Louis Vuitton Black Cream Pink Skates

This is the Louis Vuitton LV Skate Sneaker in black, cream and pink, the house's take on a Nineties skate shoe. It's for someone who wants a luxury sneaker with real bulk and street proportions instead of a slim designer court shoe.

Louis Vuitton builds the LV Skate from a mix of materials, with an exaggerated padded collar and tongue, thick cotton laces, an LV signature on the tongue, a Monogram Flower on the side and a rubber outsole carrying Monogram Flowers. It's made in Italy. The padding and the chunky outsole are what make it wearable all day — it's cut and cushioned like the skate shoes it references, not like a dress sneaker.

What sets it apart from other designer sneakers is that Vuitton kept the silhouette genuinely oversized and let the house codes sit in the construction — the flower on the outsole, the signature on the tongue — rather than covering the shoe in monogram canvas. Buy it if you want the LV Skate in a multicolor makeup instead of the plain black or white versions.

Available here in size 44EU/11US.