A mid-top mesh lace-up trainer built to add three inches of height — a 1-inch visible heel doing part of the work and a height-lifting insole inside doing the rest.
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Three inches of added height, split between the heel and the insole — the outer heel measures 1 inch and the height-lifting insole carries the remainder, so the lift is not all stacked visibly under the outsole.
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14 ounces at US 7.5 — light for a shoe carrying an internal lift, which is the spec that usually adds the weight you notice by late afternoon.
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Perforated mesh and synthetic upper over a fully rubberised traction outsole — breathable in warm weather, and a damp cloth is all it asks for.
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It runs large, and CALTO says so. The maker recommends ordering one whole size down from your usual US size — worth doing, because a loose fit on a lifted insole is the thing that makes an elevator shoe feel unstable.
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One width only, standard D / medium, in whole sizes 6 to 13 — there is no E, EE or 4E option on this last.
This is one of the sportier shoes CALTO builds: a 5.5-inch mid-top shaft that gives the ankle more cover than a low-top, which is useful if you would rather the shoe read as a trainer than as a dress shoe with a thick sole. Against its siblings, the knit trainer matches it at three inches on the same heel and shaft in grey and orange, the leatherette low-top is a cleaner 2-inch build, and the leather snoafers are slip-ons at 2.6 inches for office wear. This one sits in the middle: casual enough for weekends, plain enough for an office that has given up on hard shoes.
Also in men's shoes, men's activewear and the wider men's department.
Black only. Perforated mesh and synthetic upper, double-stitched, on a fully rubberised traction outsole; three inches of total height increase, 1-inch heel, 5.5-inch shaft; 14 ounces based on US 7.5, with actual weight varying by size. US whole sizes 6 through 13, standard D / medium width. CALTO recommends ordering one whole size down. Ships in a CALTO retail shoe box. Imported.
