Trend Report: The Sneaker Heel

No need to get your eyes checked; yes, you did read that title correctly. Me? Talking about trends? Hear me out.

It’s purely coincidental.

It started before the Isabel Marant‘s, even before I spotted that pair Garance Doré shot long ago and could never get out of my head. (I have this theory that everything Marant touches turns to gold, but I digress.) It was a taboo thing, the sneaker heel, rendering in the fashion industry a stark love or hate for the shoe. Few loved it (or even knew of its existence). Most hated it. But there I was, having worn heels since forever, but craved something that gave the extra height sans the pretention and clacking that comes as baggage. I don’t do sneakers, and yet I love them, how they feel when I dance. In my mind the marriage of the heel and the sneaker would be brilliant. Paired with skinny jeans, a black body, and leather jacket for everyday. And for a night out dancing, worn with a slinky LBD and leather jacket. Effortless, far less fussy—which means love.

Converse brought it to the niche markets. Marant made it a trend. And here we are, as the constituents on the receiving end of the trickle-down. The one thing I will give to trends is it’s ability to produce affordable options for the public (but that’s all).

My favorites:

1. Ash Coolbis Black Hi-Top Trainers. Le sigh. I swoon at this one.
2. ASOS Ark Leather Ankle boots.
3. Isabel Marant Perkins Suede & Leather Wedge Sneaker.
4. DKNY Heath Wedge Sneakers.

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