MANILA, Philippines - Things that don’t go with anything tend to go with everything. It is by this scientifically sound logic that I purchased this pair of Toms Men’s Cordones in perforated, full-grain black leather with rope-trimmed gum soles. It’s like putting Karen O and Zooey Deschanel together in one photo (which really happened, by the way) — a resounding “hell, no,†one would think. But in the case of this shoe, the clash of styles works. I especially like how they make my feet look supersized. Somehow I feel a women’s fit for this design just wouldn’t look quite right. Also, I like the range of reactions that comes after revealing that I am basically cross-dressing, especially my mother’s, who saw me wearing the pair of shoes with a skirt: “That is so you.†— Chonx Tibajia