
Lock the doors, lower the blinds, and fire up the smoke machine because Harry Styles has hung up his scuffed white Adidas Sambas for good. Or if not for good, then for a day at least. The musician and actor was spotted taking a jaunt around Mayfair in little shorts and shadesâas he often tends toâwith a pair of dainty white suede Dries Van Noten sneakers. Iâve never wanted to throw $475 at some tennies so fast.
At a time when trainers are getting slimmer, Stylesâs Dries Van Noten pair are like the final boss of slimmed-down silhouettes. Theyâre not dissimilar to the recent Louis Vuitton drop, the LV sneakerina, a mega-slim, light-footed trainer that also comes in white; Or Miu Miuâs little Plume suede sneakers; Or even Adidasâs Tokyo trainers. In essence, weâre experiencing a subtle shift away from the gummy-soled Samba and into even sleeker territory. Even Stylesâwho tends to go for boyish, regular guy âfits when heâs not promoting an albumâis aboard the nimble footwear trend. He looks like heâs about to enter the boxing ring, or break out the most perfect pirouette.
We first reported the move towards slimline trainers towards the end of last year. Lily Allen, a sneakerhead if ever we saw one, swears by Miu Miuâs viral New Balance runners in black and also white. âTheyâre slimline and nimble, which feels very now,â she wrote for British Vogue. âThey look delicate next to the JD Sports treasures that I recently pulled out of my storage unit.â Other proponents of the barely-there trainer include Emily Ratajkowski, whoâs always stepping out in a variety of Puma Speedcats and Kaia Gerber, who loves a pair of Bode X Nike Astro Grabbers.
But, I donât knowâall of the above are nice, but Harry Stylesâs Dries Van Notens are really speaking to me. Did he just crown the breakout trainer of the summer? If anyone can swing the dial, itâs him.
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