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GILDING THE NIKE Dior Homme silver Velcro sneakers, $440 at Jeffrey New York; Creative Recreation snakeskin-embossed silver high-top sneakers, $210 at Barneys New York; Alejandro Ingelmo gold high-tops, $475 at Saks Fifth Avenue; Gucci silver lace-ups, $585 at Gucci. Cotton jeans, $68 at American Apparel.







It’s no secret that metallic sneakers are hot right now. Add a European designer’s signature to the shoe, and you’ve got yourself a craze, David Colman reports: The status sneaker, once a utilitarian object with a sole of rubber, is now practically fit for the Court of St. James’s. With such a warrant, is it any surprise that today’s haute cobblers would want to get into the game? Picking up on the silver and gold tones recently trotted out by Supra, Nike, Converse and others, fashion houses like Dior, Lanvin, Pierre Hardy and Gucci have come out with metallic sneakers, slip-ons and even low-heeled jazz shoes. Read the full story here. (NYT)