Style Inspo: Why You’re Getting The "Ick" From Your Sneakers (And What To Wear Instead)

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I love it.

And I've been so excited to talk about sneakers.

I am definitely a sneaker head.

You're a sneaker girl, aren't you?

You're across it.

Yeah, they're so very much, this is my cup of tea.

And what sneakers are you wearing today?

I'm wearing the Solomon XTSs,

which we'll talk about later on in the app.

But I actually have these in three colorways.

Do, yeah.

Okay, wow.

So you're very much into this sneaker.

I'm going to need you to slide that in.

You make them look so cool.

Yeah, we'll get into it.

Okay.

What is that on your foot?

Somehow, like everything you wear,

Lucy, do you manage to pull it off back at your time?

So I saw an Instagram reel from a creator.

I follow that asked the question,

are sneakers still cool in 2026?

Or are they?

Are they dead, basically?

And I wanted to ask you just straight up.

I mean, you're still wearing them.

Obviously, a lot of us are still wearing sneakers.

It's not like they're over.

But like, I guess what she's asking the sentiment, you know,

are they kind of as cool as they were for the last few years?

What do you think?

As much as I hate to say it,

there is truth to that.

So I do find the whole footwear category.

It has a really interesting spot within like the fashion zeitgeist.

And what I mean by that,

I think it's quite literally the only piece of fashion

you wear every single day.

Underwear, you might be wearing a top that doesn't require a bra,

I'm not wearing a bra today.

You know, you have to make a fashion choice every day for footwear.

Unless you live where I live,

where people get around without shoes on.

As my husband does not wear shoes in the supermarket.

So that's the only caveat to that.

But yes, good point.

Most people in normal society wear shoes.

But I love the saying that sneakers don't die.

They cycle.

And that's actually from a book which I'll reference later on.

But sneakers don't die.

They cycle.

They're almost just put on ice.

And you're exactly right.

There is this over saturation of sneakers.

Because we had, if you think about it going back,

like we've kind of had a trending sneaker every season or more than that.

A couple of trending sneakers in the zeitgeist for as long as I can remember.

I was racking my brain and thinking back to when this kind of first started for me

as a fashion writer.

And I mean, we could go way, way, way back.

But I was just talking about the last few years when on social media

it's really reached like a fever pitch.

Did you remember when Megan Markle was spotted in those Veja sneakers?

Because they were vegan leather.

Everyone started wearing Veja.

To me that felt like the first instance of wow.

Everyone's wearing this sneaker.

Everyone wants their hot little hands on it.

That's exactly right.

And that was like the trigger point.

And then it was, okay, well, what's the next one going to be?

And then we had, you know, new balance had that it was the dad sneaker.

That's exactly right.

And then it was the easy foamy kind of big white sneaker, the puffy sneaker.

And then after that it entered Adidas territory.

And there's the sandbers.

And there's just been sneaker after sneaker after sneaker.

Yeah.

And that is how the sneaker economy works.

So there is a subculture or there's a cool shoe, the it cool shoe.

And then there's this overconsumption over purchasing of this shoe.

There's the new balance 902Os.

I remember purchasing those maybe five years ago.

I was on weightless.

I spent well over on sort of shipping it from the States to get this shoe.

I was in plight of push down in my rural in barrel the other day.

And there it was sitting on the shelf.

So it's accessible.

It's accessible.

That scarcity's gone.

And that scarcity market works really well in shoes and handbags as we know.

But it's that scarcity market when it becomes sort of overproduced and consumed by the masses.

It loses it's cool factor.

And that's what people love about sneakers.

Is that cool factor?

There's whole like ecosystems on the internet devoted to sneaker culture, aren't there?

There's like hype based in high snobiety and all these.

Yes.

Yeah, like for the sneaker heads.

That's correct.

But they are also like indicative of broader fashion trends that, you know, different sneaker trends will signal, right?

But this isn't a collapse.

I think that's important to note.

It's just a cool off period.

And historically, this is exactly what needs to happen for that upswing of sneakers to become cool again.

And maybe in like a year or so, a different sort of shoe will come out.

And that will be the issue.

But like jeans, they're always evergreen.

And there are definitely some shoes like the solvents that I'm wearing today.

And they'll spot it on Haley Viva literally two weeks ago.

So there's still, if you're a sneaker girl, they're there, you know, it's a nice, you know, you know, thing.

Totally.

They're not going anywhere.

They're just cool enough.

So they're still relevant, definitely in a lot of circles.

But what styles are we wearing now and what's changed?

I really want to get into this because like you said, they're definitely still around.

But I feel like the look of sneakers has really shifted recently.

The big one for me, and this was so controversial when it first landed like across my desk as a fashion editor.

And you know, we wrote some funny articles about it and we teased it.

But it's actually like kind of come into the mass sort of consciousness.

Now is the quote unquote sneakerina.

So this is the basically the blending of two worlds, like ballet with technical sneaker sort of construction to create a sneaker

that's sort of like that low profile, maybe a satin finish on it, like a traditional ballet shoe,

hence the name sneakerina.

And now we've seen brands like, I think, sorry, I think the sort of starting point for this shoe was really highbrow brands like Wales Bonner and Simone Rocha

coming out with influential styles that will run away.

And then that's kind of trickled down to the likes of, you know, a Nike N and added us doing shoes like this.

Yeah.

And it's interesting like you're saying that hybridness that's created for this episode.

I was looking back in the archives of Copenhagen Fashion Week and Street Style,

which they are really like the early adopters and the adapters of trends.

There was so many Mary Jane's.

There was so many ballerina shoes that hold ballet core, like a year or two ago.

And now it sort of merged and Frankenstein into this sneakerina.

And I love it, I love it because you can kind of lean either way.

Like if you're more a Mary Jane, which is a little bit more structure, sneaker-like,

there's one on the market called, it's the Pima Speed Cat.

So that leans more Mary Jane.

But there's also the Adidas Taikwondo Ballet sneaker, which leans more ballet and is a little bit softer and feminine.

So depending your style, it's sort of is quite a broad category or trend, I suppose.

And we're even seeing like the real feminization of sneakers with like different brands adding like lace and different color like dainty laces

and sort of like pale pastel coloured suites and that kind of thing.

And isn't it really nice?

Because there is a bit of fatigue of that masculine oversized tread like the new balance.

It is masculine.

I always do feel I have to like even today with the Solomon Shoes, quite masculine,

baggy ripped jeans masculine, I had to sort of pair it with a more softer cami top, a gingham top,

to sort of like balance it out a little bit.

So it's nice having a softer sneaker-esque feminine style shoe available.

So the next one I want to discuss with you, it's a really fresh, fresh off the pressed trend or is it a trend?

I want to ask what you think.

I recently saw a street style image of Margot Robbie wearing converse high tops

with jeans looking very cool.

Do we think that high tops do for a return?

So this is why I love speaking to you term, being a fashion writer as you are.

You're across what the celebrity is wearing, Grammys, red carpets and whatnot.

So when I saw this, when you said this, I was like, what?

Converse, I'm not aware of it.

So it's straight to the dahada.

Of course you did.

You're always data-driven in your research.

You like to have the backup, the facts, yeah.

And is this actually going to be trending?

And Assio, which aggravates trend data, I looked at Australia alone for the past two years.

The searches for converse high top had two specific peaks.

One was in March, 25, and then November 25.

So it's funny, like I was wondering when Margot or someone has worn this.

But it's a really great example of all it takes is for a celebrity or a celebrity stylist to make a conscious decision.

Or maybe it's some conscious about just throwing on a pair of converse high tops

to really thrust it back into the zeitgeist.

Exactly.

One outfit can completely change the dial on what we're all wearing.

And that's how influential someone like a Margot or a Haley Bieber or a Zoe Krabitz can be, right?

If Zoe Krabitz steps out in converse next week and doubles down that trend,

I bet you all of a sudden everyone's going to be wearing them again.

Like you were saying, celebrities are a really good temperature check.

Like, even with Solomon's...

Look, where I'm from, no one really wears them.

But if I'm out in an event, they are heating almost that oversaturation point.

But I sort of checked Haley Bieber, like I said, was wearing them in January.

And we had Jennifer Lawrence. She had them on in December.

It was mid-december. It's just sensing and temperature checking.

Are they still relevant?

And you do use that as a little bit of a check.

But yeah, that's how...

But I just want to challenge that for a second.

Is relevance the main factor here?

Because if they're not, would you still wear...

Like, that's the question I have.

Like, are you wearing salamons?

And I don't mean you.

Yeah.

Are we wearing salamons because they're relevant or because we love them?

I think it's a, it's adjacent to like the row girl.

It's a, if you know, you know.

I think me walking down the street into a street,

it could, it's any old sneaker.

But if a girl spots it and she's a sneaker fashion girl,

it's that sort of...

Signalling.

Signalling.

Signalling.

Yeah.

Isn't that so interesting?

Because if you isolate the piece itself.

Like, if my, you know...

If my mum saw those shoes, she wouldn't get it.

Right?

But then like you said, if a fashion girlie clocks the shoes,

like there's an instant recognition.

And I think the row...

The row is a really good example.

I've written about this in my newsletter before.

Like, particularly if we talk, I know we're talking about sneakers right now,

but if we look at, I've spent a lot of time writing and musing about there,

$1,200, thongs.

Thongs.

You knew what I was going to say.

This is the hill that we'll die on.

These thongs, these rubber thongs,

that became the number one most searched for, most in demand accessory of 2025,

a $1,200 pair of thongs,

that if you take them out of the high fashion context in which they exist,

off the feet of every celebrity who wore them,

and every weight list that they were on, you know, on all the major websites that stocked them.

And take away the scarcity, like you said.

They are essentially just a pair of rubber flip flops that you could get at lows, you know?

Absolutely.

And yes, they've been duped.

They're still now you can get them at any, any number of high street stores,

but the value is not there because they're not the row.

Yeah.

Just questions how the value that we place on something that has that fashion cache.

For sure.

I guess with Eddie's sort of brands buying into that luxury market,

you are buying into that brand, right?

Yeah.

But yeah, I guess there is the relevancy of it,

but I also find like the practicality of a shoe like this.

And that actually leads us into the next trend in shoe and sneaker that we'll be seeing.

And it is this continued dominance in the trail sneaker, like the Solomon.

I love the practicality of them.

Like I do wear these shoes to the gym, as well as out and about to do that.

So they have a use there.

They're there.

There's a utility there.

A utility.

And like a sneaker arena that's maybe just like a fashion shoe.

Yeah.

Unless you're doing ballet in the mud.

You know, I can't speak from experience.

So you don't hike in them.

You can.

That's essentially what they're for.

And I think there's a bit of charm around that.

Like I don't think Hayley Veevers hiking and like we've in her solomans.

I don't think Jennifer Lawrence is out there as well like bush walking.

But is there's a little bit of a charm and creating a bit of like mystery in that story about you?

I guess like you're dressing as a character, I suppose, which I've always enjoyed.

I feel you are not with the trail sneaker.

It is a very like polarizing shoe.

You either love it or you hate it.

And Solomon's are definitely sneaking or sticking around.

But there are going to be some slight variations in this category.

So buckle in term.

You're at home.

Sit down.

Because it's definitely not for everyone.

And Joshua Kate, who's a senior buyer at Hype DC in Melbourne.

He was saying last week that water shoes and approach shoes are an early trend alert for what's coming up in 2026.

What's an approach?

And I was like, I figure a part of Google.

What's an approach shoe?

It is quite literally like a rock climbing shoe.

Oh, like a toe shoe.

Wow, that's where my head went.

That's a variation of it, but it doesn't have to be a toe shoe.

Okay, that's good.

So it almost emulates that sneakerina where it's the low profile.

So it's your typical hiking shoe, but it's a lower profile.

It's less rubber sole.

It's seen.

It's got that flexibility as if you were sort of rock climbing.

Right.

So it was streamlined on the foot.

Maybe it's called an approach shoe because you can approach quietly.

Potentially.

I don't know.

That's a fun thing to look at.

The sneaker.

The name sneaker came from sneaking up, playing basketball.

Stop it.

Oh my god, I might be on to something.

Yeah, so potentially approaching for that.

I love how you said that.

You were reading a children's book.

Approaching quietly.

So this is going to be a trend.

Well, again, early adoption stage.

We're not going to be seeing.

I'm not walking in next episode recording, wearing the approach shoes.

I don't think.

But you never know.

I never thought I'd be wearing solomans.

I could be in the impression.

I think they might be growing on me the more I look at them.

Do you think you'll buy into the approach?

No.

But last thing within the trail sneaker.

If anyone is listening and they do like this trend, like myself,

you know, solomans, Asics is another example where they're sort of a lot of them in the market.

If you're looking for a different brand, I would suggest Antars.

It's a new brand alert for 2026.

It's one of the fastest growing sneaker brands out there.

And that's from StockX.

It's not a new brand per say, like launch to market.

It's actually been around for 20 years.

But that's like the solomans a new balance.

It's just had that relevancy.

Breed discovered.

And it's a new love.

You'd actually really like it.

I had a look.

I had a little look at Antars.

And I love.

So they're like swayed.

Brightly coloured sneakers.

Not reinventing the wheel in that regard.

But they've got a trio of multi coloured laces on the top.

And I think that speaks to the ability for an accessory brand,

potentially to cut through just with a unique design.

Because that's not necessarily doing anything like completely new.

It's just like something that looks fresh to our eye.

And it's a new concept that we haven't seen in a while.

Like, oh, personalising your laces or colourful laces look so fresh right now.

No one's really doing that.

And all of a sudden you've got to hit a hit shoe.

Exactly.

So I love these.

I want those.

I do.

So yeah, they're a great brand if interested.

We'll link them in the show notes.

But all in all, if you are interested in dipping your toe into this trend of the trail sneaker,

I would look, I would opt out of that big oversized tread footing like a new balance.

Look, do you ever feel like you sometimes just get the ick with shoes?

Like, if you see them too much on the streets, you're like, oh, I just don't know where them.

It's the oversaturation of the new balance and sombers, opt for something like the antar or a sneaker sneaker.

Yeah, go a little left of the mainstream.

Yeah.

I think that's probably the answer.

Something that I've been noticing a lot and even writing about lately is the,

it's not so much a trend, more of like a styling trick,

which is to add one quote unquote wrong element to your outfit.

So we know about the wrong shoe theory, right, which is essentially about adding something that feels visually a bit wrong

to offset your outfit.

So it's not all kind of streamlined and in one that you might kind of mix genres.

You might apply something that just feels off, but in an intentional way.

And I think you can really use sneakers or shoes to apply that concept to your look.

And that's where like you've, you've even done that today with the Salomon, you know,

but you've got a feminine top on rather than choosing something dainty that might work back with the top.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I love that.

And I think I do that subconsciously.

Like the shoe, the sneaker's the anchor of my outfit.

So last night, I knew I'd be wearing the solomans, but it was this morning.

It was, I, that was the focal point of my outfit.

I grabbed the jeans.

I grabbed this top out of the dirty washing basket and ran like it was.

And I didn't really matter the rest felt irrelevant to me.

He started with the shoe.

He started with the shoe.

After the break, we're going to have a chat about the sneaker economy

and how that influences everything we wear.

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All right, so I would love us to have a little peek inside of the sneaker economy.

I won't spend too much time on this just in case.

I'll lose people's interest.

But it's quiet.

You're going to nerd out, basically.

It's so fascinating.

And just to sort of sum it up with a couple of key points

that I find incredible and remarkable,

there is a $2.2 million pair of sneakers out there.

Admittedly, it is the Michael Air Jordan game shoe.

So it's almost a little, it's cheating in a little way

because it's almost a piece of art, right?

Someone's got this in a clear box on display.

Yeah, they're not wearing that.

Yeah, they're not wearing that.

So what is it about this shoe that makes it so valuable?

This particular one was a Michael Jordan Air Game shoe that he wore.

Right.

So, but putting that one aside, there are shoes out there,

which I almost relate a little bit to like the Hermes Burkins.

So there's a Nike Moon shoe out there for $437,000.

There are some Burkins out there, one off the rarity of them

that can get to that price.

And you mean that's at retail?

That's not like someone's valued at that.

It's like you can still buy the sneaker for $400,000.

So this one is on the stock X for that price.

In terms of how much a sneaker can get to,

people are still paying $200,000 for pairs of shoes

with that rarity on the market.

And that can come down to whether it be a collaboration

with a particular celebrity or a brand as well.

So a couple of brands, and luxury brands love partnering with sneakers.

So Gucci and Adidas, for example, we know Molly May is coming out

with her own collection of Adidas Sumbers.

In the what the matcha or the latte color.

That's so hercoded.

Jill Santa with the pure McKinx sneaker.

Oh, that's cool.

And love Jill Santa.

Yeah, I thought you'd like that one.

Have you seen them?

Yeah, they're gorgeous.

And they're very minimal and chic.

And yeah, neutral colors.

And then the Nike Japa Moos Moon shoe.

And these sort of brands, they become,

these shoes become collectible items.

And so many famous celebrities collected these beautiful shoes.

One including and worth noting is Kylie Jenner, right?

Really?

So her collection is valued at approximately $500 to $750,000.

And she's got a shoe.

That's like free pairs of shoes, right?

You know well.

The funny thing I find about this,

because it often is male collectors.

So it's nice seeing a young woman collecting shoes.

But she's got a whole collection of both male and female shoes,

which I find really interesting.

So never any intention of wearing the male sneakers.

But once some as a collectible item.

That is interesting.

I wonder if that's something she did more in her youth.

Because now like, I feel like she showcases her like bag collection a lot.

And then you see glimpses into her wardrobe on her socials.

But I've never seen her kind of dedicate content to her sneaker collection.

Is it in some vaults?

Somewhere else?

Was that something she started?

Because she used to wear like high tops and things when she was.

Blue hair when she's in that era.

Yeah, back in that King Kylie era.

And I wonder if that's like a relic of past Kylie,

it's such a good investment, you know,

it's a financial decision.

Or maybe if it's something she's continued more into adulthood.

And I bet Timothy Shalamet would love that collection.

Oh my god, Timothy.

He just lurks in there.

He's like, I'm going to wear these for the Oscars.

Yeah.

But it's funny.

If they're the same shoe size.

Or maybe that doesn't matter.

But these, like, but if you're collecting Berkins and you know,

these people do her bags.

Like, you'd always, I guess, have the intention of maybe wearing them

as a one-off to some gala or something.

But to be collecting things at that value and no intention of wearing them,

I find really interesting.

But yeah, I do find all it all, it's just a really interesting look

at something that was created out of a subculture.

If you want more information on sneakers,

there's two really great books that will link in the show notes.

It's sneakers, fashion-genering, subculture and sneakonomics.

I'll leave it there.

I'm really glad you got a chance to talk about your sneaker fetish.

But like you said at the top of the episode,

Tam, there is a slight decline.

And I think the overarching reason for this

is there's so many inroads of new varieties of footwear.

There's the Mary Jane's.

There's flip flops.

There's mules.

So yes, sneakers are on the decline.

But Stock X, which is like an online marketplace for resale,

it's not just shoes, it's accessories and stuff as well.

Their 2025 report showed for the second year's straight,

Uggs come in first place and Crocs come in second.

They hold the top spots for the best-selling brands.

Wow.

And then what's rising up the ranks is Timberlands.

Oh, interesting.

So these are like shoes for the people, aren't they?

There's nothing niche about Crocs or Uggs or Timberlands.

To me, that just speaks to like what the people are really wearing.

Well, I'd love to hear your thoughts on just other shoe options

if you're not into sneakers.

Do you know what?

And I think that makes a lot of sense that the market

hasn't more of an appetite for that right now

because I think it's just this is what I see time and time again.

As a fashion writer and editor,

it's literally just the pendulum swings back and forth.

Like as soon as our eye gets too used to seeing something,

we go the other way.

We go left when it's been right and vice versa.

And so we've seen too much sneaker.

And now we want our eye wants to see something else.

It's classic.

It's a classic.

It's, you know, when there's dopamine dressing and brights,

we go to neutrals and minimal.

And then, you know, when we got too used to what was it?

What was it?

What was it?

Quite luxury.

Then we went right back to Maximalism again.

Yeah, yeah.

Quite a different thing.

Right.

So this is just classic, you know, group thing behavior.

This is exactly what fashion does.

So, you know, in terms of alternatives though,

it's really practical level.

I'm not really a sneaker gal.

Like I have maybe two pairs in my wardrobe.

So in terms of alternatives, you know, we're in February now.

We're about to head into autumn,

which means we're heading into closed-in shoe season.

So let's talk about the styles that are practical,

but still trending for the season ahead.

For me, it's ankle boots and boots in general.

Like nothing beats a sleek black leather or suede ankle boot

in winter in terms of wearability,

especially with the return of like this sort of cigarette style gene

that we're seeing.

I just think that's such an elegant shoe choice,

and it's such a classic choice that really for me never dates.

So do you wear your ankle boots tucked into the jeans?

No, I wear them under.

Yeah, yeah.

I wear an ankle boot.

I've never been an ankle boot gal.

Really?

So this is new territory for me.

That surprises me.

So the other boot trend I'm seeing around a bit

that I think will come into our market

is the calf length boot.

Yes.

This is a little bit more of a challenging silhouette.

I'm only saying that because I think like the intention

of a calf length boot,

you kind of got two sort of tribes here.

For me, one is like you're wearing them to a festival.

Yeah.

Right?

That's what I conjure up with a calf length boot.

You know, that is, I think there's a brand called Fry.

Okay.

And there's a brand called Hunter.

And they do like the, you know, traditional willing

to style boots.

Yes, yes, yes.

Or you're a real fashion girl,

and you're wearing them with like what we're calling

an awkward length skirt.

Yeah, okay.

So that skirt that sort of comes to them to the knee,

and then you're putting the boot,

the calf length boot with it to sort of intentionally create

a quite directional silhouette in your outfit.

I love the cut challenge.

Yeah, I love it.

I actually did a TikTok the other day on Trends

we'll be seeing in autumn.

And it was the, it's the jeans,

almost like not jeans or pants.

I should say trousers with the cut,

the boot over the top.

Almost like that hunter boot, like the gum boot.

But then there's like you put it above

or over the top of the pants.

Would you do that?

Yeah, would.

It's almost like a country like a shooting-esque vibe.

Yes, it is very town and country.

Town and country.

Yeah, yeah.

With an oversized blazer as well.

Like, yeah, it's quite rough.

That's quite rough, Laureny.

Rough Lauren, Princess Diana vibes.

Seeing this a little bit more,

yeah, it doesn't have to go so like country-esque.

It could be like, I've seen it still like,

something the cement in the city talk about.

It could be urban.

I think if you're not doing the awkward length skirt,

which is like I said, a little bit more challenging,

I would do a midi skirt over the top of a calf length boot.

Yeah.

Potentially a boot with a bit of shrug in it.

Yeah, no.

You know, like a swayed boot that's got a bit of that extra shrug,

so that you're kind of getting the interplay

of the different textures.

Perhaps you've got like a textured skirt

or a sheer, you know, back with or a longer denim skirt

or something back with a swayed boot.

Could be really, really cool.

Love this.

And then in terms of other alternative footwear to sneakers,

I still feel like we're in our, like,

what I'm calling our fancy flat.

Yeah.

Particularly in our market in Australia,

we've really responded to the trend

for like mesh and woven flats.

I'm seeing every brand do footwear brands,

but also just like Australian designers offer woven flats.

And I think they're quite a good trans-seasonal shoe

because you still get that coverage on the front of your foot,

but it's breathable, right?

For our autumn winter where you, you know,

we're not in New York or London,

like we don't need necessarily to be wearing socks under our,

under our closed-in shoes until the dead of winter.

That's almost the adjacent to the sneaker.

Like that is the focal point of an outfit,

the mesh or like those.

Yeah.

It gives a little point of interest, right?

So just to recap,

a few sneaker alternatives coming into the new season,

we're going to see the return of ankle boots

and definitely this calf length boot, which we love.

But you can definitely still get a lot of wear out of ballet flats.

I'm seeing healed, I didn't mention healed ballet flats

or a trend we're going to see.

And then you're sort of woven

and mesh flats are going to continue to trend.

And they're a really, really great alternative

coming into autumn winter when we're still potentially

doing backlist shoes and things like that.

So yeah, plenty of, plenty of autumn.

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Damn honey.

How much are these?

25%.

Hearing about the alternatives,

I am excited to hear about your shoe ricks.

Yeah.

What have you got for me, Tom?

Let's start with bougie.

Okay.

So for bougie,

I'm not sure if you've heard of the Spanish brand Aloha.

No.

So they're Spanish design and made brand.

And they really offer shoes with a point of difference.

It's, again, one of those, if you know you know, type brands,

they have really luxe suede sneakers, ballet flats and boots.

And I feel like it's one of those brands

that I can see through my screen, the quality.

And it's like, yeah, it's, I wouldn't say it's like a fashion girly kind of brand.

It's just like they're just gorgeous shoes that are worth, worth the money.

So I love the sneakers.

If I'm buying sneakers, I'd go to this brand.

They're really colorful and fun.

But my pick for the autumn winter season is a boot.

Yeah.

It's the amber rift black leather ankle boot.

It's this sleek pointed toe ankle boot in black leather.

And it's got this small kitten heel.

Beautiful.

And it also comes in brown suede and burgundy suede.

So gorgeous.

It's still a color coming through isn't it?

Yeah.

Like a few of my, we've been looking around burgundy.

I thought would be left in last season.

But I'm seeing it still pretty relevant.

It's still around.

Definitely is an alternative to that mocha and brown color.

It's still offers that sort of wintery tone.

It's beautiful.

So these shoes are $480.

So they're certainly an investment.

But a black leather ankle boot.

Like I said, on the record, I think you're going to get years of wear out of this.

Yeah.

Beautiful.

For that price, it's actually pretty good for a leather boot, isn't it?

I mean, they're so well made.

Yeah.

That's what's good.

Yeah.

What's your bootie?

Well, my bootie is also a brand.

I'm not sure if you've heard of.

It's Vivaya.

I have heard, but I've not shopped from.

Yeah.

Interesting.

I don't know if it's like the cool, fashiony girl brand just yet.

But they create, and by looking at them as well, I feel like they're really good quality shoes.

They do a square toe sneak arena shoe.

And Dua leaf was actually spotted in one very similar, similar brand, not quite this one.

But if you love the very feminine, like the satin style square toe, it actually kind of looks like a ballet point.

So it's leaning more on the ballet shoe.

And you can customize them as well, which is really cool.

Oh, what shoes do you have?

So the color of the satin, like the ballet flap.

So it could either be like a cream.

They've got the burgundy as well, which I really like.

But you can choose the satin ribbon.

So it has got that classic ballerina ribbon that you do up the calf.

And you can choose the color of that as well.

Oh, you can actually thread the ribbon around your calf.

Yeah.

Yeah, to look like a ballet shoe.

Yeah.

So they're just, they're fun.

It's very ballet core.

Yeah.

It's trendy.

Are they going to be around in a couple of seasons, probably not.

But for the price of it, so it is my bougie.

But it's $268.

So it's not too excessive.

But they look really beautiful, well made.

If you're looking for something different and it's playing in that feminine streamlined look,

I give these ones a go.

Love.

Yeah.

I think I'll try them in the burgundy.

Okay.

Okay.

So for budget, I mentioned earlier I found a great trans seasonal shoe for people who are allergic to clothes in shoes like me.

So this is a suede and woven mesh backless mule in a top color, which is a color I'm really responding to right now.

This is like mushroomy, torpedo, which reads to me like wintery, but not it's not black.

Yes.

Or gray or classic chocolate brown.

Exactly.

Yeah, which I still love chocolate brown, but sometimes I want something a bit lighter for my feet.

Yeah.

So this is like a barely their shoe that I know I'd wear of a lot that I know I wear a lot in autumn.

And it's a mule shape, which is again, just I wear mules constantly.

And I feel like this shade is also really great back with the denim, which is just I live in denim in autumn.

Yeah.

So where is it from?

Sorry, the shoe is from seed.

Cool.

And it's the Marley mesh mule and it's 149.95.

Beautiful.

I love that.

I love twelfth as well.

Yeah.

I'm really going to buy these.

Yeah.

Well, I actually think I'm really going to buy my budget as well, which is a mule.

And I almost wanted to talk about mules today, but I feel like that could be another episode within itself.

Because I feel like they're really relevant and trending.

They are.

I do love a mule.

And there's a hybrid.

So my budget for $119 is a cart, Charles and Keith.

Oh, my gosh.

Mine's Torf as well.

No, can I tell you these?

I just looked at the document and I had these as my like back up budget.

Oh, that's so funny.

We've been looking at the exact same shoe.

It's meant to be.

I love that.

Well, yeah, we should get these because it's I love Charles and Keith for one.

I love Torf.

We love Ender Mule.

Mine's a hybrid of a sneaker-esque mule.

And I, yeah, just I, again, I love a mule, but I also love the look of a sneaker.

So you get both best of both worlds.

So it's essentially a backless sneaker.

Which we're seeing a lot of.

Yeah.

New balance of a real it.

They've collaborated with Mule and got a really nice backless.

Now I would buy those.

And they look amazing.

That's very much an example of hot and demand.

They're always selling out.

Yeah.

So hard to get.

We didn't even talk about Mule.

Again, we could devote a whole another half an hour to that.

But, um, yeah.

Mule is very sneakers with a new balance collaboration.

They're constantly selling out.

The relevancy of them.

It's unbelievable.

Yeah.

This is how many people have them.

Let's probably give it another six months.

And then it'll probably.

Oh, yeah.

We're seeing a lot of dupes, aren't we?

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's right.

And these might be in that category, but that's okay.

And, well, and for this style, yeah, it's just non-branded.

You wouldn't necessarily know.

So it just looks like a really nice browns or torps weighed sneaker.

And then you've got that comfortability of the.

And differentiation of a Mule as well, which I really like.

So those ones are from Charles and Keith for $119.

We love it.

So many options today.

I'm definitely inspired to go shoe shopping.

Was that the objective of this episode?

Always fun.

But that's unfortunately all we have time for today.

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