Get better brother. The weather has been awful, crappy and depressing.
My bad, bro. Never bought a book before?
Was just gonna say. Buddy comes in all holier than thou. But he doesn’t even wear shoes. Foh.
airforce1king
is a good dude, that’s genuinely into kicks, not some dude that’s around because buying kicks is flavor of the month.
For sure, but he jive came at anyone from 2012+Let that man live. Some peeps buy to wear, some buy to collect, some do a little of both… why does it matter why someone buys, or what they do with their shoes? My dude
I dont know if that's a question or statement but assuming it's a question - - - the Page before this one had a slight discussion about sizing. Go half a size down
For sure, but he jive came at anyone from 2012+
Many would disagree with half the shoes in that pic
Right off the bat, there are plenty of sneakers that are uglier, or just as ugly, than eBay Dunks that people go crazy for (see pic). Are the Sandy's ugly? Sure. If they randomly released a shoe all cut up with plastic parts and NO BACKSTORY, I'd think they were idiots. However, with the backstory being what it is, that makes the shoes more tolerable.
Those USA Kobe 2's in the bottom right hand corner held the top ugliest shoe award for years before Yeezy's started releasing. I hate everything about those shoes. Now, suppose Adidas were to release them in a special box with a special Kobe commemorative metal hang tag, and a flash drive with old behind the scenes Kobe and Adidas footage or something, and the insole had a picture of him and GG, I'M BUYING THOSE UGLY SHOES BECAUSE OF THE STORY THAT SURROUNDS THEM.
This might be my dub!Y’all ready to not get access
You know what, I can see how that was taken wrong and I apologize. I assure you I didn't mean to offend anyone.
I only said that because 2011 Concords introduced a new wave of "sneaker heads" (emphasis on sneaker heads and not sneaker collectors) into the culture. This new wave didn't have a lot of the understandings of the past collectors who were collecting a decade before them and laid down the blueprint for how the shoe game is today. In the past, there was the whole "rock and stock" mentality. Buy one to wear, buy one to collect. There are PLENTY of OG collectors who have DS collections (DependableJay, pevault, SoleSupreme, etc.). Wearing shoes isn't that big of a deal to me. I am not a sneaker head, I am a COLLECTOR. I don't say this to try and sound cool either. I'm only clarifying why I said what I said. Again, I apologize if I rubbed anybody the wrong way.
Those Ferraris are 26+ years old with under 10K miles. The McLaren is 7 years old with only 520 miles. 9 times out of 10, these vehicles are owned by COLLECTORS. There are people who buy things to collect and have zero intent on actually using them as they're intended to be used. This isn't just for shoes and cars. I know someone who collects guns. They have 200+ guns and may have only fired 30 or so. I know someone who collects guitars that cost $2K+ each and some of them he's never played. My step father collects money. Plenty of coins and rare dollars that he chooses not to spend. People who buy game worn jerseys and hang them on the wall. I know of another local guy who buys every single game system ever created, every color, everything. He does not play his NES or Dreamcast, he just collects them. He has a $200K game room. My only point in this drawn out explanation is plenty of stuff can be collected. My 2012+ statement meant this wasn't something that had to be explained to people who were collecting before 2012. However, I now see I could've worded it better without offending others or sounding like I'm on a pedestal and for that, I again apologize. Let's be clear, I don't feel I'm more "superior" than anybody else because of tenure in the game. No matter if we collect or wear our sneakers, at the end of the day we're all here for the same reason, our love for shoes.
