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)

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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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