As usual, we’re abreast of all the latest footwear trends and we’re well versed in the classics, so we’ve brought you the ...

We pitch it, pinch it, squeeze and squander it. We stuff it in our loafers and offer it for our thoughts. A bad one always turns up and a pretty one is a splurge we heedlessly indulge. It’s the penny ...

Below that, the penny loafer facade is abandoned entirely and replaced with a chunky Air Max sole. Of the many sneaker loafers that have hit shelves this year, it’s certainly the most audacious.

We put modern engineering to the test against a stack of pennies using a 60,000 psi waterjet and a hydraulic press. First, we attempted to cut the metal pennies with just water, then with water ...