Salomon’s XT-6 is easily one of its most popular styles right now, and the silhouette you would have seen taking over Instagram’s mood board accounts. The style was originally launched in 2012 as a top-of-the-line trail runner, so its make-up had to be strong enough to see the wearer through ultra-marathons and harsh mountain conditions. The style was actually phased out a few years later, but revived in 2016 by the brand’s special projects manager, Jean Philippe Lalonde, who received an email saying that the XT-6 moulds were being sent to be destroyed. Luckily, Lalonde was a fresh hire who had been tasked with helping the brand break into the fashion market, and he instantly saw the potential in the model. He noticed just how well the shape of the sneaker took to crazy colour combinations and set about with a plan to relaunch the silhouette into high-end retailers in 2018. The rest, as they say - is history, and the model is still enjoying crazy levels of success four years on.