Adidas Stan Smith

The clean one. First launched in 1965 as the Robert Haillet and renamed for Stan Smith by 1978, it swaps the usual stripes for three rows of punched perforations. White leather Stan Smiths were a fixture of the casual look alongside the suede indoor shoes, the quiet choice among the tennis models that crossed onto the terraces. By 1988 about 22 million pairs had been sold, and it earned a place in Guinness World Records. Adidas briefly stopped making it in 2011 and put it back into production in 2014, and it has stayed a staple since. It is the pick when the rest of the outfit is doing the talking: white leather and nothing to argue about. Keep it clean, though, because a scuffed Stan Smith loses the whole point.