Shopping online is just a nicer experience. You don’t have the queues, the sensory overload, or that plastic smell of too many new sneakers that you get in brick-and-mortar stores. The trouble is that, sitting on your laptop, sometimes you don’t really know what you’re getting and judging an item from the promotional material—often just a simple square of white with the item overlayed, completely chopping it out of any vital context—can be a nightmare.
To act as a cheater’s guide to knowing what you’re getting, here’s our list of sneakers that look way better IRL.