Pictured: Dior Homme silver Velcro sneakers, $440 at Jeffrey New York; Creative Recreation snakeskin-embossed silver high-top sneakers, $210 at Barneys New York; Alejandro Ingelmo gold high-tops, $475 at Saks Fifth Avenue; Gucci silver lace-ups, $585 at Gucci.
Sneakers with metallic colorways have been all the rage for the past few seasons and every sneaker brand is jumping to dish out their perspective on the trend. (I can't lie they have definitely invaded my consciousness here lately...) Picking up on the silver and gold tones recently trotted out by Supra, Bape, Converse and others - fashion houses like Dior, Lanvin, Pierre Hardy and Gucci have come out with their interpretation of metallics in a multitude of styles.
The look is far from new, it broke into the mainstream last year after uber-trendsetter Jay-Z rocked a pair of gold Supra Skytops in the Rihanna video for Umbrella. Since then, it seems to have trickled down to the high-fashion labels. Sneakerheads may cringe at the sight of European fashion houses following American sporting-good brands, but if you are going to shell out some guap for sneakers, at least these look as if they’re worth it.
