Category: stylish flat shoes

The women changing the face of British footwear

          

I was thrilled a couple of months ago when a female shoe designer got in touch to tell me about her new venture. This week, a shiny pair of sneakers from her fledgling brand Aerska arrived for me to try out! And it got me thinking; so many of my favourite shoes these days come […]

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Strawberries and cream kicks, ice cream sneakers, and the rest of this week’s Shoes News

     

Wimbledon sneakers just got sweet I’m not going to harp on about the Stan Smith again this Wimbledon season (although if you are interested in its history and that of tennis shoes in general, you can read all about it here) but that’s not to say that there aren’t some tennis-inspired kicks to tell you […]

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Why the Campus is king, and the rest of this week’s Shoes News

      

Adidas reissues the Campus and I’m into it adidas Campus, £69.99, offspring.co.uk I’m loving the current trend for re-released retro sneakers (I wrote about it for my day job at the Evening Standard this week, you can read that here) and no-one is doing it better than adidas. They’ve been reissuing classic styles every year […]

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Catwalk sneakers, tie-dye DMs, and the rest of this week’s Shoes News

       

Men’s fashion week was all about the Converse Well hello there! This week I come to you fresh from working my first ever LFWM – that’s London Fashion Week Men’s – and I’m here to tell you that Converse is high on the agenda when it comes to men’s fashion, both on and off the […]

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3 of the best velvet sandals, and the rest of this week’s Shoes News

         

New Balance x Stance from £189, hanon-shop.com Today marks the release of a collaboration between New Balance and one of my favourite socks brands, Stance (they have wonderfully bright designs and incredibly good staying up power – what’s not to love about that?). The two kits – that’s shoes and socks that match – have […]

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Sneakers made from algae, and the rest of this week’s Shoes News

      

It’s tennis season!  InStyle’s editor-in-chief Charlotte Moore and me wearing Lacoste Straightset sneakers #twinningiswinning My favourite time of year (other than Christmas, OBVS!) is now. It starts with the Chelsea Flower Show and ends before the kids have broken up from school, but my absolute favourite period is the last week of June and first week […]

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