The Find: high-heeled sneakers may sound like an oxymoron, but they’re the most popular shoe in town
The Find: high-heeled sneakers may sound like an oxymoron, but they’re the most popular shoe in town
By Gabrielle Johnson | May 28, 2013
By Gabrielle Johnson | 05/28/2013
Photographs by Carlo Mendoza | Research and Styling by Gabrielle Johnson
This spring, there was an unlikely lineup snaking around the Nike store on Bloor. There were no runners or cyclists or basketballers in sight—only a gaggle of giddy shopaholics hoping to snatch up a pair of limited-edition Dunk Sky Hi’s (some women left with all five colours, at $210 a pop). The frenzy signalled the arrival in Toronto of the wedge sneaker—part high heel, part running shoe. The trend was born in Paris last year, when the designer Isabel Marant unleashed the first odd-looking but oddly comfortable version on the world. Since then, shoemakers high and low have been cashing in—and fashionable women have been walking a little taller as a result.
215332 <strong>Boutique 9</strong> metallic patent leather, $225. <br /><br /><em>Available at Nine West, various locations</em> (Image: Carlo Mendoza) The Find: high-heeled sneakers The Find: high-heeled sneakers https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-01.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/the-find-kickstarter/slide/the-find-kickstarter-01/ the-find-kickstarter-01 0 0
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215333 <strong>Giuseppe Zanotti</strong> colour block suede and leather, $725. <br /><br /><em>Available at Browns, various locations</em> (Image: Carlo Mendoza) The Find: high-heeled sneakers The Find: high-heeled sneakers https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-02.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/the-find-kickstarter/slide/the-find-kickstarter-02/ the-find-kickstarter-02 0 0
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215334 <strong>Isabel Marant Balesi</strong> denim, $655. <br /><br /><em>Available at TNT Woman, Hazelton Lanes, 87 Avenue Rd., 416-975-1810</em> (Image: Carlo Mendoza) The Find: high-heeled sneakers The Find: high-heeled sneakers https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-03-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-03.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/the-find-kickstarter/slide/the-find-kickstarter-03/ the-find-kickstarter-03 0 0
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215335 <strong>Nike</strong> Dunk snakeskin print, $270. <br /><br /><em>Available at Nike, 110 Bloor St. W., 416-921-6453</em> (Image: Carlo Mendoza) The Find: high-heeled sneakers The Find: high-heeled sneakers https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-04.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/the-find-kickstarter/slide/the-find-kickstarter-04/ the-find-kickstarter-04 0 0
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215336 <strong>Marc by Marc Jacobs</strong> cut-out, $348.<br /><br /> <em>Available at Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor St. W., 416-923-2255</em> (Image: Carlo Mendoza) The Find: high-heeled sneakers The Find: high-heeled sneakers https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-05-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-find-kickstarter-05.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/shopping/the-find-kickstarter/slide/the-find-kickstarter-05/ the-find-kickstarter-05 0 0
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My girl wears classic black Converse All-Star high-tops!.