A buddy of mine texted me a photo last spring. Black Sambas, off-white socks, slim selvedge jeans, an unstructured navy blazer thrown over a plain white tee. He wanted to know if the shoe was too trendy to pull the trigger on. My answer was short: the Samba has been around since 1950. Nothing that survives seventy-five years is a trend.
Here's what I've watched ...