Back to School Sneakers

Forget the kids, these are for you

When I was growing up and August rolled around, my back to school shoes were all I thought about until September. I would comb the pages of Sassy and Lucky looking for inspiration, and then drag my mom to Melrose to find the perfect sneaker.

Adidas jacket, Jcrew trousers and belt, and Puma Palermos

This season still gets my wheels turning because I feel so deeply about the self expression that comes from footwear. Over the summer you blossomed, you learned some lessons, and you evolved. Of course your footwear needs an upgrade too!

Here are my picks

Adidas Spezial

There’s something better than a Samba, it’s called a Spezial. I’ve easily walked 15k steps in these, then did it again the next day. When your friends are profusely complimenting your sneakers you can say ‘oh no they’re not Sambas, they’re Spezial’.

Spezials at work (this color is sold out on the Adidas site but available here) Frame jeans currently 50% off - I’m wearing a 1

Checkered Vans

Checkered Vans never went out of style and will always be effortlessly chic. Direct any questions to style icon Morgan Stewart who consistently pairs these with The Row trousers and mini shorts.

New Balance RC42

I recently welcomed these into my closet and couldn’t be happier. Comfortable like a New Balance running shoe, but chic like a street sneaker.

New Balance 530

Moving on to sneaker sneakers - so you can take a workout and a lunch too.

New Balance 530s styled with straight leg jeans like these (via @emmafox on IG)

A word on socks

Whether you circulated this NYT article on your bestie text chain, or just went to an airport recently, you know that socks are here, and we’re not hiding them anymore.

These Amazon socks are great and thin so your feet don’t feel crowded

A sturdier very cute option from Bombas

These too!

Happy back to school!

xo

Abby