{"id":298952,"date":"2026-02-05T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/?page_id=298952"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:58:15","slug":"cool-shoes-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/style\/cool-shoes-men","title":{"rendered":"14 Cool Shoes For Men; From Trend-Setting Brands Changing The Footwear Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/style\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">men\u2019s shoe<\/a> guide, we break down the<\/strong> selection of independently reviewed brands that we\u2019ve known and loved for over 10 years. Our goal is to curate a collection of brands and styles<strong> you\u2019ve maybe overlooked or didn\u2019t know about.<\/strong> <strong>Regardless, we believe our selection to be on trend<\/strong> <strong>and worthy of your feets.<\/strong><\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"><p>It\u2019s important to understand that some men\u2019s shoes are timeless. A white sneaker, a black brogue or oxford, and certain brands like Vans, classic Converse, or Nike will always have cool casual shoes in their collection. <\/p><p>Having said that, shoes aren\u2019t exempt from the endlessly cresting and crashing waves of fashion trends: loafers, derbies, apron-toed oxfords and suede chukka boots are all expected to sweep the streets. (As you can see we\u2019ve written a lot of stories about men\u2019s shoes.)<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-1248669482\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_1375489552 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_1375489552 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[300,250],[320,100],[320,180],[336,280],[640,360]],\"incontent-1248669482\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_1375489552.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-1248669482\");});};adsQueue.push(load_1375489552);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content-subscribe\">\n        <div class=\"subscribe-box\">\n            <p class=\"subscribe-title\">Curated news for men, <br\/>delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n            <form class=\"subscribe-form\" method=\"POST\">\n                <div class=\"subscribe-input\">\n                    <label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"subscribe-email\">Email:<\/label>\n                    <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"subscribe-email\" placeholder=\"Enter your email\" required class=\"form-control\" autocomplete=\"on\" \/>\n                    <button type=\"submit\" class=\"button button-primary subscribe-button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"source\" value=\"article\" \/>\n                    <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce\" name=\"_wpnonce\" value=\"e2df992756\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298952\" \/>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"form-result\"><\/div>\n            <\/form>\n            <p class=\"subscribe-copy\">Join the DMARGE newsletter \u2014 Be the first to receive the latest news and exclusive stories on style, travel, luxury, cars, and watches. Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-on-trend\">What\u2019s on trend<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cool-shoes-for-men-1.jpg\" alt=\"A selection of cool shoes \" class=\"wp-image-452994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cool-shoes-for-men-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cool-shoes-for-men-1-960x614.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cool-shoes-for-men-1-640x410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cool-shoes-for-men-1-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cool-shoes-for-men-1-480x307.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><p>Shoe trends can often last a number of years, for example, old-school sneakers came back and never really went out. Esperdrills became popular around for Summer and vacations.  More recently penny loafers had a resurgence, especially the two-tone style that GH Bass and Duke &amp; Dexter produce. Lastly, the athletic sneaker being worn as an everyday shoe is really on point right now. Asics and New Balance are leading the charge in this space. And yes, chunky is still in play.<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-1031995378\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_1391439136 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_1391439136 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-1031995378\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_1391439136.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-1031995378\");});};adsQueue.push(load_1391439136);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-we-ve-curated-this-list\"><strong>How we\u2019ve curated this list\u2026<\/strong><\/h2><p>We have selected the brands we think are making the most on-trend footwear from around the world. It doesn\u2019t matter whether you\u2019re from America or Australia, there\u2019s a pair of shoes here from a reputable brand you\u2019ll love.<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Brand<\/strong> \u2013 Are they popular or trending right now? Are they always evolving? Not stale\u2026<\/li><li><strong>Celebrities<\/strong> \u2013 Who\u2019s wearing them?<\/li><li><strong>Quality <\/strong>\u2013 Did we enjoy wearing them? Did they last?<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Why trust us? <\/strong>Becuase our editor, Luc Wiesman is a shoe fiend. At one point Luc owned over 60 pairs of shoes. Thankfully he\u2019s beat that addiction and is here to tell you what\u2019s hot and what\u2019s not. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing ties an outfit together like a good pair of kicks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":299018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[146193],"coauthors":[146229,146235],"class_list":{"0":"post-298952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-style","8":"tag-buyers-guides"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536853,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298952\/revisions\/536853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298952"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=298952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}