The Fresh Prince
formerly airsakuragi
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I remember wearing white Air Force 1s on the playground (elementary school) and they cleaned up alright, one pair I got clay on and they recovered alright but still looked discolored.
When I was a kid in the OG era, it would take me a full school year to beat a pair up, and that's wearing it 300+ times in harsh "kid" environments. Even if you only have 10 pairs of shoes, if you wear them all, it would take years for any one pair to be a beater....And for those with dozens of shoes, it would take decades. Even my heavy rotation shoes look pretty much pristine. If you're skateboarding in them, playing ball, or other sports, I could see them wearing down, however, for just casual wear, I'll probably die (or grow board of them) before they actually wear out. If I were to double up on my grails, they'd more than likely rot and become unwearable before my first pair wore out.