It really depends on the shoe for me. My favorite pair of sneakers i have are reeboks with the Boston Red Sox B on the side. But i've always loved my vans. and Roxy makes super cute shoes.
I like converse a lot because they make so many you can wear them with anything. and you can cutomize them.
I love Converses, I wish I had every damn pair!
I also love DCs and Etnies, but they're quite skater boy so I tend not to wear them. And my mum's obsessed with me being a girly girl, which I will never be!
Nike's aren't my drift.
Also, I love vintage Doc Martens and Vans.