Dunhill, the high-end British luxury menswear house, has released the golden brown suede Davies sneaker – a refined footwear hybrid that blends Dunhillian automotive heritage with contemporary shoe design.
It is made for men who like to live in the fast lane but are no good at tying up their shoelaces! as well as supple made-in-Italy tobacco calf leather linings, super-traction amber rubber hobnail soles, and rubberized AD Cypher logo on the tongue, the new designer sneaker range includes bespoke “speed-closure laces”!
Conceived by Creative Director, Simon Holloway, for the Spring Summer 2025 collection, the Davies sneaker is inspired by a classic driving shoe silhouette “celebrating the House history of Motorities with a modern versatile sensibility.”
Based in Westminster, London, Dunhill Limited stylized as Dunhill, the luxury goods brand specializes in ready-to-wear, custom clothing, and wardrobe essentials as well as leather goods and accessories including belts, hats, sunglasses, pocket squares, pens, key fobs, and cases, jewelry and men’s fragrances such as “Driven” and The Signature Collection Valensole Lavender.
The company was founded in 1893 by saddler Alfred Dunhill (1872–1959) who developed a line of automobile accessories called “Dunhill’s Motorities”. This first collection included car horns and lamps, leather overcoats, goggles, picnic sets, and timepieces, which provided the company with the slogan “Everything But The Motor”. Two Dunhill Motorities stores opened in Mayfair.
In 1904 the company patented a “Windshield Pipe” to help a driver smoke while driving. Dunhill’s first tobacconist and pipe shop opened in 1907 on Duke Street. In the mid-1950s, Dunhill produced one of the first butane gas lighters. The design was used by James Bond, both in print and in the movies.
Other new menswear arrivals include a £5900 suede blazer, £1795 reversible Harrington jacket, a Cavendish Cotton Pique sport coat, a £1175 cotton cashmere cardigan, cotton gabardine tailored chinos, Athluxury wool joggers and a £8000 suede trail jacket. Dunhill also makes tailored leather and cup hole suede sneakers and Duke Ii leather as well as £795 Patina runners, dark chocolate and midnight blue Davies sneakers are now available. Golden brown and light grey will follow in May 2025. Price: £695
