Suede trainers are the ones men tend to buy on instinct and then actually wear. Not for the gym, not for a specific occasion, just constantly, because they sit in that useful space between a clean leather trainer and a casual shoe without committing too hard to either. The problem is that suede is unforgiving of a bad silhouette and most options on the market get the toe shape wrong, or the sole too thick, or the colour too safe to be interesting and too bold to be versatile. We’ve been paying close attention to the ones that avoid all of that. What we’ve pulled together here covers the classics that have earned their reputation and a few less obvious picks that wear just as well. The suede matters, the last matters, and the colourway needs to work with more than one thing in your wardrobe. These do all of that without needing to shout about it.