Sneakers 101
The Sneaker-aholic over at Product Dose have put together an amazing Sneakers for Starters post.
t takes a while to learn how to parse the bad-ugly (say, Sketchers) from the good-ugly (Greedy Genius), and the unhyped conventional (New Balance) from the overhyped conventional (Nike). If you want to know about the world of sneakers, it’s important to realize that you’re buying, saving, and only occasionally wearing your sneakers to be seen by others. Why else would you spend hundreds of dollars on this stuff?
For convenience sake, let’s separate sneakers into a few different categories. For starters, there’s the classics: shoes that are widely recognized as old favorites. There’s also the emerging classics, which I like to refer to as the recent additions to sneaker culture. And then there are the overlooked underdogs that are classics but never quite get the respect they deserve. The short list below should get you started on recognizing a few of each.
Confused yet? Ok, so it gets easier. From then on out it’s a visual intro to sneakers from the Classic Puma Clyde to the Underdog Converse to The New and hot Jhung Yuro.
Great post Cory!
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