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All in the mind: are exercise slides the next ugly shoe?
From Nike Mind, with its pre-game benefits, to recovery shoes from Hoka, bulbous sporty footwear is moving into fashionable circles. Will we see it beyond the jogging track this summer? • Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When the much-hyped Nike Mind shoes were released in January, I bought a pair. I was grabbed by the idea that the orange nodules on the sole could , supposedly, focus the mind. The futuristic look of the shoe also appeals. If walking on knobbly things took a bit of getting used to, it was worth it – if only for that irresistible fashion smugness of having something rare. In the last week, I have been stopped in the street and asked where I got the shoes. It turns out they are now out of stock and have sold for over £300 on resale site Goat. The Mind is part of a wider trend in “exercise slides”, a pre-game shoe designed to ground you ahea
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According to The Guardian’s source item, All in the mind: are exercise slides the next ugly shoe?, From Nike Mind, with its pre-game benefits, to recovery shoes from Hoka, bulbous sporty footwear is moving into fashionable circles. Will we see it beyond the jogging track this summer? • Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When the much-hyped Nike Mind shoes were released in January, I bought a pair. I was grabbed by the idea that the orange nodules on the sole could , supposedly, focus the mind. The futuristic look of the shoe also appeals. If walking on knobbly things took a bit of getting used to, it was worth it – if only for that irresistible fashion smugness of having something rare. In the last week, I have been stopped in the street and asked where I got the shoes. It turns out they are now out of stock and have sold for over £300 on resale site Goat. The Mind is part of a wider trend in “exercise slides”, a pre-game shoe designed to ground you ahea
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- All in the mind: are exercise slides the next ugly shoe?The Guardian - 2026-05-15T05:00:29+00:00
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