str8 fire beautiful kix

I was gonna say - I do like the understated white sneaker thing that's happening ATM but mine would be brown after a single night out dancing. What's the easiest way to clean things like that?

in general tho i'd say buyer beware about designer stuff, the price is no guarantee of quality whatsoever - some brands are really good quality, some aren't. the more luxe the brand often the worse the quality, but you know, equally i don't want to buy "built to last" men's workwear or whatever either, you're buying for the shape and the details and stuff. also some items just can't be amazing quality, like sneakers to an extent. if you buy leather shoes or a blazer or maybe knitwear, or a coat, you might expect higher quality based on the materials used. maybe.

xpost there are a good few brands that sell a little brush and some liquid for cleaning your white sneaks - jason marks is one, it's about 10 quid i think and lasts ages, really good product imo even if i have to gee myself up to be bothered washing my white sneakers.

http://www.mrclean.com/en-us/shop-products/magic-erasers/magic-eraser-original

^^ this is how i keep my white shoes fresh

like most things in life it's a cycle, i'm currently sporting a massive beard, haven't got my haircut in weeks, need to start going back to the gym, and all my white sneakers need a scrub. i'll get back to the top of the mountain and begin descending again soon.

xpost

price is no guarantee of quality whatsoever - some brands are really good quality, some aren't

qft

sneakers are basically disposable shoes is why i wont spend a lot of money on them, also while i own many pairs i dont even wear them that much anymore, lots of boots in the winter and then canvas shoes which tbf are sneakers but a diff category in the warm weather

i would say common projects do actually last ages. my gripe was more about how they actually look rather than the quality. but tbh that's the other problem - something has to be really amazing for you to not get bored of it after a year or so. only certain items become favourites for years and it's prob random.

they're also really fucking squeaky for the first few months

Here's a thing: Designer trainers that cost £381 - are they really going to be any better in terms of comfort than Nike or Adidas? I get the impression that it's no.

― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, March 23, 2017 11:29 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark

the adidas BOOST technology or w/e that looks like styrofoam actually is more noticeably comfortable than my other sneakers

yeah i hear the boost sole is really amazing though i haven't tried it myself yet

was considering the stan smith boost

http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/12/07/adidas-stan-smith-boost-official-images/

but i have noticed that the white leather on the new stan smiths is grayish and nasty, which is why i have switched from stan smiths to nike tennis classics

if I had bank to spend on shoes right now i would probably be looking into a pair of zespa zsp4s

str8 fire

https://www.oipolloi.com/collections/zespa/products/zespa-zsp-4-sprt-trainers-white-klein-ss17#product

beautiful kix

damn

i want these tretorns as well

http://us.tretorn.com/store/men/rawlins3-4.html?color=WHMSY

common projects are very nice looking imo and quite sturdy (ive had the same pair of white leather ones for like six years) but are fairly narrow and not as comfortable as almost any other sneaker ive purchased. i keep wanting to buy a pair of the adidas x parley ultraboosts but never putting any work into doing so. i like the ultraboost a lot tho

ive just been wearing sensible grown-up shows all winter and then a beat-up pair of roshe runs when sneakers are needed

Those zespas look exactly like Stan smiths though

no they don't

they look *rather* like stan smiths

if you want me to enumerate the specific differences I'd be glad to

im good

putting a boost sole on stans, superstars, etc is some reprehensible shit imo

those stan smiths with the boost sole are hilarious and i'd wear them

man the sole on those new adidas are fugly

not to mention this ungodly frankenstein's monster

http://demandware.edgesuite.net/sits_pod14-adidas/dw/image/v2/aagl_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/default/dw33b9e6e5/zoom/BB2091_01_standard.jpg

y fuck w somethin that works

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41RNGguRtAL._SX395_.jpg

but what if i LIKE pineapple on pizza

sambas are such an insipid shoe only worn by redditors lol

u keep peacockin bro

i like to kid myself that i'm not wearing sambas by wearing dragons

those stan smiths with the boost sole are hilarious and i'd wear them

― 龜, Thursday, March 23, 2017 5:46 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same, im wearing a pair of stan smiths right now, the regular kind, and let me tell you: not comfortable shoes

when i was a kid sambas were worn mainly by kids who were really into soccer for some reason

thats a poorly written sentence—for some reason refers to the kids wearing sambas, not the kids being into soccer

they're soccer shoes

i disagree, they dont have cleats

they're for indoor soccer

yeah they're both literally a shoe made for playing indoor soccer and were (and are again now) popular in the uk with soccer fans

sorry, still struggling to see the connection

sambas and nike cortez were the heat growing up

mostly ppl who wore mock turts under flannels were samba folk iirc my youth

I feel that dudes with cobbled together cafe racers are frequently wearing sambas. I say this as someone who does these things so maybe I just notice it more.

It's almost like a wide variety of people wear sambas.

I had some in 5th-6th grade in the mid 90s. Were popular amongst soccer kids, yeah.

sambas are the shoe you buy when you want to look like you spent a little time thinking about what shoes to buy but not a lot of time

i like sambas but they're a little played at this point

ya ive known people whove worn sambas all my life and a lot of them are into soccer

i was one of them

i used to own...what are they called? regular canvas adidas shoes? with that suede fabric or whatever, which i kinda relate to the people lagoon is talking about (not sure abt the faux turtleneck)

but adidas hasnt rly made any good color combos recently and i dont own any adidas at the mo but im used to wearing either of those two and playin street soccer more than on grass

nah

u buy sambas bc its classic and u dont give a fuck

oh yeah. real iconoclast move

sry were not all try hards

I've worn a lot of the "classics" over the years but never had sambas until 2010 or so. They were the first shoe where I wore them until they were spent and immediately bought a new pair. I've gotten new ones every 12-18 months since then but after putting them on after months of winter I am not really into them this time.

people people why are we fighting

didn't get those shoes i was talking abt upthread but i did cop these

http://www.sneakereasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/nike-air-max-96-se-xx.jpg

dadcore af

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