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The brand, owned by US footwear giant Sketchers, reached $US1 billion in sales in 2022, and has become a regular choice of US President Joe Biden, worn with suits and a tie. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak prefers Adidas Samba sneakers with suit pants (no tie).
For Sydney stylist Ken Thompson, the brand of sneaker that you wear to a wedding is less important than the way you wear them. He tactfully refrained from commenting on Murdoch’s striped socks.
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“Once a trouser is involved I would recommend a cuffed, wide leg and a black, leather sneaker,” Thompson says. “Jackets with strong shoulder pads and pleated trousers definitely work with a dark sneaker but beware regular, straight leg trousers unless you want to hear ‘I don’t’.”
Wedding expert Bruce Keebaugh, owner of hospitality company The Big Group, approves of sneakers at the altar or under the chuppah. The Big Group co-ordinated the lavish Melbourne wedding of heiress and toothpaste entrepreneur Georgia Geminder to Matthew Danos in 2022.
“They are totally de rigueur today,” Keebaugh says. “But there are sneakers and then there are sneakers. My black tie go-tos are from Christian Louboutin. With P Johnson suits I wear sneakers from Tods’ suede range.”
Event stylist and artist James Gordon, who worked on the 1999 wedding of James Packer and Jodhi Meares, and the 1999 wedding of Lachlan Murdoch and Sarah O’Hare, also gives kicks the big tick.
“It can be a quirky youngster look,” Gordon says. “But it works best if they’re both tall.”
“A bride a little advanced in years really needs a beautiful shoe.”
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