Swipe These $100 Clogs From Donald Glover’s GQ Cover Shoot

Donald Glover has nabbed nearly each honor within the guide (together with, as of this week, one among GQ’s Global Creativity Awards), and that’s the least attention-grabbing factor about him. Over the past decade, Glover has confirmed himself the uncommon multihyphenate “inventive” truly worthy of the moniker: his work as Infantile Gambino would’ve been a capstone in some other artist’s profession, besides most artists don’t observe a wildly profitable stint in music with a mission like Atlanta. 

As you may anticipate, the man goes to a whole lot of glitzy affairs. (Somebody’s acquired to gather all these honors, proper?) And positive, his red carpet looks supply loads of moodboard fodder, however even on an everyday Tuesday, there’s nary a person outdressing him. For proof, check out Glover’s GQ cover story photographed at Gilga Farm, the positioning of his new “manufacturing firm/incubator/cultural library”, in sunny Ojai, California. 

Are you trying? Nice: Now pay shut consideration. It’s straightforward to get misplaced among the many overalls, cowboy boots, and seemingly infinite array of hats—there’s a metaphor lurking there, absolutely!—however probably the most accessible swerve on show could be a freaky pair of clogs from Troentorp, the low-key Swedish footwear model. 

Troentorp calls its signature clogs the Da Vinci, a becoming title given the context, they usually make ’em with pull-up leather-based uppers nailed to thick picket soles. They’re the sort of footwear an absurdly fashionable grandma may put on to thumb the produce on the native farmer’s market, a extremely particular vibe Glover yields to with typical aptitude. Regardless of their tree trunk of a sole, they’re simply $99—roughly $1,550 lower than the ritzy Hermès blanket Glover wears, shawl-like, on the entrance cowl. 

Wood clogs have been effervescent up within the menswear zeitgeist for some time now, and also you don’t want Glover’s inventive pedigree to drag them off. Only a few months in the past, we spotlighted the exact same pair in our roundup of the year’s buzziest trends, which suggests they are not reserved for GQ cowl stars (or GQ staffers)—not solely, a minimum of. What endeared them to us then continues to be true immediately: embrace their bulbous form they usually’ll jazz up something you pair them with, whether or not it’s Glover’s Bottega trousers or Tim Cook’s trusty Levi’s jeans. With the assistance of their hefty 2-inch soles, the sky’s the restrict. Who is aware of? Round this time subsequent 12 months, we could be inducting you into our second class of honorees.