Defined by clean, unobtrusive designs that adapt sportswear-adjacent concepts to contemporary city life, Article No. occupies a low-key yet integral pocket of men’s footwear. Founded in 2015, the Los Angeles label specializes in delivering streamlined interpretations of staple footwear, dropping a wide scope of nostalgic references into a future-facing framework. With its canvas constructions invoking subtle ties to skate culture, the label’s staple low-top sneaker upgrades a familiar silhouette with a robust rubber sole, resulting in a reinvigorated take on a quintessential footwear iteration. Bold check patterns add novelty without sacrificing minimalist aestheticism while predominantly monochromatic color stories align effortlessly with stately and streetwear-inflected outfitting alike. Engineered to adapt to an open-ended range of stylistic inclinations, the Article No. ethos revels in injecting a soft-spoken dimensional intrigue into the gamut of viable sneaker option, attesting to the merits of perfectly-executed simplicity.