str8 fire beautiful kix

need some new crepes for spring/summer. Adidas or Nike? Fly knit or superstar? Boost? Zoom? NMD? Presto? LunarCharge? This is a world I know very little about... but I do want some str8 fire beautiful kix

ive been having a bit of a shoe shopping crisis myself

feel like its harder to find cool but original shoes that arent either mainly tasteful or scarce purely due to obscene pricing

kind of feeling the nmd city sock 2

http://sneakerbardetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/adidas-nmd-city-sock-2-primeknit-BA7189.jpg

it is absolutely crazy to me that kids these days prefer adidas to both jordan and nike

how did that happen? was it the yeezys?

NMDs

not sure that's actually true tho is it?

that kids prefer adidas? it absolutely is true

I myself have settled into a comfortable routine of buying nothing but a new pair of white zoom tennis classics every couple of months

if i see a 20 something they tend to be wearing nike roshes

or are we talking about kids as in actual kids?

I am talking about black and hispanic teenagers in southern california

ah ok i am talking about asian kids in southern british columbia

its the pernicious influence of russia

eh idk could just b what you're seeing where you're at tlg. I see a lot of Jordans and Vans here in PHX.

nope, check the news, nike sales down 10% for FY 2015 and 6% for FY 2016

meanwhile adidas sales up 32% for FY 2015 and 24% for FY 2016

(numbers are for n america)

although the numbers are misleading because overall sales is 4x as big for nike as adidas in n america

everybody in nyc wears what look like comfortable socks glued to slabs of styrofoam

xp

here's an article w different numbers than the ones I cited above, but same general idea

http://fortune.com/2016/08/04/adidas-outperforming-nike-ua/

although the numbers are misleading because overall sales is 4x as big for nike as adidas in n america

― the late great, Wednesday, March 22, 2017 3:03 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this is my point m/l. they are enjoying a boost in sales for sure but i dont see anyone toppling nike any time soon.

adidas is definitely huge-er & i think probably a lot of credit goes to kanye

huge-er zeitgeist-wise, anyway—obviously it hasn't toppled nike as a company

xp sales numbers don't tell the whole story though either. skechers outsold adidas too, but trust me, kids don't think skechers are cool.

adidas has some nice shoes these days is prob mostly what it comes down to

yeah the NMDs are probably the biggest culprit, with some Kanye. Also some smart nba signature shoe deals with Harden, Wiggins and Lillard after the disaster deal w Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard.

willingness to abandon the three stripes is helpful

sneakers w/o big brands on them def trending

then if u dont want a huge swoosh on it who cares who makes it anyway

its not just nmds although those are like the flagship model though, folks are just a lot more open to adidas designs in general

adidas retro designs like stan smiths had a resurgence too

whatever rihanna was paid for this ad a few years back, it was not enough.

(nb its not an ad, nsfw)

three stripes can be worked into the design of a shoe much easier than a swoosh tru

aren't those overall sales figures? i feel like adidas' apparel game more on point than nike but just a vibe.

i like those "street socks" despite myself.

these are about to drop, cant decide if i should gamble on another pair of white shoes

https://www.endclothing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/0/image/1000x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/2/1/21-03-2017_adidas_eqtsupport9317_whiteblack_turbo_ba7473_sh_1.jpg

lol @ "about to drop" i just can't. THEY'RE SHOES BREH

SHUT YO FACE

YOU AIN'T BOUT DAT LIFE

i MEAN I KNOW WRONG THREAD BUT GAWD

If white shoes are a gamble for you, sneakers may be something you spend less time and money on.

wow thanks to my eight dads

can you save clueless condescension to chief keef threads plz thnx

lemme know when that new chief keef thread drops, i'll BE DAT

actually what am i talking about you don't want me posting there. i've never posted on a chief keef thread in my life. i doubt now is a good time to start

jeez wtf 'dropped' is like the most basic of terms

I like those all whites more than the city sock

i have become allergic to it. it's me. like the words "artist" and "performance" and "smashed it" and "was everything" i juuuuuust caaaaaan't anymore but carry on

Anyway adidas is definitely the shoe only cool people are wearing now because Washington DC is pretty much all Nike, New Balance and Converse

Sneaker wise anyway, the oxfords and boots and shit are all indistinguishable provenance

limited edition sneaker releases r such scams, theres plenty of great normal sneakers out there more than u cld ever wear, my two cents

i mean hell i buy most of mine on sale

the only ones I paid full price for are the actually non-clown looking woolrich ones (so warm) and the (limited edition of 1300) memorial day 2014 ones
if you pay full price for shoes you may also have a misunderstanding of the shoes supply chain

https://i.imgur.com/QgU3imN.jpg

these are so silly lol

would wear tho

oh hey dazzle ships for your feet, I support that

yeah dont get me wrong i hate the 'limited drop' thing it makes being into sneakers deeply uncool imo esp when you can open up stockx & see right in front of you all the most popular stuff, it really makes it into a boring rich kid game

http://kicksdeals.com/section/best-deal/

btw you can usually find some good discount stuff here

Got myself these the other day:

http://www.adidas.co.uk/dis/dw/image/v2/aagl_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/default/dw0c96d218/zoom/BA8889_01_standard.jpg?sw=2000&sfrm=jpg

Took a bit of trying things out. Nearly considered some fancy NMDs or some of those eye-watering grey-knit things but realised I am a bit too old and uncool to pull them off. These feel like a happy compromise.