The Best Sneakers of 2021 (So Far)

Hoooooo boy. You're here looking for the best sneakers of the year. And we're here looking for the best sneakers of the year. So, who knows which sneakers are the best sneakers of the year? The coolest sneakers of the year? The most I-simply-cannot-ignore-these sneakers of the year? Well, I mean...all of us. When you get right down to it, trying to parse the coolest sneakers of the year comes down to a lot of subjectivity mixed with a soupçon of objectivity. And yet, here we are, trying to find the best, coolest sneakers of the year. And the year ain't even over! So before we delve all the way into this particularly fraught enterprise, let's simply list the greatest hits of the last six months. What will the next six months bring? Great question. But until then, here's where we're at.