Page 32 - Esquire (November 2019)

the Code: Pack Smarter

LIGHTER-THAN-AIR TRAVEL

Pushing the luggage weight limit with your heavy lace-ups? Bring a pair of WHITE SNEAKERS.

Aside from that
oversize gift for your
nephew, shoes are the By Plae ($99); 7.9 oz per shoe
most obnoxious thing
to pack for a trip. They
don’t exactly have a
Lego-like fit in your bag,
you’re always debat-
ing which pairs you’ll
actually need, and,
yeah, you have to throw
a bag over them
somehow. (Please tell
me you do this.)
Let’s cut down on one
pretrip annoyance—
By Cole Haan ($120); 8.1 oz
or three, depending on
the percentage of your
shoe rack you tend to
pack. It’s a simple fix:
Invest in a pair of light- By Mark Nason Los
weight, travel-friendly Angeles ($95); 11.2 oz
white sneakers. First
off, they look good with
practically everything.
If it’s the right pair, By Adidas ($180); 11.3 oz
they’ll work for you on
and off duty—looking
just as at-home with
a suit as they do with
jeans. They won’t tip
the scales—the shoes
on the right are stacked
from lightest to heavi-
est —so you don’t need
to worry about push-
ing the ever-shrinking
luggage weight limit.
And if you can bear
working out in a hotel
gym, you can wear
them while you jog on
By Tod’s ($695); 13.9 oz
its only functioning
treadmill, too. RED-EYE-
—Brady Langmann
PROOF SOCKS

• • • There aren’t too
many socks that can
easily handle air travel,
but Paper Project’s
socks ($12) use a
Japanese paper yarn
that absorbs all the
nasty stuff, keeping your
feet fresh. Just don’t
use them as an excuse
to take off your shoes
30 November 2019_Esquire photograph: Jeffrey Westbrook midflight. —B.L.