Wearing sneakers even in winter when it’s cold and temperatures drop below zero. Why not? Restricting sneakers only to the good season is limiting and often unnecessary, as the trendiest brands also make them freeze-proof. It starts from the outer upper, with water-repellent and insulating wraps, perhaps in Gore-Tex, such as the Terrex Free Hikers GXT by adidas, with breathable membrane and anti-abrasive reinforcements. Certainly, typical details of the winter season are not lacking, such as fur or wool, used both as cocoon linings and as coverings. An example is the LV Trainer in warm gray flannel designed by the volcanic Virgil Abloh for the men’s line of Louis Vuitton, while for Off-White he hybridized them with snow boots and paired them with padded duvet pants. Or, still, the lace-ups in leather by La Martina with soft inner fur to ensure enveloping warmth.

Winning solution to elevate from frozen ground and at the same time a great trend element is the hypertrophic sole that characterizes many of the latest collections of shoes, declined in various heights and with different types of grooves that ensure grip and road grip. They are worn by Prada Cloudbust Thunder in the blue highlighter fog variant, the Climbers with mirrored panels moon boot style by Valentino Garavani and the Giant K2 by Dsquared2, inspired precisely by the second highest peak in the world after Everest. An inspiration trekking that besides being decidedly in vogue aesthetically, borrows from high mountain climbs and climbing the high-performing closures with eyelets, straps and intertwined laces and raises spoilers in order to protect the heel and rear foot.

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