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Tretorn

You look to Sweden for excellence in bikini teams, boxy-but-safe cars, and fish. Wait, make that bikini teams, boxy-but-safe cars, fish, and shoes: Tretorn.Thrillist - TretornKnown for lightweight, prep-coastal slip-ons and lace-ups, Tretorn's debuting its 2nd American store (the first was in D.C., because how better to complete the prep-coastal look than with khakis and a blue blazer?). Foot finery starts with low- and mid-top lacers, from the handball-court inspired Stilig Leather, to the Hockeyboot Paninari mid-top (stitched to resemble boardshorts), to the seersucker-lined Paninari BS -- evocative of Tom Wolfe, so your feet's wit will be as withering as their stank. Also purveyed: casual slip-ons like the low-top Strand Canvas boat shoe, and the Skymra Canvas, which keeps snug via elastic straps, but still sports vestigial eyelets -- so the Swedes have progressed past marriage and God, but they just can't quit laces. Tretorn's beachiest slip-on is the white-canvas Strand Aborre, which rocks a graphic of a perch, but only on the left shoe -- a nod to their excellent gummi heritage, or perhaps their cinematic one (My Left Fish?).

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ExhortTretorn also sells flip flops, rain boots, and sundries. Check out the new store or buy online at Tretorn.com

Tretorn (Emailed on June 20, 2008)

150 Spring St, between Wooster and W Broadway; 646.454.9680

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