Lesson #79: Elevated sneakers or "Creepers"

INFEASIBLE: ANY Kitschy-as-fuck creepers

Creepers. What the hell are these things? I personally would never wear elevator shoes, but they seem to be making a stir in Britain these days. Some laud them for being unisex (when was the last time you wore something gender-bending?) and (supposedly) very comfy. But so are Crocs remember.

I do, however, respect the Brit punk scene’s innovativeness and history of revitalization – I’ll buy the concept, on some conditions. For one, NONE OF THIS MONDO ELEVATION CRAP. Christ, we scorn high tops for a reason (they’re clunky, difficult to walk in, vertically asymmetrical, etc.). For another, you just can’t have pointy tips; from the best of my estimates, creepers are a subset of the sneaker family and therefore fall under the same restrictions.

Feasible: Dark, lush colored creepers that aren’t too kitschy
I get what’s going on with this pair of King Tuts: soft, comfy, yet a little (just a little) kitsch thrown in to FUCK WITH THE SYSTEM and the stuffy wardrobe it perpetuates. Although these wouldn’t work at a Dolce group bar or anywhere in the City outside of the East village, I’d salute a young rapscallion who’d strut in his Tut’s.

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