Asics Love?!? Where is it?

 
Waiting for the hate. People were less than positive about the nippons from what I remember 
Well to repeat it's from what I've seen - meaning I've never held them in my hand or compared side by side. Was just more impressed when I saw them on someone's feet once...please no hate 
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Yeah, I dig that asymmetrical layout of the Alvins, just not the grey on the outside. Wish it was reversed with the purple on the outside. Why they hide it on the inside is beyond me.

As for the hate for the Nippons when they dropped, Bait waited three weeks (like morons) to tell everyone they needed to baby oil the nailhead suede to make them look like the promo pics. So for three weeks peeps were getting these ashy grey uglys POS-looking shoes that they immediately unloaded on ebay. I held off on copping after seeing all the unboxings and reading all the negative reviews, then was able to cop from a boutique for less than retail almost immediately after Bait posted their baby oil vid. I totally lucked out, and am really grateful about that. Feel reeeeal bad for everyone that gave up on them immediately after release day, though. Bait basically screwed them.
 
Saw the nippons on someones feet before and i thought they looked faded and kinda ratty. If i didn't know what they were i would have been even more underwhelmed.
 
He told me he baby oiled and left it in the sun before wearing them. I know about the baby oil trick but sunning it? Guess that's why it looked faded.
Yeah, I've never heard of the sun part. That doesn't make much sense at all. And if it's really strong sunshine and/or really hot, you can cause glue problems leaving them in sun like that. Strange...
 
 
He told me he baby oiled and left it in the sun before wearing them. I know about the baby oil trick but sunning it? Guess that's why it looked faded.
doesn't the sun cause fading AND separation...
 
These are my Nippons after one application of baby oil (no filters):

Nice - that's sort of the image I had in memory. W/o the pattern I might just favor them. 
 
He told me he baby oiled and left it in the sun before wearing them. I know about the baby oil trick but sunning it? Guess that's why it looked faded.
That's probably it - especially since different baby oils might have ingredients that can have an affect when coupled with high level of heat/light
 
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Yeah it seemed really odd that he sunned it when he told me, but he buying a pair of kicks off me so i didn't want to say too much. Lol
 
Hey guys..

so I was trying to shop some kicks from european sites and saw that they are charging 21% tax or something (holland). Did EU policy on this change or something? I thought overseas transaction is not subject to their tax.
 
 
Hey guys..

so I was trying to shop some kicks from european sites and saw that they are charging 21% tax or something (holland). Did EU policy on this change or something? I thought overseas transaction is not subject to their tax.
VAT is already built into their list prices and is required for EU customers only, though many Euro retailers will refund non-EU customers after the purchase.  I recommend contacting them first because it's hit or miss, in my experience.
 
 
yea kinda. like jeans and a white tshirt even doesn't seem right haha
haha yeah I know its a strange CW. Not in a bad way but its hard like you said. I wore them the other day with pinrolled khakis and a blue oxford. That seemed to work.

Also, I'm in love with the sockliner on them!
 
 
VAT is already built into their list prices and is required for EU customers only, though many Euro retailers will refund non-EU customers after the purchase.  I recommend contacting them first because it's hit or miss, in my experience.
I got a reply saying it is charged on every shoes in holland or something... sigh...
 
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