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Street Shoes: Dare to Tread
Text and Photography By Steve Casimiro
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1. Savvy Traveler - Keen Presidio, $90, www.keenfootwear.comThe women's Keen Presidio blends running-shoe comfort with urban styling. The upper is all leather, and Keen's signature bumper protects your toes from the insults of intercontinental journeys. 2. High-Tech Hippie - Organico N072, $130, www.elnaturalista.comThe Spanish-made women's El Naturalista Organico N072 looks like a simple flat, but this slip-on is built with an impressive amount of support. The natural rubber sole features large cushioning lugs (including a half-inch heel), and the breathable foot bed is molded with extra gel at the heel, arch, ball, and toes.
3. Modern Roadster - Medium Motorist, $125, www.mediumdesigngroup.comThe Medium Motorist takes its cue from the driving shoes Cary Grant would have worn in To Catch a Thief, with a creamy full-grain leather upper that molds to your foot like butter. Its sensitivity to the accelerator is excellent, yet there's enough tread so you're not left feeling barefoot.
4. Continental Drifter - Born Judson, $96, www.bornshoes.comA good travel shoe should be versatile, durable, stylish, and, above all, comfortable—all traits of the Born Judson. The nubuck leather semi-sneaker features a crepe rubber sole that hugs pavement as capably as it does a freshly buffed airport floor.
5. Weekend Warrior - Tecnica Prima Low GTX-XCR, $109, www.tecnicausa.comThe Tecnica Prima Low GTX-XCR is stealthily tech and sneakily stylish, with a Gore-Tex armor lurking beneath its soft suede exterior. Designed for fastpacking, it has a Vibram tread, a supportive EVA heel wedge, and a durable toe rand. It'll also fly on casual Friday beneath a pair of chinos. 
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