Are Those Viral New Balance Loafers Actually Good?
by GQ
GQ— When New Balance introduced its 1906L loafer in January—at Paris Fashion Week through a collaboration with Junya Watanabe—people were understandably skeptical. The striking combination of a traditional New Balance sneaker silhouette and the build of an honest-to-goodness penny loafer seemed like yet another effort of fashion trolling, an attempt to whip up a social media frenzy based on eye-popping contrasts and an overtly impractical design. A critic at The New York Times called it “a meme...
Highsnobiety—New Balance's Techy Loafer Is Shockingly Suave in Suede. New Balance's 1906 loafer — part 1906 sneaker, part penny loafer shoe — has yet to hit shelves, and it's lineup is already stacked with some a pretty dapper co
Highsnobiety—New Balance's Most Elderly Dad Shoe Has Gone Grandma (In a Good Way). New Balance 1906 running shoes don't typically recall embroidered tablecloths. The quintessential techy dad sneaker more often looks like a futuristic runner s
The Takeout—Taco Bell’s New Taco Tuesday Deal Is Actually Pretty Good. Fast food has pretty much lost its reputation for being budget-friendly these days (good luck finding a value meal for under $10), so when we see deals, we pounce on them. Now that Taco Bell has the freedom to use the term “Taco Tuesday,” it’s taking that opportunity to run a promotional blitz, and it’s announced that it’ll be featuring a new meal deal on Tuesdays only, all for a cool $5. That’s nice on paper, but what does it actually get you? The new deal, called the Taco Discovery Box, nets...