Flashy sneaks, for a good cause

To understand someone it's said you have to walk a mile in their shoes, though good luck empathizing with some a**hole who doesn't have your same orthotic prescription. These shoes blow! Get kicks that fit but still show you understand the plight of others, from Gideon.

From two Aussie bros, Gideon handmakes flashy-yet-"ethically produced" footwear from eye-catching OZ materials, and uses the proceeds to fund a retreat run by their sister that empowers disadvantaged youths by teaching them really cool boomerang tricks providing education. The looks are hi-top heavy, with five white-soled offerings including the monochromatic, oversized-tongue'd Classic Hi Roos, stitched from chocolate, tan, or black premium-grade kangaroo leather; the Classic Hi Toad, with an all-white lower offset by an ankle done in one of four colors of cane-toad leather; and a similar-styled pair constructed from both creatures, which will give a crazy edge when bar hopping. Meanwhile, those willing to flout society's admonishment of showing disgusting human ankle skin can nab the all-black Lo Roo, or the "season-crossing", Jack Purcell-esque Lo Leather (white, shiny silver, or gold), which they claim's appropriate for "every occasion", so Australian funerals are apparently mad chill.

Rounding things out're graphic tees handpainted with one of four neon animals (wolf, zebra, flamingo, horse) by an artist known during his electronica days as MC Double D, with whom you'll never be able to empathize unless you've had seriously good luck in getting your hands on those.