ADIDAS X YEEZY COLLAB OFFICIAL THREAD *NO LC's PLEASE*
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hatin on NB 1000's incessantly but still gettin fleeced by Kanye and this man can't understand it. I love NT!
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I mean they are literally $20 retail, what were you expecting?
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That’s why they’re trash. It’s nothing compared to the magic made at adidas
kanye is a god - kevin trotterman is a fake
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Of course, for $20, I'm not sure what people were expecting other than glorified socks with outsoles.
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Exactly. Glad to see we both agree that it’s trash.
Instead of giving us cheap sock pods, he should’ve stayed with adidas and continue to give us quality sneakers. What we’re getting now from him is embarrassing.
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Yeah I mean he wanted more money per pair sold and control over releases but I don’t think this was the route to go.
That said, let’s not act like Adidas wasn’t putting out tons of trash cws of 350s and absolutely horrific models like the 380s and 450s. I’m thankful the world has been saved from seeing any more of those monstrosities with the collab officially ending.
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Those 380 colorways were from Ye though. He’s been seen rocking most of them and most of those colorways were misses like the Blue Oats
And the 350s that weren’t approved by him weren’t horrible. Not gonna act like grey is the worst color in the world cause Kanye said so
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Sure but those 380s were terrible nonetheless. The knit runners somehow ended up being the worst knitted Yeezys though, those things are awful.
There were so many bad 350 cws though and don’t even get me started on the CMFTs. Same with all the QNTM cws-what were they thinking?
Adidas and Ye both took turns ruining the collaboration tbh. They completely killed the 350s by flooding the market with terrible cws and constantly releasing bricks nobody wanted like 380s and QNTM cws.
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I can agree on that. Quantum’s especially
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i dont think 350's got ruined, they just grew past what was cool to the sneaker community. At its peak 350's were becoming the every mans shoe even at $220 retail which is wild.
personally i dont think what killed the 350 was the colorways, ye, or the termination of the agreement. the momentum killer was pausing the release schedule. the masses moved on. the casual middle/upper middle class sneaker buyer moved on to hokas and on clouds and veja (for women) and other $180+ brands.
terminating the contract would have caused some turbulence for sure but i think theyd be in a different place today if they just kept pushing through the noise.
personally i dont think what killed the 350 was the colorways, ye, or the termination of the agreement. the momentum killer was pausing the release schedule. the masses moved on. the casual middle/upper middle class sneaker buyer moved on to hokas and on clouds and veja (for women) and other $180+ brands.
terminating the contract would have caused some turbulence for sure but i think theyd be in a different place today if they just kept pushing through the noise.
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Nobody asked for these monstrosities though:
cant speak much on the compacts, especially when it comes to the timing of their release but ive seen every flavor of 350 v2 that was readily available on the streets. idk about where you live, but in the philly suburbs they were everywhere.
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I live in DC. Have seen a lot of 350s but I’ve literally never seen a single person wearing CMPTs or these Monos.
I do agree we saw the NMDificaton of the 350s. In fact, I think 350s were becoming the higher-end NMD R1s, in many people’s eyes.
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ive definetly seen black monos in the wild but im not paying enough attention to know which 350 colorways were the most popular amongst the non sneaker head masses. were monos released at footlocker, finishline, and other mall stores? or were they confirmed and boutique exclusively? theres probably a reason why some shoes and colorways are more prominent than others.
The NMDification of any shoe only happens when those shoes are easy to find and easy to get and towards the end thats exactly what happened. I dont know if the compacts ever made it to the point where they were at regular retailors.
The 380s had hype in the beginning but it was ruined by bad colorway after bad colorway, by the time the onyx 380 released it was too late.
The QNTM had so much hype and anticipation but Adidas took wayyyyy too long to drop them, and by the time that happened, the hype was gone, plus they released lousy colorway after lousy colorway.
It’s awful, just half assed, poor quality stuff. I miss the old Yeezy season stuff. 20 dollars is not a selling point for me, quality and cut is.
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What am sayin!
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He wanted a seat at the board of directors at adidas too if i remembered correctly
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Honestly, if he had played his cards right over the years while he was there, they might have given it to him but he went completely off the rails starting in 2018. I think the products were so successful that Adidas stuck with him until they were pretty much forced to end the partnership.
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CMPT 350s weren't as bad as the BSKTBL knits. Those things were impossible to put on. I scored a DS pair for 100 bucks and still felt like I got robbed. Sucks for the guy who bought em retail at the 300 price point. Mono 350s were horrendous as well. Feel like they were trying to play on the see through materials like on the OW zoom flys.
Yeezys bricks, foams and slides are now basically bricks, J1's bricks, everything not named Kobe or Travis are bricks. Honestly, just wear what you like.
Yeezys bricks, foams and slides are now basically bricks, J1's bricks, everything not named Kobe or Travis are bricks. Honestly, just wear what you like.
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Slides still get daily wear…
Still got a pair of moonrock 350v1 and black knit rnrs … but it was a solid run ye
His GAP pullover hoodies are still appreciated
Still got a pair of moonrock 350v1 and black knit rnrs … but it was a solid run ye
His GAP pullover hoodies are still appreciated
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agree on the overwhelmed hype (super limited during ASG) and marketing around the QNTM that it didn't live up to expectations was it demise. i really liked them but the fit was terrible for casual, let alone being marketed with hooping capabilities.
