Photo: Michael Zhao I was open to the concept of the snoafer . Not as a “formal” shoe with athletic characteristics — akin to a tuxedo stitched from Lycra — but as a new form unto itself: a slip-on sneaker, inspired by welted leather shoes, too weird to be earnestly compared in either category. The punchline to a joke about the state of men’s fashion in 2025, rendered in leather and foam. But I’ve never been sure whether I’m meant to laugh at it or with it. Plenty of people take them seriously: