Emily Ratajkowski Already Has the Sneaker of the Summer in Two Colors

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, or perhaps you have been scouring street style round-ups and felt inspired to purchase some —which almost every fashion outlet declared “the shoe of the summer” in 2023.

There’s good reason both of these trainers have been popularized on the street—they provide a palatable scaffolding to almost every outfit—but there is perhaps a new pretender to the Samba’s reign: the A little more unusual than the failsafe Samba—it’s more of a ballet slipper than a traditional sneaker and was originally designed for Formula One drivers in 1998—the SpeedCat’s presence within the mainstream is beginning to mushroom.

This is mostly because of Emily Ratajkowski—who I assume is on some kind of retainer for Puma—but also because of aspirant street stylers and fashion forecasters on TikTok. “No, no, no, and no,” said one of the app’s users in response to a ; another , “I don’t like these.” But fashion loves a divisive shoe—and so comments like these are perhaps the most reliable endorsement of the SpeedCat’s cachet.Emily Ratajkowski was once again photographed in a pair of those sneakers while strolling around Manhattan on April 1 dressed in a chore jacket, wide-leg cargos, and the anti-paparazzi combination of a hoodie plus sunglasses.

Much like Wales Bonner’s football sneakers and , the SpeedCats are not as “nice looking.” But that is the point: to wear a strange, nostalgic shoe that will simultaneously repel some people and draw others inwards.