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After a big fashion show there’s always the question of which trends will make the leap from the runway to real life. And after Paris Men’s Fashion Week, at least one question remains: Do shoes need their own pair of shoes?<\/p>\n

Chinese fashion label Sankuanz<\/a> hopes the answer is absolutely.<\/p>\n

Its design team sent male models down the runway wearing high top sneakers \u2014 that never actually touched the runway.<\/p>\n

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“They’re transformable sneakers that have an outer layer of protective sandal that you can enter Velcro into and you can strap them on or off,” is how Sankuanz publicist Courtney Wittich describes the concept.<\/p>\n

But ultimately, they look like big-cushioned, rubber and plastic orthopedic Birkenstocks \u2014 with Velcro straps \u2014 and you strap them on top of your existing shoes.<\/p>\n

Or they look like open-concept galoshes. That’s up to you.<\/p>\n

Sankuanz showed them on the runway in black and beige.<\/p>\n

“I think they’re going to be really popular,” Wittich says. “I mean, you know, the streets are quite dirty and people want to protect their shoes, especially if they’re paying a lot of money for them.”<\/p>\n

The shoe sandals will sell for about $355 when they go on the market in August.<\/p>\n

“You can walk totally normal in them and it gives you an extra layer of protection and then also height,” Wittich says.<\/p>\n