Flat sneakers are getting even flatter

Jan 30, 2025

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Welcome to Blackbird Spyplane

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In today’s Plane we’ve got:

The elite swag-source secret that’s been hiding in plain sight during the “Whoa Timothée Chalamet Has Sauce” Bob Dylan movie promo blitz
A Spyplane Exclusive Slapper Excellence bulletin from one of our favorite labels, concerning a monumental new piece they’ve got coming
An unlikely grail … once rocked by Rudy G*uliani tha Wack Goblin??

But first —

We’re some 2 years out from the moment historians broadly understood as “Peak Adidas Samba.”

3 out of 5 of our Top Sneakers of 2024 were low-profile leaning Dogs on Dainty.

And here in 2025, it’s clear that Cool Flat Sneakers are Staying Flat — if not Getting Even Flatter?

4 excellent new (unisex) cases in point:

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