Exotic training shoes hold alternative appeal
22/08/2012
Céline is one of the brands involved, with a loafer in python skin designed in a style reminiscent of Vans, and Neil Barrett has used bleached ponyskin in a pair of slip-on sneakers.
Milan-based Mr Barrett recently told the Financial Times that high-end consumers are prepared to pay high prices for these training shoes because they offer an alternative to the obvious.
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