High Top

In the late 1980s, Michael Berrin of Far Rockaway, Queens, grabbed the mic and the stage name MC Serch, styled his kinky hair into a “high-top fade,” busted MC Hammer–type dance moves, and became one of the leading rappers of his time. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

The Los Angeles-based footwear brand Creative Recreation makes a shoe that, with a little unzipping and unlacing, goes from high-top to low-top. ❋ Darrell Hartman (2011)

Kristin, Please tell me you weren't wearing those high-top black and white Converse sneakers with your sun dress again ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Boldly go where no one else has gone (fashion-wise) with the limited-edition Star Trek-inspired high-top Airwalk sneaker. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He purchased a pair of high-top shoes for about $60 to give him more ankle support on the trampoline. ❋ Jen Murphy (2010)

He pulls her up on stage and sits her down in a high-top stool so he can sing to her, One Less Lonely Girl, and the girl is shakin' in her flip-flops. ❋ Ginger Emas (2011)

One of the most striking things I discovered in my client's wardrobe was his pair of black leather Reebok high-top tennis shoes. ❋ Kathi Burns (2010)

They may be regular newspaper readers, but chances are they high-top it from one newspaper to another, which is one of the gloriously liberating things about online. ❋ Jarvis Coffin (2011)

He pulls her up on stage and sits her down in a high-top stool so he can sing "One Less Lonely Girl" to her, and the girl is shakin' in her flip-flops. ❋ Ginger Emas (2011)

If you have an ankle problem, wearing a high-top alone is not going to resolve the problem. ❋ Dr. Steve Rosenberg (2012)

Aunt Maddie is wearing dirty pink high-top sneakers and chewing pink bubble gum. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His hands are wrinkled, so he is old; the pocket of his overcoat is loosely tacked on with heavy black thread, so he is poor; his high-top shoes are laced only through the bottom two holes, so he can't even afford shoelaces of the proper length; whatever he holds in his right hand is blurred, so he shakes. ❋ William Meyers (2010)

Fashion forward: Tina Fey pushed the fashion envelope with a strapless black zip-up YSL jumpsuit, and Glee's Matthew Morrison paired his tuxedo with high-top leather sneakers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was bending over to get my L.L. Bean high-top hunting shoes — which I use to track wayward clients through snowy forests primeval — when a shiny metallic object caught my eye. ❋ Con Chapman (2010)

He is dressed, I notice, in the kind of outfit I've seen older boys wear, collared shirt tucked into board shorts, high-top trainers with wide, thick soles. ❋ Sally Houtman (2012)

Claudia Schiffer (t); NET-A-PORTER (Miu Miu; Lanvin ) Clockwise from top, Claudia Schiffer cashmere and merino wool blend sleeveless turtleneck, £345; Miu Miu suede knee boots, £740; Lanvin suede and shearling high-top sneakers, £400. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2011)

Mens shoe designers are putting the soles of shock-absorbing, sporty sneakers on everything from formal high-top brogues to heavy work-wear boots. ❋ Darrell Hartman (2012)