Five Reasons Why the Sneaker Loafer Is Going to Blow Up Even More — and Five Reasons It May Not

A curio from 2024 could very well become one of the defining trends of 2025. 

New Balance ushered in the era of the sneaker loafer through its 1906L, a reimagination of a sneaker that itself was a reimagination. The hybrid shoe with a stripped down upper and unvarnished sole unit made its debut just as summer gave way to fall, but observers had been debating the shoe ever since a Junya Watanabe collab version surfaced at the top of the year and released near the close. 

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