March 11, 2025

Spring 2025 Fashion Trends: Jackets, Shoes and More to Shop This Season

48 Items to RefreshYour Spring Wardrobe Easy pants, wafer-thin sweaters, go-everywhere coats and more. Clockwise from top left; Leorosa; Madewell; Banana Republic; Issey Miyake; Larroudé; Net-a-Porter; […]
March 9, 2025

What Happened to the Bulky Sneaker? They Are Getting Smaller

After years of the ever bigger, ever bulkier sneaker, there seems to be bit of a backlash: Sneakers have become sleek, streamlined and, in a word, […]
April 17, 2024

The Ugly State of Shoe Collaborations

Blingy Crocs, punk Uggs and spangled sneakers, oh my. Two truths: Fashion has long been enamored by the “ugly shoe.” Balenciaga made chunky dad sneakers; Gucci […]
March 9, 2024

A Panorama of Design Products

A look at design-world events, products and people. This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. An […]
February 24, 2024

This Man Paid $9,000 for a Pair of Donald Trump Sneakers

Roman Sharf is one of the watch world’s best known dealers. Compared to the Patek on his wrist, the shoes were cheap. When Donald J. Trump […]
February 24, 2024

This Man Paid $9,000 for a Pair of Donald Trump Sneakers

Roman Sharf is one of the watch world’s best known dealers. Compared to the Patek on his wrist, the shoes were cheap. When Donald J. Trump […]
November 28, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We’d Lost the American Dream’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A New Dream When we lost our apartment, my job and your nest […]
May 17, 2023

Why ‘Ted Lasso’ Has the Freshest Footwear on Television

Credit the show’s star and creator, Jason Sudeikis, a real-life sneakerhead who owns about 250 pairs. There’s a reason that Ted Lasso, the fictional, sunny, mustachioed […]
April 5, 2023

Sorry, These Big, Ugly Sneakers are Here to Stay

Jonah Weiner, the co-owner of the fashion newsletter Blackbird Spyplane, has been in a relationship with Hokas for years. “I’ve had a saga of falling in […]
January 27, 2023

Billy Walsh Designs Sneakers for Rihanna and Writes Songs for the Weeknd

The Footwear News Achievement Awards, sometimes called the Oscars of shoes, shines a spotlight on the industry’s top designers. But when the singer Dua Lipa won […]