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Puma TSUGI Jun Sneakers

Have you been equipped with EVO-Knit yet?  Puma's knit fabric technology is a great one for the brand that offers up a secure tight knit that optimizes comfort and lightness.  The TSUGI Jun Sneaker is an update to the brand's Shinsei, the Jun features a graphic textural black & white full knit upper with a satin lateral lacing system.  Added bonuses are the injection-moulded ethylene-vinyl acetate midsole for lightweight performance and a tongue-less sock-like fit for easy-on easy-off.  Textured and graphic never looked so comfortable and cool.  Available now at Puma.com.

Converse Slam Jam CT70 Hiker Hi Sneaker

Italy and the U.S. make acquaintance.  The renown Italian shop Slam Jam has teamed up with Converse to remix the famed Chuck Taylor Hi Sneaker.  The Converse Slam Jam CT70 Hiker Hi is like a vintage military field jacket meet a classic flight jacket.  The upper features panels of various shades and textures of olive and green complete with GORE-TEX weatherproofing.  The two-tone sole is a nice complementary finish for this technical and functional re-hatching of a classic.  Available now at BowsAndArrowsBerkeley.com.

Del Toro Shoes X Brent Wadden Blue Chukka Sneaker 

Del Toro makes a nice chukka.  This latest collaboration with Brent Wadden keeps their chukka style fresh and fun.  Still anchored to a sturdy white Kobe margom rubber sole with the characteristic red leather heel tab and full leather lining, this latest update features a blue suede front and back heel detail and a unique textile quarter from the talented artist/painter Brent Wadden.  Play this up with some clever texture pairing and with fun suiting and/or distressed casual denim.  Available now at DelToroShoes.com.

Valentino Rockstud Body-tech Sock Sneakers

The Rockstud continues to win for the House Of Valentino.  The Rocketed Body-tech Sock Sneaker is a nice walk into tech and knit for the brand with the textile sock lined paneled upper and characteristic studs in rubber around the sole.  This is a cool lightweight effort for the brand into the tech-style craze that has become rampant in menswear.  Pair this with cropped cuffed trousers or joggers or with distressed denim to channel your inner punky rock stud.  Available now at Selfridges.com.

Clarks Originals X Barneys New York Wallabee Boots

Not too late to grab a classic for that gent this holiday season or to arrive at that venue for the season bedecked in said classic.  Clarks has once again teamed up with Barneys New York on a trio of their famed Wallabee boots.  This pack features quality special skins from the C.F. Stead and utilizes special oils and waxes to highlight the natural imperfections of leather and to make each pair unique. Great skins from two great names can make a wonderful gift for the holiday season, for that gent or yourself.  Available now in light tan, brown and black exclusively at Barneys.com.

Adidas Prophere Lace-Up Sneaker

Have you gotten your fill of tech for the Winter footwear season yet?  I hope not since Adidas keeps hitting the sneaker homeruns out the park.  The new Prophere Lace-Up Sneaker is a nice blend of the brand's comfy Primeknit upper together with textile elements set atop an oversized textured midsole and bright orange sole.  This is a well-balanced shoe that can work well with sweats, joggers and trackies to take you all the way into Spring.  Available now at BrownsFashion.com.

Hickies® Original Elastic Shoelaces

If you're anything like me then you can't stand when you have too much lace left over after tying lacing your sneakers.  I usually tie my bows then tuck the bows behind the tongues thus making it easier to slip the shoe on and off since I never have to untie the bows.  Well here's a company that aims to get rid of laces altogether.  Hickies® is the Original Elastic Shoelace company whose colorful line of "laces" makes it easy to equip your sneakers to pop on and off.  What's more is that it doesn't mater the size of the foot as these Hickies® laces are stretchy and move with the natural curves of your sneaker and foot.  Check out the video below and discover more of the bevy of colors they have available at Hickies.com.

Maison Margiela Contrast-panel High-top Suede Trainers

You can always count on the camp at Margiela for something a bit different but always wearable and cool.  This Contrat-panel High-top Sneaker is testament.  Executed in a crisp moss-green sued, the upper also features a streamlined harness or stir-up detailing in navy blue leather that ties over the core laces in the front.  This is all anchored onto a thick sturdy off white rubber sole.  It's a nice effect to add some contrast texture and color to a sneaker while keeping the lines basic lines clean and in tact.  Available now at MatchesFashion.com.

Puma Jamming Sneaker

If you haven't imbibed in the knit footwear revolution then you may want to start now!  Puma, the tenured footwear impresario, has placed their stellar evoKNIT technology together with an innovative new cushioning system onto a new sneaker called the Puma Jamming.  The Jamming incorporates a clear sole that houses tiny individual beads the company is calling NRGY.  The result is a cushioned step for each foot planted creating an onslaught of ultimate comfort for each step taken by the wearer as the beads move independently making each step uniquely cushy.  This technology together with the evoKNIT and its PU sock-liner makes this creation 'carbon foot-print comfort for your feet'.  Plus it looks really cool, just in case you were worried.  Available now at Puma.com.

AMI Alexandre Mattiussi Neoprene Running Sneakers

If Netflix's addictively awkward "Stranger Things"or the beefed-up revamp of early 90s athletic hip-hop/skate culture fashion has been any indication, the new champion of cool in streetwear and casual menswear has been nodded to making fresh oversized sport shapes and geeky endearing silhouettes.  AMI offers up a version of the chunky running sneaker that has been trending as kind of the cool kid wearing ortho-chic dad wear.  The Neoprene Running Sneaker is a crisp one with an upper featuring panels of white leather, mesh and neoprene intricately pieced and seamed together to form a lightweight sneaker complete with branded embroidery on the heel.  The treaded rubber outsole and and sculpted rubber midsoles make this an on trend fresh stomp into embracing the clunky sexiness of playing with proportions in menswear.  Available now at Ssense.com.