The Best Sneakers to Buy for Under $100

You guys ever see that meme of two of the world's wealthiest men standing side by side looking exactly like the schlumpy middle-aged dudes they are? "162 billion combined and not a Gucci belt in sight." That shit gets me every time, man. My god. Wholesome memes really might be the greatest gift being extremely online has bestowed on us as a society in general.

It's a serious misconception that you need money, and lots of it, to stunt. The truth is, you could be decked out in head-to-toe designer duds like you're an emerging SoundCloud rapper with a song that recently went viral on TikTok and still look like trash. In fact, I'd posit it's way more likely you will. Dressing well (or getting a fit off, in today's parlance) has always been about knowing when to reign it in, when to zig where others might zag. Every single piece in your fit shouldn't be making a statement, and you shouldn't have to lace up the rarest pair of kicks in your arsenal (assuming you wear 'em to begin with) to feel like your look is complete. You don't have to be the biggest spender to get these fits off, G.

When it comes to sneakers, my policy flips Michelle Obama's: when they go high, we go low. Sometimes the biggest flex is not flexing at all. (We miss you, Michelle. So very, very much.)