The Biggest Men’s Trainers Trends For 2016

2015 was the year that trainers truly went mainstream, and we’re all the more comfortable for it. Any self-respecting club won’t turn its nose up at a pair anymore and they’re – in some cases – even office-safe, saving us a packet on single-purpose hard-sole shoes and taking pounds off our poor peds.

At a healthy estimated value of $55bn per year, the international sneaker market doesn’t show any signs of dipping just yet. And this year, there’s plenty of newness to whet your appetite. Here’s our rundown of what’s trending in trainers.

Woven

If there was a Trainer Construction League Table – and trust us, someone is beavering away on one somewhere – then leather (and other, leathery-but-not-leather synthetics) woven strips bolted onto responsive soles are very much in the medal positions.

2016 is taking the woven trend and really running with it. Converse has already dipped a moulded rubber toe box in the waters with luxurious woven suede takes on its iconic Chuck Taylor 70 and Deck Star 67 slip-on styles, and Nike is set to drop at least nine different colourways of its low-key suede Mayfly Woven in spring. Meanwhile the Portland pioneer’s Free Inneva Woven model is getting two new fresh licks of paint come April.

CONVERSE WOVEN LEATHER PACK

NIKE MAYFLY WOVEN

NIKE FREE INNEVA

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