Who do you want to be?
Where do you want to go?
How do you want to feel?
I ponder all these things whenever I am considering a substantial purchase...
Until extremely recently, I had never been a Gucci fan. At all. I lumped it in with Versace in terms of a House whose menswear seemed directionless, uninspired, and tired, with everything slathered in loud branding of questionable taste...
That is until Frida Giannini's very anti-Gucci scuba-themed Spring Summer 2010 collection. This parachute-inspired pair was featured with multiple different runway looks, and may be the most creative pair of men's luxury high-tops to come out in the last couple years. Nothing even remotely resembles them. They're athletic, elegant, futuristic, clean, and well-proportioned. Think 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea meets Tron Legacy meets Gattaca. The white leather and nylon pairs exceptionally well with the grey nylon straps, silver buckles and dark navy piping.
Penelope was waiting for Odysseus for a long time while he was away on this shoe Odyssey--my odd proportions extend to my shoe size as well, and thanks to the staff at the (now relocated) Gucci in Tysons Square, Virginia, I was able to have the last pair in the U.S. in my size shipped in from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Most spectacular compliment received while wearing these shoes? I looked as though I had just walked from the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. And...worth it.
OMFG! These are incredible! I love high tops but with straps they are even hotter!!
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