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Talking about best men’s summer sneakers is not outdated at all. In fact, sneakers know no seasonal limits and accompany us 365 days a year, including summer. During the warmer months, they are the alternative to sandals and elegant closed shoes without clear distinctions, and the drops continue non-stop. So?
Identifying the coolest men’s summer sneaker models of 2023 becomes easy with the guide of shapes spotted in the days of male events and fashion shows of recent months. In summer street fashion, there is no shortage of high-top sneakers and lace-ups to be declined in a pop key in washed fluo tones, hyper-tech running shoes perfect even under an oversized suit, as well as canvas shoes, almost boat-like, to be shown off with super fresh outfits preferring only neutral tones of white, chalk, lime, and butter. Here is a selection of sneakers ready to become never without models, at least until the first weeks of winter.
High-top men’s sneakers light up in washed fluo colors
Ryan Prevedel at Milan Fashion Week S/S 2023Edward Berthelot/Getty Images
Let’s start from the beginning. That is when basketball player Chuck Taylor decided to endorse the high-top basketball sneakers from Converse so much that he enriched them with the legendary ankle stamp placed as a signature. After him, the whole universe chose them as a uniform shoe outside the real sports context to wear them practically everywhere. Cinema, music, urban life. Summer 2023 celebrates high-top lace-up canvas sneakers with a colorful, bold, eccentric, and arty fluo key creating the Miami summer combo in technicolor 80s style we were looking for.
It all started from there, from a very lucky partnership between Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan and the sportswear brand Nike. It was only 1984 when the first pair of Air Jordan made the legendary debut. From those high-top sneakers, originally designed to shoot the ball into the hoop, thousands have arrived ready to leave the glossy basketball court and influence the daily style of everyone, even the most formal. What makes basketball sneakers special are the proportions and volumes of the upper so well defined around the ankle: from the acetate shorts of the players’ uniforms, the combinations with jeans and long and short pants today abound in evolution. But let’s get right to the most popular models in the summer 2023 sneaker key.
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