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Sabah Slip-ons

Sabah Slip-ons
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Sabah’s slip-ons are handmade in southeast Turkey. Their rubber outsoles protect the leather and are easy to repair and replace. The uppers are made of tanned leather, suede or nubuck in a variety of colors.

Zubits

Zubits

Zubits are magnetic shoe closures. Loop the top three rows of your laces to Zubits and they’ll let you put on and take off your shoes in a snap, while securing the laces while you’re on the go.

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Chuck Taylor All Star II

Chuck Taylor All Star II

The people’s shoe receives tech from parent company Nike. With a Lunarlon sockliner, a foam-padded collar and a perforated micro suede liner, the Chucks II should be significantly more comfortable than the original. Drops 7/28.

NB Fresh Foam Zante Sweatshirt

NB Fresh Foam Zante Sweatshirt
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New Balance may have come up with the perfect athleisure shoe. It dressed up its new Fresh Foam Zante with a sweatshirt upper and heel and tongue leather accents, creating a cutting edge running shoe with casual looks.

Filling Pieces Low Top

Filling Pieces Low Top
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Filling Pieces’ casual sneakers have a long tongue and come in a variety of fabric and leather uppers – woven, aniline, nubuck, full grain – different heel trims and colorways to suit just about every style.

Come Clean Sneaker Soaps

Come Clean Sneaker Soaps
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Etsy seller Yvonne Kai sells plant-based glycerin soaps with tiny vinyl or silicone sneaker replicas inside. Most of the current stock have Jordans, but there are a few soaps with Adidas and other Nike shoes as well.

Nike Flyease

Nike Flyease

Inspired by a young Nike fan with cerebral palsy, the Flyease is a wrap-around zipper around the heel that lets you wear shoes using one hand. The first model with Flyease, the LeBron 8 Soldier Flyease, drops 7/16/15 on Nike.com.

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Hudson Ipanema Slip-on

Hudson Ipanema Slip-on
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A fresh take on leather slip-ons. Hudson’s Ipanema shoes have a hand-woven leather upper, and its lining and sole are also made of leather. It also has heel loops. Available in tan or black.

Viberg x 3sixteen Mini Ripple Boot

Viberg x 3sixteen Mini Ripple Boot
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Viberg’s new take on its service boot exclusively for 3sixteen. The Mini Ripple has a natural or black roughout upper, a stacked leather midsole, a heel pull-up loop and a Vibram mini ripple sole.

New Balance 1600 Bronze/Black

New Balance 1600 Bronze/Black
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Stay fresh on your run with one of the 1600’s newest colorways. It also trades the leather for a mesh and suede upper, and adds a marbled print on the midsole. Makes you wonder why NB even bothers releasing stale colors.

NikeLab x Pigalle Dunk Lux High

NikeLab x Pigalle Dunk Lux High
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Part of NikeLab and Pigalle’s street basketball collection. It has a synthetic and jacquard upper, leather interior and a heel cutout, as well as Lunarlon cushioning and a memory foam collar and tongue for comfort.

Nike KD8

Nike KD8

Kevin Durant’s newest signature shoes are the first basketball shoes to have a Flyweave woven textile upper, as well as a full-length Zoom Air unit. We’re starting to fear for KD’s ankles. Drops 6/27 for $180; but it’s out for NikeID now.

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Nike Lab Free Huarache Carnivore

Nike Lab Free Huarache Carnivore
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A mashup of the Free Huarache and the wacky but mad comfy Air Carnivore. It has a leather upper, hook & loop and rubber straps, a Free 5.0 outsole and a perforated mesh inner bootie. Comes in all black and white/off-white.

PUMA IGNITE pwrCOOL Shoes

PUMA IGNITE pwrCOOL Shoes

Keep your dogs cool triathlon racing or backyard beer drinking with PUMA’s responsive IGNITE pwrCOOL runners; lightweight and breezy with glove-like fit; durable heel foam and thermo-regulating tech for longer, faster workouts.

Nike Hyperdunk 2015

Nike Hyperdunk 2015

The latest version of Nike’s bestselling basketball shoe was inspired by the BTTF Nike Mag. It has a one-piece textile upper, Flywire cables for support, a flexible collar foam and an internal bootie made of mesh and foam. Drops 7/1.

Nike Air Jordan MTM Pack

Nike Air Jordan MTM Pack

The Air Jordan MTM Pack contains two pairs with swapped construction. The MTM Air Jordan 1 gets the lightweight one-piece Flyweave upper while the MTM Air Jordan XX9 gets the leather upper. Drops 6/27 for $700.

Cole Haan Pinch Weekender

Cole Haan Pinch Weekender
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Cole Haan turned the penny loafer into a summer shoe by replacing the leather upper with canvas for a more lightweight, breathable and casual shoe. The Pinch Weekender also has a cushioned footbed and a sneaker-like outsole.

APL Night Vision Shoes

APL Night Vision Shoes
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Athletic Propulsion Labs’ latest version of its Vision Low lightweight basketball shoe has a brightly reflective silver layer atop its silver upper, improving nighttime visibility, while offering improved vertical leap on the court.

Adidas Climachill Cosmic Boost

Adidas Climachill Cosmic Boost

Adidas brings its Primeknit knitted upper to an affordable running shoe. The Cosmic Boost also has the springy Boost foam as part of its midsole and the Climachill perforated fabric for 360º ventilation. Outdoor shots by Hypebeast.

Greats Natural Selection

Greats Natural Selection
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If Hender Scheme’s Hommage series is too rich for your blood, check out Greats’ Natural Selection. It features four of its shoe models with uppers made of goat crust or Vachetta leather that will acquire a patina with age.

Nike Air Trainer 3 White/Gum

Nike Air Trainer 3 White/Gum
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Bo Jackson helped make the Air Trainer 3 (aka Air Trainer SC) popular, but it’s also a comfy shoe with a timeless design. Nike keeps it fresh with a new all-white upper and light brown gum sole combo. Top image by Wish.

Adidas Samba Modern Classic

Adidas Samba Modern Classic
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The street soccer shoe turns full casual, dropping the three stripes and leather in favor of a cleaner canvas upper. Comes in gray, black, red, blue and green. Please don’t let the white ones be an expensive “special edition.”

Brad Hall: Sneaker Reviewer

Brad Hall: Sneaker Reviewer

Brad Hall reviews sneakers like an archeologist handling thousand-year old pottery. His persona pokes fun at shoe collectors who commit to the classic cash grab: old shoes re-released with only slight alterations.

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