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Snobette Sneaker Awards January 3, 2020
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Snobette Sneaker Awards Top Ten Silhouettes 2019

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January 3, 2020. 3 Comments

Snobette Sneaker Awards for 2019 was an inflection point from prior years. While our top 10 has always included female designers, this year was a breakout with six out of the top shoes made in collaboration with women. The selections also mark a second year of dominance for Nike, whose brands landed eight of the ten spots.

As always, we want to thank our panelists who helped inform this list with their own lists of top five shoes. Our experts include Susan Boyle of Rime, Murata PJs of Solefiness boutique in Australia, plus New York-based model/fitness expert Kirsy Lovett, IncorpHerated founders Khiana Lowe and Brittany Edwards and writer Maria Mora. 

Check out all our picks below, starting with No. 10 and ending with our No. 1 sneaker design for 2019.

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10. Versace Chain Reaction and Concepts: JLo 2000. An unexpected version of Versace’s Chain Reaction silhouette that perfectly set up the dramatic return of Jennifer Lopez‘s gasp-inducing jungle print dress on the Italian label’s September 2019 runway.
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9. Converse Run Star Hike and JW Anderson: egret black or White. While all of Converse’s collaborative efforts with JW Anderson (which first kicked off in December 2017) have been well received, something about this club-kid flavored platform shoe hit home for sneaker-loving style leaders.
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8. Nike Shox TL and Comme des Garçons: white or black. Over the years Nike and CDG have combined for multiple well-received collaborative efforts combining unanticipated silhouettes with the Japanese label’s low-key cool. CDG’s version of Nike’s Shox silhouette gained its cool point through a raised Swoosh and a blinged-out nameplate necklace.
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Reebok Club C 85 and Jazerai Allen-Lord: A true architect of sneaker culture, Jazerai Allen-Lord set out to create a shoe reflecting her never-a-dull-moment journey as a black woman, mother and creative. While made by a woman, the shoe’s design was a celebration of inclusivity and a stiff-arm statement on the “pink and shrink” dungeon women have so long been confined to.
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6. Air Jordan 1 High and Travis Scott. Twenty-seven-year-old Scott hit a grand slam with an AJ1 silhouette whose upside down Swoosh as featured on a white and mocha upper charmed the pants off of everyone (especially as styled with pink laces). Excluding a limited edition friends & family launch, Scott’s AJ1 easily maintains a higher-than-average selling price from all prior efforts with Nike and Jordan making it one of the year’s top flexes.
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5. Nike Air Force 1 and Olivia Kim. Nordstrom‘s grand priestess of cool, officially titled the chain’s vice president of creative projects, tapped into her teen-era memories of a more freewheeling New York City to create a vivacious, multi-shoe capsule, all of which evaporated upon release though none quicker than Kim’s Betty Boop-kissed version of Nike’s Air Force 1.
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4. Air Jordan 6 and Aleali May: millennial pink. First teased in 2017 as an extremely limited friends & family drop, May’s soft pink Jordan 6 finally arrived in March 2019 and stood out as a distinct statement maker. While Vashtie Kola was the first woman to co-design a Jordan, in many ways May’s collaborative efforts with Nike signaled a new, more sincerely female-friendly era for the brand.
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3. Nike LDWaffle and Sacai: blue multi, summit white and black. This silhouette in all its color variations was a fan favorite for 2019 and topped many best-of sneaker lists. A perfect reflection of Sacai designer Chitose Abe‘s simple-yet-complicated layered aesthetic, the shoe was a celebration of daring design that just worked.
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2. Nike Air VaporMax and Cactus Plant Flea Market. CPFM designer Cynthia Lu‘s trio of capsules with Nike functioned as a coming out party for the secretive designer and introduced the world to her unapologetically cute, quirky and surreal approach.
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1. Air Jordan 1 Mid and Melody Ehsani Fearless: In so many ways 2019 was Ehsani’s year, the one in which her main message of spreading love and kindness came into full bloom. Ehsani has designed a lot of noteworthy sneakers, but her delightful design for Jordan exuded joy and brought long overdue recognition from the male segment of sneaker culture. Not that their co-sign mattered all that much to Ehsani who’s always been appreciated (those who know, know) because she specifically and proudly celebrates women’s creativity and achievements.

Snobette Sneaker Awards Nike Air Force 1 Aleali May Cactus Plant Flea Market Comme des Garçons Concepts Damien Hirst Jazerai Allen-Lord Jordan JW Anderson Kirsy Lovett Melody Ehsani Murata PJs Olivia Kim Sacai Solefiness Susan Boyle Vans VaporMax Versace

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Puma and New York-based fashion brand LaQuan Smith Puma and New York-based fashion brand LaQuan Smith are back with their second collaboration, this time inspired by the glitz and grit of the boxing ring. 

The campaign stars Ming Lee Simmons, dressed in satin-finished boxing shorts, cropped jackets, and tear-away pants with luxe details.

The capsule also includes two Speedcat silhouettes, including the Speedcat Mid, a high-ankle boxing sneaker. 

Priced between $80-$100, the Puma x LaQuan Smith collection launches on March 15 on puma.com, the Puma NYC and Las Vegas flagship stores, and select retailers including Foot Locker and Shoe Palace.
Artist Sue Tsai brought her signature whimsical de Artist Sue Tsai brought her signature whimsical designs to a capsule collection of earrings in collaboration with New York jeweler Greg Yüna. The statement earrings are now on display at Greg Yüna's Soho boutique and  now available on gregyuna.com.

The pair previously dropped a perfect match necklace set in 2021 that was 🔥. 

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For fall winter 2025 KNWLS opted to forego a runwa For fall winter 2025 KNWLS opted to forego a runway show and present their collection in a styled lookbook.

Taking inspiration from a feminine Y2K aesthetic, the collection embodies designers Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault’s ability to balance sexy and cool. 

In an interview with Vogue, the pair shared that they are currently working on a new design director role in Europe and have several other projects in the pipeline, including another denim project, a collaboration with a jewelry brand, and a menswear capsule for an e-commerce site.

Commenting on the lookbook styling, they shared, "Obviously in the lookbooks it's styled in a quite extreme way, but if you break it down into individual pieces, we've been thinking about merchandising and the customer more than ever before," said Arsenault. "We've seen the team in the studio wearing the pieces differently too, and we've taken that into account. It's a nice challenge to say: 'Okay, we want to make a sweatshirt, but it still has this silhouette or wash or rib detail that makes it feel really Knwls."

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Rihanna was appointed as J'Adore Dior fragrance ambassador in 2024, replacing Charlize Theron, who held the role for 20 years. She has a long-standing relationship with the brand, having been named as their first Black brand ambassador in 2015. 

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Atlanta-based Pluto and YK Niece released Whim Wha Atlanta-based Pluto and YK Niece released Whim Whamiee single a few weeks ago, and the track is now trending on TikTok as the "Lululemon Song". 

Rapper JT shared that she's hooked on the song, especially the "Lulu" verse.

To witness an athletic apparel brand being name-dropped in hip-hop by emerging women rappers highlights how much women love their fitness/athleisure wear but also the fact that there is a flex that comes with wearing Lululemon in certain circles.

 Male rappers Jbeezy.Lfg and Lil Scoom89
respectively dropped singles titled Lululemon last year referencing women wearing the brand. 

Whim Whamiee by is now streaming on all DSPs. 

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Alessandro's Michele's latest Valentino runway col Alessandro's Michele's latest Valentino runway collection for fall 2025 featured a  collaboration with  none other than Vans.

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