Worn by everyone from presidents to students, there’s no style of footwear quite as egalitarian as the sneaker. A quick glance down to ground level will confirm that sneakers have become the omnipresent shoes from the sports field to the city streets. Today, it’s pretty hard to imagine a world when sneakers didn’t exist. But rewind just a generation or two, and the idea of a soft, supportive shoe for active pursuits was indeed a foreign notion. It wasn’t until Mr Charles Goodyear (of Goodyear welt fame) struck on the formula for vulcanised rubber that the way was paved for the future of sneakers.
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