Esquire USA - 11.2019

30 November 2019_Esquire

the Code: Pack Smarter

LIGHTER-THAN-AIR TRAVEL

Pushing the luggage weight limit with your heavy lace-ups? Bring a pair of WHITE SNEAKERS.

• • • There aren’t too
  many socks that can
  easily handle air travel,
  but Paper Project’s
  socks ($12) use a
  Japanese paper yarn
  that absorbs all the
  nasty stuff, keeping your
  feet fresh. Just don’t
  use them as an excuse
  to take off your shoes
  midflight. —B. L.

RED-EYE-

PROOF SOCKS

Aside from that
oversize gift for your
nephew, shoes are the
most obnoxious thing
to pack for a trip. They
don’t exactly have a
Lego-like fit in your bag,
you’re always debat-
ing which pairs you’ll
actually need, and,
yeah, you have to throw
a bag over them
somehow. (Please tell
me you do this.)
Let’s cut down on one
pretrip annoyance—
or three, depending on
the percentage of your
shoe rack you tend to
pack. It’s a simple fix:
Invest in a pair of light-
weight, travel-friendly
white sneakers. First
off, they look good with
practically everything.
If it’s the right pair,
they’ll work for you on
and off duty—looking
just as at-home with
a suit as they do with
jeans. They won’t tip
the scales—the shoes
on the right are stacked
from lightest to heavi-
est —so you don’t need
to worry about push-
ing the ever-shrinking
luggage weight limit.
And if you can bear
working out in a hotel
gym, you can wear
them while you jog on
its only functioning
treadmill, too.
—Brady Langmann

By Plae ($99); 7.9 oz per shoe

By Cole Haan ($120); 8.1 oz

By Mark Nason Los

Angeles ($95); 11.2 oz

By Adidas ($180); 11.3 oz

By Tod’s ($695); 13.9 oz

photograph: Jeffrey Westbrook