Anyone who knows me well knows that I abhor glitter.  It gets everywhere and just when you think you've gotten it all, a random fleck if it pops up on the side of your temple three weeks after your initial contact with it.  That's why it took it being in the hands of the brilliant camp at McQueen to make me like it.  This Black & Silver Glitter Oversized Sneaker is a nice update to their newly famed silhouette.  The upper is a smooth, and shiny, glitter covered calfskin that covers the entire sneaker from upper to sole for an sweet effect that is intentionally random.  Go highbrow with trim dark suiting or keep it lowbrow with denim and a tee and prove that all the glitters can be golden.  Available now at Ssense.com.

Balanced black and white can create harmony for the soul by way of the sole.  These Alexander McQueen Black Contrast Trim Chunky Leather Low-Top Sneakers are proof.  The upper is smooth black leather perfectly accented at the seams with white leather piping and an oversized white rubber sole.  The effect creates a balanced sneaker that can be dressed up or down and presents itself as a nice blend of athletic and pared-down.  Available now at FarFetch.com.

It's a new year but some of the same schtick prevails.  The oversized trainer is one of them.  With youthful exuberance and a merging of active and leisure, this Oversized Runner Sneaker from Alexander McQueen is a nice take on oversized with a touch more sophistication.  The upper is a nice combo of leather, leather & nubuck or leather, nubuck & textile, depending on the model, that features wavy minimal seaming and a molded wedge sole that gives two inches of lift and cool style to go with your comfort.  There are five color ways that speak to the expressionist in you and they are all available now at Ssense.com.

The highbrow everyday running shoe trend or even the 'dad sneaker' trend is still going with steady momentum, however designers have been giving it an edgy somewhat sexier schtick.  For example, this Multi Panel Oversized Runner from Alexander McQueen is chunky yes, but in a sleek tactile and almost sexier DILF than dad way, if you choose to look at it that way.  The upper features textiles like leather, suede and mesh with cool accenting details like reflective piping, printed branding on the upper heel and a molded wedged rubber sole.  It's a hot sneaker, not necessarily for dad or those channeling dad, but for those channeling cool.  Available now at EndClothing.com.

Leave it to the camp at McQueen to bring a bit of cheekiness to the sock as footwear trend in menswear right now.  The Knit Sock Sneaker is a nice walk into utilizing the idea of hosiery as the outer fabric for footwear with the thick ribbed sock encased by a ribcage-like covering of leather and details like a slide release cord lacing system.  Other details include the logo printed leather tongue, leather heel harness piece and cushy wedge oversized sole that elevate this sock as sneaker into something that rocks outside, not inside, the shoe.  Available now in all three color ways at Ssense.com.

Perhaps you want to end Winter and enter Spring on a handsome and dark note.  The camp at Alexander McQueen has the Black Leather Skeleton Patch High-Top Sneakers on tap for that.  The upper is nappa leather with tonal goulash-style detailing flanking the sole and covering the vamp.  Details like the easy-on and off inside zip, contrast red hiking laces, red skeleton embroidered part on the shaft and silver rear heel hardware make the a coolly conflicted dark shoe that can channel your inner-brooding for Spring.  Available now at Ssense.com.