str8 fire beautiful kix

I think I'm just going to give up and buy 5 pairs of allbirds and never worry about shoes again

I'll support you as long as you get some funky loud colors on sale and don't pay full price for some neutral year-round nonsense

I actually was thinking neutral because I didn't know they came in funky colors, but I'll investigate

btw can I borrow some money I can't afford 5 pairs

Speaking of nice Chucks on sale.. bunch of nice-looking low top 70s here. If they had the Blue Slates in my size I'd jump on them in a second.

I went through a chucks, gola and onituska phase but my feet are just getting so flat that I think I need to go back to adidas or pumas. It is so hard to find nylon 70s, 80s aesthetic sneakers right now! I saw some nylon-y Adidas when I was on vacation but of course they didn't have them small enough for me. I think they are called City V Racer 2.0 and now I can't find the colors I want online (grey with red/orange stripes, or blue with red). Sneakers for just women are so shitty.

those are hideous though

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, July 31, 2018 11:07 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

man, every time i see those balenciaga sneakers all i can think about is that they are the ugliest sneaker i have ever seen in my life, and then i try to figure out if that is the point. after all, ugliest of all time is itself a feat? man they look like shit tho

I much prefer the totally minimal unbranded look as far as styles you have to pay a premium for.

when someone posted the "sneakers worn by sv millionaires" article i got to thinking just how boring i found that aesthetic to be. sneaker culture has a rich history with established forms silhouettes and colorways and part of the fun is mixing matching and playing with the established visual language. the lanvins common projects and golden goose all just look like generic shoes without much personality in and of themselves. that being said though, if i were a millionaire i would totally have some lanvins and cps in my closet

p.s. i love the balenciaga triple s fuck allbirds NB for lyfe

scored a deadstock pair at thrift store price (not my pic) ... they are getting pretty hard to find

http://i.imgur.com/XiZ8ADN.jpg

also ... i have a line on some affordable 999s but not sure i'm going to do it

i've never gone for 999s in the past, i'm not sure i appreciate their pointy-ness

sometimes nice - http://i.imgur.com/SqcOxyr.jpg

sometimes too pointy - http://i.imgur.com/MiT5iri.jpg

too pointy is really the least of the problems in that pic

the way the cuff is tucked behind the tongue makes me feel ill

also that fade is disgusting (hopefully just an image artifact) and the cuff is sloppy

someone broke in my car (from the carport directly under my place) and stole my prescription sunglasses and a pair of str8 fire beautiful kix

goodbye fragment design nike zoom tennis classic!

whoops, not zoom tennis classic, actually they were tennis classic sp

https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/ragnetjapan/item/tennis/

i got mine on ebay for $49 iirc and they still pop up from time to time ... good shoe but needs to be relaced, the flat waxed synthetic laces they come with don’t stay tied

Friend was bragging about scoring some crap from action Bronson in a food truck somewhere...you guys hip to that shit?

haha no wtf

like a popup shop?

there’s a pastel vw van that cruises up and down the beach cities doing popups, selling custom vans and coachella jewelry and hipster polaroid art and stuff

is this the brooklyn sneaker version of that?

what do ppl think of the nike react 87s and their counterpart the react 55s

too future for me

feeling very sad about my stolen shoes, picked up the 999s, fingers crossed they're not too pointy because they reflect my mood rn pretty well

http://packershoes.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/new-balance-999-m999cgl-13.jpg

Nice

87s/55s are sweet.

contemplating these bad boys:

https://www.bluebuttonshop.com/PDETAILS/M/108121/New-Balance-M1500SU-Made-in-UK-Orange-M1500SU

yow!

vah1d i cant remember if theres another thread for this but what do you think of the post-workwear, post-normcore japanese heritage stuff (manual alphabet, minotaur, kapital &c) as a general aesthetic for male dress? it feels infinitely more interesting to me than the like alexander wang x chechen street youth athletic wear or hypebeast anime character stuff thats the only other contemp aesthetic

y/n?

https://cdn.thesolesupplier.co.uk/2017/09/karhu-porvoo-pack-aria-synchron-5.jpg

fwiw I love them but it rains a lot in Glasgow and they might look like shit pretty quickly.

yeah i have a pair of suede NB in a similar shade as the back of those shoes and they got dingy really fast

i like the shoes a lot tho

i like the karhus

post-workwear, post-normcore japanese heritage stuff (manual alphabet, minotaur, kapital &c)

not 100% sure because i'm not super familiar with those brands ... my sense is that it's a bit like rugged casual but also somewhat more "old-timey" than rugged casual? and maybe a little, uh, softer than the full-on heritage look? do i have that right?

my own wardrobe runs toward the preppy side of the workwear look (engineered garments, arpenteur, orslow, real mccoy's, battenwear, gitman, polo, levis, various heritage brands like dehen and brooks brothers) with a smidgen of streetwear mixed in (stussy, supreme, carhartt, nsw)

so i think the answer is yes, i do like that stuff, but personally i err on the more understated side of that look

Didn't know about those but looking at http://manual-alphabet.com/lookbook_2018-aw/ or https://www.bluebuttonshop.com/shop/BRAND/M/Manual-Alphabet/0 it kind of fits between Engineered Garments (which tlg mentioned) and Folk? Folk definitely a brand I like (EG too expensive/hard to find for me) so yeah I'd wear that. I'm also trying to branch out into more interesting silhouettes but need to be a bit braver.

Not Japanese but another post-workwear kind of thing I have liked: https://studiosorensen.com/collections/all

xp EG has gotten ridiculously expensive

weebok

the japanese shit seems super expensive too tho i def dig that style

i see the nike react undercover shit is already going for bonkers prices on stockx

https://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/undercover-nike-react-element-87-release-date-photos.jpg

i think i like them ... it just feels different from everything

Like if im gonna spend 500 on sneakers (i'm certainly not) i'm gonna get the off-white prestos
https://stockx-360.imgix.net/Nike-Air-Presto-Off-White-Black-2018/Images/Nike-Air-Presto-Off-White-Black-2018/Lv2/img36.jpg

air max skepta's are aite
https://stockx.imgix.net/Nike-Air-Max-Deluxe-Skepta.png

i wish supreme wasnt super corny and over bc i actually like how these look and they're reasonably priced
https://stockx.imgix.net/Nike-SB-Gato-Supreme-White.png

I like those Supremes too. But yeah, Supreme is corny as fuk.

If you like some shoes are you can afford them you should maybe get them and then wear them

Fuck you, autocorrect

you can't get them

i don't know how this sneakerhead stuff works

remove yr head and replace it w a sneaker

2. stand in lines

If you like some shoes are you can afford them you should maybe get them and then wear them

― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Monday, 10 September 2018 11:59 (six hours ago) Permalink

Lol yeah who wears clothes based on social context other than literally everyone

i wish supreme wasnt super corny and over

me too ... anybody wanna buy some hoodies?

I really want some retro green Nike waffle trainers. It seems like I will be looking for awhile.

why?

I need them in a size 6.5 mens or 8 women about.