STANLEY LUMAX, 32
As a photographer and ad exec, Lumax has an eye for style, which is why the Fort Greene resident wears his Converse Commes des Garcons with suits. Lumax bought this $105 pair from Opening Ceremony in December, but owns several pair of Converse because they “mold to the individual rather than the individual molding to the brand.”
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DART PARKER, 32
“I wear them when I want the attention off of me,” says the music A&R rep, whose friend Leila, an Adidas employee, gave him his show-stopping black and white high-tops. “They are good at handling the spotlight.”
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BRIAN LEI, 33
When home in LA, Lei rocks his 1984 retro-Adidas sneakers everywhere. But when the attorney is visiting New York, where he bought the shoes half-off at Michael K on Broadway for $89.99, he sports them only when walking the streets. “I’ve been hassled at the door [for wearing sneakers],” says Lei. “In LA, you’re weird if you don’t wear sneakers to a bar.”
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ANDRE FAYAD, 25
“They’re comfortable and they dress down a professional look,” says Fayad of his canvas Chuck Taylor All-Stars, which he bought at a store on Broadway.
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BRADLEY RUTTY, 22
“They can work with a suit, but that isn’t my style, ” says Rutley, a model and sales associate for Bathing Ape, which makes his $90 shoes.
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CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT:
Jeremy Scott for Adidas (with wings), $180 at Opening Ceremony, 35 Howard St.; 212-219-2688 or shopadidas.com
Alife Shell Toe Hey Printed Canvas mid-tops, $110 at The Rivington Club, 158 Rivington St.; 212-375-8128
Nike for Alife Rivington Club “Lower East Side,” $158 at A.R.C. Sports Store, 157 Rivington St.; 212-253-0363
John Varvatos for Converse Star Player Ox Reds, $125 at 315 Bowery; 212-358-0315 or converse.com
Y-3 Gold Germany Field, $279 at Y-3, 317 W. 13th St.; 800-448-1796
Caitlin Thorne Hersey
