The New Velcro Sneaker for 2017

By Jim Moore, Photographs by Victor Prado.

Like driverless cars and gluten-free pizza, shoelaces are one of those things in life we’ve convinced ourselves are necessary. Kids know better. They’ve been wearing Velcro sneakers for decades. And this spring, designers are rolling out sticky, strappy, stylized sneakers for grown-ups. Here are the best you can buy right now.

This story originally appeared on GQ.

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