Sneaky
Forbes.com has another of their "world's most expensive" series: sneakers. Finally, something I can relate to spending too much money on! Most of them are just high-end or collectible limited editions of Nike and Adidas, or else designer reproductions of shoes you could get for $300 cheaper, like the Gucci version of Keds. There are only one pair of actual sports shoes on the list- some New Balance at $200.
Almost all my best sneakers I've got for a steal. I have a pair of 80's silver velcro hightop Adidas I bought for $25 that had been sitting on the shelf for 5 years back before people got all fetishy about sneakers. I have a pair of hand-painted Nike blacktop basketball sneakers that are prototypes smuggled out of their design department. (They're the only pair I don't wear much because the paint will peel off.) Recently I bought a pair of green and white Lacoste sneakers, but now you can get those everywhere. They were much cooler when they were only available in Europe, but that's the curse of being a trendoid. I'm sure you understand.
The unfortunate thing about living in California is that sneakers don't wear out here. On the east coast, you'd have to buy a new pair every six months because the salt on the roads in the winter would destroy them. All my fellow club trash would buy them the first day the new Nike's came out for the season. Then you'd have to go out every night and wear them to every club in the city to establish that you had them first and therefore, anyone else who bought the same style and color was biting your style. Good times, good times.
It's unfortunate that the weather is too nice here in the west- the shoes don't wear out and I don't have a good excuse to buy a new pair every couple of months. Good for the personal budget, bad for the personal style.
Almost all my best sneakers I've got for a steal. I have a pair of 80's silver velcro hightop Adidas I bought for $25 that had been sitting on the shelf for 5 years back before people got all fetishy about sneakers. I have a pair of hand-painted Nike blacktop basketball sneakers that are prototypes smuggled out of their design department. (They're the only pair I don't wear much because the paint will peel off.) Recently I bought a pair of green and white Lacoste sneakers, but now you can get those everywhere. They were much cooler when they were only available in Europe, but that's the curse of being a trendoid. I'm sure you understand.
The unfortunate thing about living in California is that sneakers don't wear out here. On the east coast, you'd have to buy a new pair every six months because the salt on the roads in the winter would destroy them. All my fellow club trash would buy them the first day the new Nike's came out for the season. Then you'd have to go out every night and wear them to every club in the city to establish that you had them first and therefore, anyone else who bought the same style and color was biting your style. Good times, good times.
It's unfortunate that the weather is too nice here in the west- the shoes don't wear out and I don't have a good excuse to buy a new pair every couple of months. Good for the personal budget, bad for the personal style.
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