Common Projects Sneakers

Stuck in an endless debate on the virtues of color, material, brand, cultural allegiances and street cred, those deliberating their next sneaker purchase often find themselves at an impasse. Our vote goes for the classic and simple, especially when it comes to a worthwhile investment like Common Projects' Achilles mid-top sneaker. A collaboration between designers Prathan Poopat and Flavio Girolami, the Common Projects' Achilles mid-top …

São Paulo Fashion Week: Summer 2008 Summary

Nearly 50 collections and a full week later, São Paulo Fashion Week closed yesterday with Ellus' 2nd Floor summer/winter 2008 line. An international brand built on its denim reputation, there’s definitely a more youthful spirit in its sibling collection. The themes seen in the earlier shows saw an abundance of sequins, metallics, neons, cuts and fabrics that played with movement, and solids, especially black which …

Tretorn Nylite Sail

Updating their classic Nylites for summer, Tretorn swapped in recycled sail for the usual canvas or leather in these Nylite Sails. The result is an off-white sneaker with all the clean elegance of the original with a lighter, breezier feel and a wipe-off surface. Tretorn's been busy resurrecting their brand over the last couple of years, like by reissuing the Nylite in 2005 (40 years …