Honestly, I’ve never liked high tops.

I just find them uncomfortable and painful- they don’t have much cushioning you see - but this hasn’t stopped me from buying a couple of pairs through the years simply for the fashion. A worn, threadbare pair provides that stark contrast to dark, indigo Selvedge jeans for example, or that long monochrome look with black skinny jeans. I’ve also worn them for a while with shorts and tied their usually long laces at the back of my ankles in a knot like high-school kids do.

I’ve had variants of the Jack Purcells as well as a pair of that collaboration with Comme des garcons, which I left by mistake in a hotel in Singapore. Would I buy these leather ones? Not really, but what’s cool about these is that what I mistook to be paint splatter are actually embroidery which is what the European brand Bandulu does. Just wondering how durable the embroidery is; the shorts are cute tho..