Rossi’s Local Style profile yesterday calls out ‘Boulder shoes’* and how quickly they kill an outfit; they are anathema to good style, footwear’s answer to the Ford Taurus. So what do replace them with? That’s easy: sneakers. Right now Barneys has all these cool styles on sale. If your significant other still hasn’t found your Christmas gift, send her this post.

*For reference, these are Crocs, KEENs, Dansko, Merrell, Patagonia, ECCO, Teva, VIBRAM FiveFingers, Clarks, Chacos, or anything sold at Pedestrian Shops.

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