Official New Balance Thread *sizing info for different models on first page*

[patrock]

Keep your PR's from this pack, MD's on your bihhh Based God.

 

[syndicatepoogie]

that model lookin like..

I guess I should have no problem copping the StockX joints

 

[rallycars]

M992MC for today

 

[drew]

I'm not sure if anyone here peruses Hypebeast. I couldn't help but noticed that the Brand Ranking list has New Balance at #3, right behind Nike and Adidas. I'm pretty sure a few months ago, New Balance was in the bottom 10. I know it may not mean anything, but just another indicator that NB is on quite a few people's radars.

Also, I'm really loving The Last Dance documentary. I didn't know this about the Jumpman logo:

Mind linking me to the rankings, bro?



-Drew

 

[migu420]

Just wanderin around...

 

[Sancheeeto]

992GR arrived today

 

[ninjatoes]

Just wanderin around...

white laces on these >>>

great shot

 

[alex s23]

That whole prior no vacancy inn and nb release was an odd one. I won the raffle a month or so went by emailed countless times regarding the shoes. I filed a claim after no email of shipping won the claim and the shoes showed up in September

 

[syndicatepoogie]

That whole prior no vacancy inn and nb release was an odd one. I won the raffle a month or so went by emailed countless times regarding the shoes. I filed a claim after no email of shipping won the claim and the shoes showed up in September

Damn, no vacancy no Wi-Fi no water no shoes

 

[migu420]

white laces on these >>>

great shot

Thanks! We stopped on our way to walmart, lol!

 

[Toenado]

 

[vidiviciun]

 

[bruisewayne]

Closest i’m getting to the collab...

BUDS shirt (HBT) from 2017.

 

[runners781]

So is WTAPS just a less known Japanese rip off of carhart? That is just less known and quality isn’t as good and charges $120 for a tee? Seen there pieces in store and never really understood the hype behind them.....

 

[newbalance365]

So is WTAPS just a less known Japanese rip off of carhart? That is just less known and quality isn’t as good and charges $120 for a tee? Seen there pieces in store and never really understood the hype behind them.....

Wtaps has been pretty big for like the past 20 years and the quality is really nice

 

[newbalance365]

double post

 

[thegatorviking]

So is WTAPS just a less known Japanese rip off of carhart? That is just less known and quality isn’t as good and charges $120 for a tee? Seen there pieces in store and never really understood the hype behind them.....

That's sort of a bad comparison. One is a streetwear brand, one isn't.

 

[airjaded]

Keep looking for Wtaps review on youtube just as a means of self flagellation

 

[newbalance365]

That's sort of a bad comparison. One is a streetwear brand, one isn't.

agreed and one also has a full century head start on the other

 

[runners781]

agreed and one also has a full century head start on the other

Lol what doses either of those have to do with an analogy? ALD has been compared to RL alot. Streetwear essentially is a rip off of other areas of fashion, they have never been pioneers of the fashion world.

 

[newbalance365]

ok cool opinion

 

[Golfdog]

M992MC for today

Man these are nice on feet.

 

[vinnuendo]

So is WTAPS just a less known Japanese rip off of carhart? That is just less known and quality isn’t as good and charges $120 for a tee? Seen there pieces in store and never really understood the hype behind them.....

Yeah and new balance is just expensive keds with a thicker sole

There isn't that much hype behind them. I don't know where you're seeing wtaps hype. They have far fewer instagram followers than new balance, as well as other streetwear brands that are actually similar like neighbourhood, carhartt WIP (completely different from the carhartt you mentioned). They don't have a major physical retail presence where people line up and they don't have drops like supreme that sell out in seconds. They "rip off" American military silhouettes more than anything for work shirts and jackets, the rest is just standard streetwear with hoodies, graphic tees, hats, etc. Vans collabs were always their most coveted pieces in the US although there hasn't been a good wtaps x vans in at least 4-5 years.

 

[Golfdog]

Yeah and new balance is just expensive keds with a thicker sole

There isn't that much hype behind them. I don't know where you're seeing wtaps hype. They have far fewer instagram followers than new balance, as well as other streetwear brands that are actually similar like neighbourhood, carhartt WIP (completely different from the carhartt you mentioned). They don't have a major physical retail presence where people line up and they don't have drops like supreme that sell out in seconds. They "rip off" American military silhouettes more than anything for work shirts and jackets, the rest is just standard streetwear with hoodies, graphic tees, hats, etc. Vans collabs were always their most coveted pieces in the US although there hasn't been a good wtaps x vans in at least 4-5 years.

WTAPS is pretty big in Asia man... just bc its not well known in states doesnt mean it doesnt apply everywhere else lol

 

[vinnuendo]

WTAPS is pretty big in Asia man... just bc its not well known in states doesnt mean it doesnt apply everywhere else lol

You're right, they're much more popular in Asia than North America and Europe, which are where the online stores I shop from are located. More popular ≠ hype, though. Show me some wtaps hype solely for the brand's own releases, I'm curious now. As far as I've seen they fell off the last couple years as they strayed toward more graphics and louder colors.