Yannis Pappas maintains that wearing sneakers with a suit became a socially acceptable style choice due to the influence of hip-hop culture.

“I think I was part of the generation that made the switch from shoe to sneaker where sneaker became socially acceptable on a suit like suit just just any no not on a suit yet that came later that came 2000s that was that was was hip-hop did that that was 2000 once Jay-Z started wearing suits”