Most overrated sneakers?

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I vote New Balance. They must have some sort of subliminal brainwashing campaign wherein everyone I know is under the impression that shoes don't get any more comfortable than New balances, like my feet will be floating around on pillows as soon as I tie them. In reality, the shoe never conforms properly to my foot, and although I've never had a problem with blisters in my life, now these fuckers give me blisters any time I run or walk more than a half a mile. I'm sticking with my reebok classics.

Fuck a new balance!

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

I also vote any basketball shoes designed after '96, when suddenly they all started looking nasty unless you were wearing official starter shorts. Early 90s basketball shose could be worn with jeans and they looked raw.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

I would say Dunks but that's probably a little too obvious. Asics Tigers, on the hand, will never be overrated! Says me.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

jordans.

― The Original Jimmy Mod: A Negro (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

air force 1s. i love them, but after seeing the 5000th fake louis vuitton/gucci/ysl etcetc poorly stitched trim bootleg you get kinda sick of them. i said it before but the sleek severity of classics over air force 1s anyday (everyday).

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

plus "icy wytes" >>>>>> "air force 1s" (maybe)

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

reebok pumps. back in the day, anyway.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

http://governmentnames.blogspot.com/2004/08/i-need-ten-pairs-give-me-ten-pairs.html

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Any shoes that try to persuade you that they're more than just things you put on your feet.

(so, in other words, all of them)

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

i've yet to understand the appeal of adidas shell toe.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

I like the white reebok classics, they are much more summer-y.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

when i ran an image search for reebok classics in yahoo it came up with all this weird gay porn showing a guy just resting his dick on different pairs of reeboks.
# posted by sean downes : 12:21 PM

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

It seems like the adidas shelltoe has been totally adopted by the dudebro set.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Nike - all kinds.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

Nike Cortez - horrible

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

i love my new balance shoes. excuse me for being brainwashed.

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

In reality, the shoe never conforms properly to my foot

maybe it's your foot that's the problem and not the sneaker? saying a sneaker is "overrated" because it doesn't conform to YOUR FOOT OMG WTF is seriously fucking obnoxious.

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

Addidas are horrible if you actually use them to do athletic things. A few years ago I bought a pair of hi-top b-ball ones -- because they are just about the only brand that don't make horrible tacky, gaudy b-ball shoes with a lot of shiny plastic and busy designs --- and the sole started falling apart after using them just a couple times. I bitched to headquarters, and they sent me a new pair, and the same shit happened.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

i didn't like the instep on my old nike crosstrainers, but i may have just needed a wider width or something.

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1170000/images/_1170460_staff_150.jpg

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

word on the New Balance thing - it's like the indie joggers underdog choice but to me they fit like shit! And ditto on the unsportability of Adidas shoes - they're FLAT! - I tried to dance in my brother's skate ones and it was HELLLL

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

maybe it's your foot that's the problem and not the sneaker? saying a sneaker is "overrated" because it doesn't conform to YOUR FOOT OMG WTF is seriously fucking obnoxious.

-- sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (theundergroundhom...), August 15th, 2005.

Take it personal.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

i disagree with these adidas unsportablity charges based on some great pairs of tennis shoes i've owned, specifically these edberg torsion things i wish wish wish they still made. and their soccer (hi i'm a american) stuff is pretty classic and comfy and generally great. beckenbauer liga!

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

yeah i think they still do tennis shoes pretty well. i should've restricted my complaint to b-ball and shell-toe-type addidaseses.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Converse Chuck Taylors... ugh. Flat, miserable POS shoes. Never understood the appeal functionally nor visually.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

It's the shoe's JOB to conform to your foot. I mean, who's in charge here? Does your head conform to your pillow?
The shoes that HURT me, two (slow learner) pairs in a row are Sauconys. They developed a lump in the sole that poked right into the ball of my foot. A couple of times I actually took the shoe off and looked to see if I had a rock in it. Bad. Back to Nikes.

― Beth Parker, Monday, 15 August 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

I sprained my ankle badly a couple years ago in some sauconys. They were kinda gross but kinda cool, blue camo pattern! I didnt hate them.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

GYGAX OTM

― Tinman: Set to Self-Destruct (cprek), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

The O.G. Shaq shoes were big and awkward looking, like the man himself. Frankenstein basketball sneakers.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

It's the shoe's JOB to conform to your foot.

that's all well and good, but every foot is different.

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

so are people who say they like their shoes LYING???

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

TS: Pumas vs. Roos

The pocket is useless now that CTA buses don't take tokens and I have a cell and i don't need pay phone change. YET. Pumas have annoying 'advertisments' in SELL OUT mags like Fader. Although that hasn't stopped me from drinking Red Stripe.

xp yes.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

sorry, the word "overrated" really fucks me off for some irrational reason

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

p.s., you're a dick. enjoy this thread, i'm out.

― sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

sorely missed.

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

frankspencer.jpg

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

I think that might have been the ceo of New Balance.

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

does anyone know if lil wyte actually bought out those signature 'icy wyte reebok classics'?

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

does anyone know if lil wyte actually bought out the signature 'icy wyte reebok classics' he talked about in every one of the 3 interviews he had last year?

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

And his song 'Icy White Souljas"!

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

grrr i can't find a picture anywhere, but they're the reebok classics that have the big clear (icy) bottoms. i guess they'll just say lil wyte or wyte wear or whatever it's called on the side of the heel or something. maybe we should derail this thread entirely and talk about how classic DOUBT ME NOW is

― beatles fan, Monday, 15 August 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

I've never even heard the whole thing! What I heard was great. So was Phinally Phamous, in parts ("Look Like Me" holy fuck)

― deej.., Monday, 15 August 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Most people somewhat OTM except about New Balance. I have very wide feet with high arches. My *suede* New Balance sneakers are sooooo comfortable and outlast everything else I have ever owned. Best walking shoes ever.

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Monday, 15 August 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Let me just get in line behind HJF with the NBs and also Sauconys -- I have wide toes, high arches, and I supinate. If this isn't true of your feet, I'm sure there's some better-fitting shoe out there for you.

― Laurel, Monday, 15 August 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Y'all got some weird-ass dogs. Maybe you need to check out the orthopedic catalogs.
I actually have high arches too. A friend of mine gets special orthotics for her shoes. Once she gave me the original insert that came with her running shoes and I doubled up. It didn't really work.
Skateboarding shoes like Vans, Sketchers, etc are terrible for me. Huge uncozy toe box, no arch support at all. I like the snugness of a running shoe even though I just use them for work and walking.

― Beth Parker, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

Um, you're supposed to buy the shoe that fits you. New Balances happen to be the only ones that fit me, since no one else bothers to make wide widths anymore. Saying they're generally overrated because they don't fit YOU is borderline retarded.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

Plus they're one of few sneaker-makers that manages to design styles that are neither from space nor from a 1970s fashion shoot.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

I dont hate on Chuck Taylors, but then again, I dont think of them as a sports shoe of ANY kind so I wouldnt be pissed off that they werent pillowy soft. They're a fashion shoe! They dont count here.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

what if they are the only sneaker you can find in your size? EH?

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

new balance running shoes i have owned wore out in the heel, plastic showed through, hurt bad. i have some pumas that fit wonderfully (gigantic narrow feet, high arches), but the mesh wore through where the bone sticks out under my pinky toes! this happened to my friend, also. i don't want to buy new shoes ever though. hmm.........

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)

all my shoes ended up with a worn out heel

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

i haven't bought sneakers in like two years. i hardly ever wear them anymore.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm all about going to the runner's-only stores that seem only to exist in more "affluent" parts of town (not a surprise, but still), and slamming down a stupid amount of cash for the right running shoe, whatever the make - but these are my FEET, I need my feet and I dig the running.

I seem to always end up with New Balance - and they last for me. I had a pair of addidas a few years ago, bought from big fashion-athletic store, and after a few months all they were good for was riding a bike. I fell for their cool three stripe look. My arches are so high that when I walk on the beach the footprints I leave behind are nothing but toes, ball of foot and heel. If the salesperson doesn't make me walk for them and assess whatever the hell I'm doing with it, then I ain't buying. I am paying your crazy markup, watch me pronate, assess my knee bending, evaluate my hip elevation! I don't know; it seems to work.

I've only heard bad, painful stories about orthotics.
Sometimes I wish I could wear chucks, but it will never work.
Sketchers are totally overrated and pretty ugly in a teenagers-will-buy-anything kind of way.
I want more pockets on my runners. And for more shoes to come with matching sweatbands.
That was verbose.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

running shoes: mizuno! expensive though

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:07 (twenty years ago)

yo strongo

xposts

this anti-new balance talk is MADNESS.

first of all, i am assuming everyone who is not a jogger or runner is talking about NB classics, right? the 576 and 574 and stuff? well, you all realize that the 570s are from the early 80s and stuff? have you ever tried jogging in a "technical" sneaker from the early 80s, like adidas micropacers or something? well, i'm sure you'd quit your bellyaching abt how much the NBs suck if you did.

also, as many people have pointed out, NB make their shoes in an insane variety of specialized widths and fits - they go at least six different widths for most of their shoes! so if you are having trouble running in a NB shoe, it's probably because you bought the wrong one!

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

in short:

New Balance are awesome. Totally classic. See vahid.

Dunks are great. So are Air Force 1's. White only. Ever.

The correct answer are Chuck Taylors. Non functional, not all that comfortable, flat as hell, canvas, cheap looking as fuck, yet a solid NB will cost less. Time passed it by 30 years ago. Let it stay there.

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)

http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v2/letter/letter.gif

― tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:28 (twenty years ago)

oh alan, no! dunks are lame as hell! maybe pre-2004, ok, but they're not even made from real leather anymore, they smell like crap, and you totally out yourself as an ebay/internet nerd by being seen in dunks in public.

another overrated sneaker = bathing ape! holy shit, people are gonna look back on this and feel real idiotic for wearing rainbow-colored patent leather - b-b-b-but cam'ron was doing it! - this is the current equivalent of ordinary non-celebrity dudes in 1977 dressing like travolta and andy gibb.

OTOH alan very OTM about chuck taylors - you will note that there are many many skate companies making functional copies of chuck taylors that actually have useful things like arches and durable foxing and so on - see the "gravis lowdown" for one example.

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

Thankfully I don't anyone would try to play sports or run long distance in chuck taylors. They might as well dig a grave for their ankles.
I'm curious about this Mizuno business. Is this like going from a high-end Toyota to a Benz? Or a Ferrari? Are there levels of "technical" running shoe most people know nothing about? Oh, I think there must be, probably involving making molds of one's foot and then sending the mold into space and back again.
well, xpost.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

mmm, gravis, I covet thee though I do not skate and few of my clothes go with you. I sometimes feel that the right gravis shoe would actually change my life.
xpost.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)

I used to use New Balance to jog. For me, they work great. Now, I wear them to the gym. Though my next athletic shoe will perhaps be Saucony. I've never tried that one before. When I bought these new New Balances, the sales girl tried to get me to buy cross-trainers. For me, those are the real overrated shoes, Real jogging shoes and cross-trainers and the like. I prefer the low-tech versions.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

(PS I don't think I have any arch.)

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

I wear New Balances to work during the summer. They're ugly but functional, though really not all that comfortable.

The appeal of Chucks goes back to when they were $15/pair (that was in the late '90s) rather than $40 now. Simple, thin enough to wear with any jeans, and most importantly cheap. Now they're as expensive as any other sneakers and mostly come in butt-ugly flashy designs.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:43 (twenty years ago)

xpost: gravis are amazing shoes but the trick is that for whatever reason for every 10 designs in any given season, 7 are amazingly ugly, 2 are nice and 1 is a slept-on grower that you wake up a year or so later and go "holy shit! why didn't i buy that shit on sale when i had the chance!" (see: the lokash in dune)

gravis shoes that will change your life:

kingpins (i wore a pair to work practically every day for two years, then spent a year biking 100 miles/wk in them, finally had to give them up for everyday wear, because the midsoles are cracked and are seperating from the upper - but i still wear them dancing, because they are just the most comfy shoes i have ever owned)

comet (i spun out trying to make a turn at like 20 mph down a hill on a skateboard, flipped off the board, landed on one foot, skipped and rolled to a stop - i didn't break or tweak my ankle at all even though i was wearing these unlaced - unbelievable ankle support)

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)

>oh alan, no! dunks are lame as hell! maybe pre-2004, ok, but they're not even made from real leather anymore, they smell like crap, and you totally out yourself as an ebay/internet nerd by being seen in dunks in public.<

Haha. I got no problem with 'em.

>another overrated sneaker = bathing ape! holy shit, people are gonna look back on this and feel real idiotic for wearing rainbow-colored patent leather - b-b-b-but cam'ron was doing it! - this is the current equivalent of ordinary non-celebrity dudes in 1977 dressing like travolta and andy gibb.<

This I can fully agree with. Cam'ron drives a pink car, but you don't see guys running out to Maaco to get their shit painted up in cotton candy, do you?

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

i wish i could find nice shoes :-(

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:57 (twenty years ago)

what do you wear? 14? 15? what's your budget? i'm the shoemaster, i'll hook you up.

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:06 (twenty years ago)

http://bestmessageboardever.com/uploads/post-17-1111348606.jpg

― tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:08 (twenty years ago)

i wear a 16. my budget is nil, but i'm open to ideas that might broaden that to slightly more than nil.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)

t/s: "i paid $200 on ebay like a tool" vs "i lined up on the sidewalk overnight like a tool"

("i am a pro skater" / "i am a hooked up streetwear designer" are acceptable)

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)

http://2.csx.jp/~tvby/img/wd/WD01.JPG

― tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)

I've only heard bad, painful stories about orthotics.

For someone like me who was born with really misaligned leg and hip bones, orthotics are essential. Without them, Im in tremendous foot, knee and hip pain within hours. I can't stand up at gigs for very long, and I could never have a job where I was on my feet all day.

Orthotics are really well made now days - soft and cushioned with shock absorbency, precision designed for the individual foot and gait, and you can get them slim and small enough to put into dress shoes (my current pair wont fit into much but boots n sneakers but I have had them 14 years now.)

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

lol i'd rather pay extra than be seen waiting in line with all the fobs :'( (not that I'd do either one, don't get it twisted)

― tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

these come in size sixteen

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

not awesome but not embarrassing, either. otherwise, yr options appear limited to converse chuck taylors and vans authentics.

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

i feel your pain, dude. i was all set to grab a pair of these

and found out stupid japanese shoemakers only make shoes up to sz 11.

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

why am i not surprised ade is a sneaker nerd, too?

where is le coq?

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

deej i'm feeling you on the reebok/nb thing. i wore classics for 5 yrs or so straight, not the all black/all white ones, but the black w/ white stripes and sole and in other shades, blue/white, brown/grey. i.e. -
http://www.shoesbox.net/images/products/reebok/50246-t.jpg
and they're so cheap that i was ready to stock up and wear them for life. but i got bored and bought a pair of new balance 574 and those fuckers cramped my damn toes for a week. i knew the next size up was too big so i gave it time and they fit perfectly now. i forget theyre on my feet almost. the only thing i would change is the big goddamn 'N' on both sides. they should make it smaller like it is on their other styles

also, might be heresy but as much as i like the classic vans look, they are right down there w/ chuck taylors in shitty flatassed-sole overrated footwear.

― amon (eman), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:42 (twenty years ago)

http://sneakers.pair.com/s/chuck-de.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/NikeMikey/converse/chucks-neehi-blu-8.jpg

UUUUHGGHGHGH

― amon (eman), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

new balance is in no way overrated. most comfortable brand for me, they look pretty nice and last a long time. i have the 574, i really want the 999s but i can't find them anywhere.

i like most of the adidas shell-toes, but the superstar was easily the most painful sneaker i've ever tried on.

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 05:51 (twenty years ago)

http://www.deadstock.ca/images/catalog/shoes/newBalance/999-tan.jpg

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 05:56 (twenty years ago)

choice 999s

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)

yess

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 06:08 (twenty years ago)

I just bought a pair of Adidas rising stars.

http://213.174.55.21/sneakerking.de/pic/691_pic1_320.jpg

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 09:01 (twenty years ago)

Don't wear your New Balances in Germany
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,357628,00.html

See after 'Too Cool for School' subheading.

This is a shame, I love my New Balances

― Bidfurd, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 09:20 (twenty years ago)

Ooh what an intereting thread, although some clarification should have been made with regards to function or fashion (for want of a better word)!

Most overrated sneakers would have to be all white reebok classics. I mean, they appeal to the masses in a "pub shoe" capacity, why? They are dull, dull, dull. What's wrong with a bit of colour?
With regards to the trainer world, the most overrated shoes are undoubtedly Nike SBs. Some releases deserve the hype, but with Nike having cottoned on to this their quality control is going down the pan. The release of the Wonkas, being a prime example. Still, if you get caught up on the hype train, if you are not "linked" or are in the right place at the right time, you're just not going to get them. I am a massive fan of dunks, always have been, but unless a general release dunk is exciting I'm not going there. I prefer my shoes to be a little bit different, not exclusive per se, just different to a load of kids standing around in the local shopping mall. I mean, why do so many people wear only white trainers all of the time? And why do you need to wear your trainers until they fall off your feet? You are allowed to have more than one pair you know?!
Also, why the NB hate? Many, many fantastic shoes in some really interesting colourways. Good to see the Gravis love, but what you saying about so many being ugly? Most recent Gravis releases displays some lovely shoes.
I guess it's all about personal opinions though...

― Panther Pink (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 10:56 (twenty years ago)

lindsey those are good.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

I like clean white trainers - when they get dirty they upset me.

ALL skateboarding trainers are depressingly ugly, but at least they have a specific function that I presume largely determines their shape.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Not all SB trainers are ugly at all, plus a lot of SB trainers are notoriously rubbish for skating in!

― Panther Pink (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

I am wearing these, except in all-black with a yellow inner-air-sole and gum soles. They are fucking beautiful.

http://www1.jdsports.co.uk/uploads/products/large/4484_57577A.jpg

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

Funny no one has mentioned the terrible stench of Keds, which were the default sneaker when I was a kid back in the day. Why did they amplify natural foot aroma that way? Chucks are similar. The cushier shoes must have some kind of baking-soda layer in there. Not that they don't get that catpiss smell after a while. But the keds got it RIGHT AWAY.

― Beth Parker, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

the nike aquasock (and all of its ilk)
http://home.netvigator.com/~sky888s/Aqua%20Sock.jpg
people would just wear these around. some still do! the mentally infirm probably.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

From Nike, I prefer Terra Humara Classics which aren't as fetishized as much as Dunks but still have a great design/style being pumped up (okay, there are 3 camo versions including a B'Ape but I stayed far away).

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

most currently overrated shoe: GOLA. holy fuck, could a shoe get any uglier??

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

ALL skateboarding trainers are depressingly ugly, but at least they have a specific function that I presume largely determines their shape.

I like skating sneaks! Although I tried a pair on (globe i think?) and they were surprisingly uncomfortable too. I'm sure it varies a lot by brand and model though.

I am wearing these, except in all-black with a yellow inner-air-sole and gum soles. They are fucking beautiful.

-- Sick Mouthy

I haven't liked Nikes in general for a while, but those are really nice.

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

http://parisfashion.allstarz.org/images/golasuperfly.jpg

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

http://men.style.com/images/fashion/fail_safe/0405/y3v.jpg
someone find me these for like $50 instead of $300 please thx.

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

the nike aquasock (and all of its ilk)

i love when people wear these at the mall.

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

i think i found a nice pair of new balance but they are way too much. damn these feet.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

LOOK AT MY NEW SHOES BITCHES

http://www.aperfectdealer.com/scstore/graphics/m574rsta_lg.gif

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Sunday, 28 August 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

I have these! (the pink and blue ones)

http://image2.sina.com.cn/ty/up/2004-12-14/U774P6T64D9571F1323DT20041214102021.jpg

― Poppy (poppy), Sunday, 28 August 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

Wow!!!!!

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Sunday, 28 August 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

OMG NEW BALANCE ARE SO GREAT

― totally brainwashed (gcannon), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)

no really. i had a pair of simples that i wore constantly until i took a vacation to DC. within half a day i had blisters like i'd been strolling around on a griddle. pentagon city mall foot locker, maroon NBs a half size bigger than a usually get, boom. the blisters didn't even hurt much for the rest of the week. they're only a little bit worn out at that was two years ago. and they're maroon!! totally great shoes, fuck you if you say differnt

― geoff (gcannon), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)

do i buy these

or these

ostrich leather or melton wool?

bold statement in favor of function or bold statement against function?

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

http://shop.skechers.com/shop/productimages/mediumImages/21511_BBK.jpg

these are my new sneakers, which i like because they are plain and have velcro, but i run in sauconys.

those are some hot non-plain sneakers up there though.

― Maria (Maria), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

xpost haha I had been walking around London for a week in sandals and finally I was all "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE DEAR LORD I NEED SHOOOOES" so I almost picked a pair of grey and white Adidas, but they just weren't as comfy as those NBs.

― Poppy (poppy), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:25 (twenty years ago)

I've found Sacconys to be pretty comfy (as compared to NB's) but Bob's (local chain) only has women's Sacconys WTF.

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

so wear the women's u pussy!!

― geoff (gcannon), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

I have enormous ~~penis~~ feet.

― the food has a top snake of 1 (ex machina), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

oh you don't have to tell me that buck

― geoff (gcannon), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

I just bought these today:

http://www.nbwebexpress.com/products/W574BRS_lg.jpg

New Balance shoes are awesome. I have square toes and a really high instep, and they're pretty much the only thing that fit me well. My last six pairs of sneakers have all been New Balance, including one style of running shoe that I bought three times in a row for cross country until they stopped making it.

― Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

cuet!

― geoff (gcannon), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 28 August 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

cuet!

― Fushigina Blobby: Blobania no Kiki (ex machina), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00092QHS8.01-A3BHU1UEUYDJ19._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

I just got them. They rock. I forgot to say that in the actual post

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

seeing that just reminded me that i owned 2 pairs of tretorns in high school. kinda weird that i forgot cuz i've been sorta fixated on shoes my whole life.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008OE4W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
overrated:
redford and poitier?
mcdowell and phoenix?

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

I've never found a pair of Chuck Taylors that felt comfortable.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

classic, comfortable, and, after all the gravis talk above, I finally have some! and they were 40% off!
http://www.zappos.com/images/595/7129595/64057-d.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I've never found a pair of Chuck Taylors that felt comfortable.

-- Rock Hardy (crump...), September 7th, 2005.

the last pair i had a few years ago were one of the most comfortable pairs of shoes i've ever had! but that might be because of my huge ankles.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

lol @ sneaker beef, it continues here The sweet demure girl I managed to chat up last week appears to have turned into a SCARY HARRIDAN

― gershy, Saturday, 10 November 2007 06:49 (eighteen years ago)

i liked my old pair of new balance, those new "fashion" ones that they're trying to sell to suckers for $300+ are some bullshit though.

― haitch, Saturday, 10 November 2007 10:24 (eighteen years ago)

New Balances are incredibly ugly.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 10 November 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

Adidas Universal's and Air Force 1's rock every other sneaker out the boat

Adidas Samba's are nice but don't do it like the Universal's. My pair is wasted though, gotta find a new pair but it's hard

L.A. Gear, Troop, never did it for me, ugh

― rizzx, Saturday, 10 November 2007 12:30 (eighteen years ago)

For me, I wear Superstars and Air Force 1s and sometimes the skate versions thereof.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 10 November 2007 12:41 (eighteen years ago)

sambas are so good but very hard to get out here.

― haitch, Saturday, 10 November 2007 12:44 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.midwesttrader.com.au/vans/black-check-slipon.jpg

― Mark C, Saturday, 10 November 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)

found some new ones yay

http://net.afterbuy.de/images/45535/018421_01.jpg

― rizzx, Saturday, 10 November 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

holy geez are my gravises trashed looking these days

still want some tigers v much

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

british knights

― homosexual II, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

chucks, obviously. sorry indie folks.

― pc user, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

asics tigers are so uncomfortable though, very thin soles

― rizzx, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

im digging these creative recreation shoes lately

http://i5.tinypic.com/2hg8hsj.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/theshoegame/creativerec.jpg

they make nice shoes in a variety of colors that still look pretty tasteful i think

― deej, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

those look cool

yeah i like how tigers look but thin soles and me don't get along - i am a walker. cool looking shoes for walking in though are few are far between :/

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 10 November 2007 19:01 (eighteen years ago)

i am jonesing for the yo mtv raps pumas, esp the mc shan sneakers with the brooklyn bridge embroidered in gold on the heels.

― stevie, Saturday, 10 November 2007 19:08 (eighteen years ago)

Chucks are the most overrated. Fudge that noize!

I like yr avg NB 578, and I've had luck around here consistently finding them on clearance for $20.

Been ye3arning for some Adidas Goodyears for years (tire co./shoe co. crossover wtf? but they seem v comfy for walking). However they are always $60-80. I hate paying more than $20 for anything clothes.

― Abbott, Saturday, 10 November 2007 21:55 (eighteen years ago)

nine years pass...

Vindicated https://twitter.com/solecollector/status/796507237955096576

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 10 November 2016 01:22 (nine years ago)

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