Buried inside every man is a little boy who entertains fantasies of creeping stealthily into the night, samurai sword in tow, with the deadly grace and unmatched agility of a ninja assassin. Shinobi slippers are a cheap, comfortable and seasonally appropriate way to skulk along the periphery of your boyhood dreamworld without jeopardizing your ties to reality or compromising fresh summer style. The time has come, young ninjas, to incorporate a little bit of slink into your step.
Outfit 1: It really doesn’t get much more summery than this getup, and homie’s little canvas ninja kicks provide the ultimate complement to the airiness of his stylish understatement. Worn with rolled cuffs, snazzy tailored shorts or your favourite pair of denim cutoffs, slippers retain a sense of casual urbanity, making you look effortlessly spiffy and infinitely badass.
Outfit 2: The versatile classic Tai Chi slipper has been protecting the feet of peasants, martial arts masters, hippies and hipsters throughout the ages, and it’s still going strong. Available in your local Chinatown for under ten bones, black slip-ons pair just as nicely with a well worn concert tee as they do with a lightweight cotton button-up. The slipper’s simplicity provides ample margins for accessorizing, and they’re also fantastic for camouflaging the accumulative grime from routine late night shuffles down dusty summer streets.
Outfit 1 was sourced from stilinberlin, Outfit 2 was sourced from Fashion Bits & Bobs.
This week’s Ladies Touch is written by Sarah Parniak, a freelance writer and style enthusiast.
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