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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Tania Leslau

Best platform trainers for any outfit: Nike, Adidas and more

When Balenciaga’s creative director Demna Gvasalia launched the brand’s famed Triple S trainers in 2017, nobody could have predicted the sheer grip that platform kicks would come to hold on the fashion industry.

Widely regarded as dad sneakers à la Steve Carrell in Crazy Stupid Love, platform trainers have surpassed their golfing connotations to become the height of street style (pun very much intended).

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