance runner as lifestyle shoes, free to be paired with washed jeans and yes, tailored pants – once solely the uniform of commuters.

Pairing any look back to fresh white sneakers is a classic move – but the bolder, more current choice is to mix up your colours. Take a calculated risk with a multi-tone pair that ensures neither matchy-matchy nor too much of a clash. A few hints of colour will guarantee they look intentional with everything in your wardrobe. 

Sneaker treads have gone off-road as pumped-up soles give a third dimension to our footwear faves. This trend has the double benefit that with added cushioning often comes all-day comfort. Kick things up a gear with elevated pairs like On Running’s aptly named Cloudmonsters – like a combo of Monster Trucks and walking on a cloud. Even traditionally flat Converse are adding inches.