Initial Impressions

This particular colorway was supposed to be Nike’s updated take on the well-known “Skunk Dunk” colorway. Confusingly, it was originally set to drop in March, and then ended up dropping in May. You’d think a Skunk Dunk homage would be dropping sometime in April, maybe around the 3rd week, but here we are.

Today, Grant Stone is most associated with their boots. That's always struck me as a bit unfortunate. With my own passion for tassel loafers, I thought there might be value in doing a bit of a deeper dive into this shoe. To see – are the Tassel Loafers getting the short end of the stick? Or, should the brand shift it’s focus entirely to their boot line?

The Adidas x Noah line might be one of my favorite collaborations of all time. As regular readers know, this website often bounces back and forth between preppy staples and sneaker classics as I try to blend the styles in my own personal wardrobe. With this line, Adidas did the work for me. Maybe even taking it too far.

Edward Green is one of the most respected names in men’s footwear for a reason. Their no-compromise approach has always meant that they design a shoe first, and then put a price on it. If that price makes mere mortals cry, then so be it. Or, at least, that is what their marketing says.

Cheaney aims to fill the same role held by Allen Edmonds at the peak of #menswear. Can Cheaney offer that perfect blend of value, quality, and design that AE had back then? Let’s find out by looking at the Cheaney Harry.

Walk into any Alden store, and assuming you have the money to spend, it’s easy to walk out with almost anything in Color 8 or Black shell. You can find the leisure hand sewn in stock all the time. That being said, not everyone wants a pair of eggplant or black loafers. If that sounds like you, and you want to stick with the Alden brand, you need to get into the wild world of rare shells. Among the rarest is this, the Color 4 Leisure Hand Sewn.

The Air Jordan 12 has a lot of great stories behind it. We all know the story about the flu game 12s – or, more accurately the food poisoning 12s – but there is a lot more to them than that. The 12 is actually the first Jordan to be released as part of its own brand. Many also consider the 12 to be the first “modern” basketball shoe. In fact, there are plenty of people who still feel they can play in it today, more than 25 years since it first released.

When does a footwear company go from start up to established brand? Oak Street Bootmakers has only been around since 2010. I bet there are people reading this page who have socks older than this brand. However, when taking a look at the market, there are now countless brands trying to do to Oak Street Bootmakers what they did to Alden and Allen Edmonds. Truman, Grant Stone, Parkhurst, and more all followed the path set forward by Oak Street Bootmakers. I thought it might be worth going back to the genesis of Oak Street Bootmakers, one of their first models – the Trench Boot.

I’ll be the first to admit, as someone old enough to remember the hype around the Air Yeezy One dropping, I’m probably not G-Dragon’s target audience. In fact, I can’t say I know much about K-Pop in general. However, while I’m no expert in K-Pop, I do know a little bit about sneakers, and a little bit about wingtips. When Nike announced they were going to be making a combination of the two, I knew I had to pick up a pair. Today we are looking at the Nike Kwondo1.

I know what you’re saying – a Clarks Desert Boot review? What is this, 2015? However, I think that joke might ring a little bit too close to home over at the folks at Clark’s. After becoming the defacto choice for a guy looking to dress well during the rapid increase in #menswear (it’s still the symbol for r/malefashionadvice), the popularity of the silhouette has dropped significantly.