The Fall/Winter 2015 Footwear Report

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Dior Homme

With Kris Van Assche at the helm of Dior Homme, you can expect to get a dose of weird alongside the black tie heavy looks pushed heavily for F/W 15. Oxfords with colored pebbling around the sole and paneled sneakers paired surprisingly well with tuxes. Whether you stunt these at your wedding is up to you, but you may want to account for a potential runaway bride situation.

Valentino

Valentino brought out another version of its color-blocked sneakers and added a little spark to plain black dress shoes with beading around the midsole.

Prada

If the Prada collection was at least as interesting as these wild looking shoes, then I think we would have paid more attention to it.

Juun. J

Juun. J showed off part of his upcoming Adidas collaboration (he's since moved on from Reebok) with coked out ZX 8000s featuring a strap across the forefoot. The brand also has mid-top and black versions coming out and these were probably the most affordable footwear on the runway. They'll hit stores in July.

Acne

Acne matches it's sort of banal look for F/W 15 with some serious campiness down below. These platform, creeper-like monstrosities with built-in booties, hiking boot lacing and a strap are basically the weirdest combination of features I can think of.

Kolor

Kolor is collaborating with Adidas on a bunch of high-performance activewear, but none of that saw the runway. Instead, these paneled slip-ons with Nike Footscape-like weave to them and a wavy ripple sole stood out. These are your Vans with serious roid rage.

Kenzo

Aside from nightmarish clown shoes, Kenzo sent out boots with a distinct, almost bamboo-like pattern to them that, in the right color, look pretty damn cool.

Gucci

If you still don't like Gucci horsebit loafers, could a clog version with fur lining change your mind? Didn't think so, but it was worth a shot.

Versace

Versace's shoes are almost always gaudy as fuck in the worst way possible. Their leather high-tops are reminiscent of Zanottis, which are terrible. But do the tan pair look like the Hender Scheme IVs to anyone else? I'm pleasantly surprised.

Miharayasuhiro

The boots and sneakers here were pretty tame, but the added twisted seam near the ankle gives them a weird shape and look that might not otherwise catch your eye. Whether it actually looks good, though, is up to you.

Saint Laurent

For the leather jacket-wearing, gender bending rockers out there, SLP turned up the boot trend to 11 with Cuban heels that border on something you're more likely to see in your girl's closet. All you handsome boys who thought you looked turbo cute in your Air Hedi jodhpurs and motorcylce boots have some serious soul-searching to do when it comes to these joints.

Givenchy

Givenchy also had some relatively high heels in the repertoire, but added all-over southwestern print to them and some weird, raised leather that looked like the cow caught ebola right before it caught a hammer to the dome.

Lanvin

I don't know about you hating ass haters, but I'm consistently impressed with Lanvin's footwear selection. While the cool mountaineering sneakers didn't make the cut for the show, diesel ripple sole boots were prevalent, often complete with a big ass ankle buckle.

Kris Van Assche

Probably my favorite footwear seen at the shows thus far, these KVAs have his signature lacing system, but are stretched much wider across the foot than usually seen on his signature Multi-Lace. Some people have already compared these to Jordan XI lows and on the white/black versions I can especially see it.

Y-3

The always solid Y-3 didn't send out too many Qasas, but instead went with a few different models including a sky high-top and an army green runner.

Issey Miyake

I haven't seen a slip-on like this before, but it makes a lot of sense to have the elastic across the top of the foot for comfort. INNOVATION!

Damir Doma

Damir Doma went with some weird ones. The clunky boots on the right are really unattractive, while the ones on the left have a goddamn toggle holding them closed. Meanwhile, the boots have a cool lacing system that uses loops on the outsider to give the appearance of an interesting crisscross, loopdy-loop look.

Thom Browne

TB sticks with Kentucky Derby classics like saddle shoes and brogue boots, adding tassels to the end of the laces and suede panel inserts for a little bit of intrigue on your typical murdered out look. God can only hope he continues to make the pebbled leather longwings because they're still a certified grail even if I just checked and, no, it's not 2011.