New York, Indeed gets hip to stuff early but, having the misfortune of being from Florida (Niketalk/, Eastbay, Internet saved me) thank god, I knew about Visvim, Raf Simons, Margiela, Neighborhood, Supreme, obscure musicians, etc etc etc) due in part to the internet, magazines, and personal research. Florida is LATE on EVERYTHING, Except the weather, strippers, and sports. Fortunately, moms threw me into art classes and a performing arts school, where I met diversified people.
Kanye helped me out too, though. Along with just being cultured differently, as a person. I'm a typical, country bumpkin, but, I don't act as such. I like how he's bridged the gape between art-fashion-music. But again, he has thrived in this recent internet age and, I haven't minded it one bit. People born and bred in Florida did not know about the sneaker culture, till about 2007/2008. The first time foams were sold here were 2010. I remember going to footlocker in early 2007, when the first royal foam ones retroed, w/a picture of the shoe, and the Footlocker associate didn't know what the hell I was talking about, lol. (Ended up getting them off ebay for $234). Even seeing them in eastbay, in 1997. They didn't come in my size at that point though.
But, their have been tons of influential people who get misunderstood, until their gone.
