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Extra Butter always pulls that. Scoutmaster hiking boots and cheetah fluxes? Come on man.
Too many shops are focusing on some ridiculous concept to inspire a shoe rather than focusing on a clean, wearable shoe with quality materials. We have shoes that have been inspired by Street Meat, Hamburgers, Cherry Blossoms, The beach at 7:56 PM, The beach at 7:56 AM, NYPD Badges, GI Joe, Bull fighting, the Golden State Warriors, etc. Just make a nice shoe, first. It doesn't need it to have some profound meaning.
Some of RF best work had very little backstory and lacked a "creative sneaker name". Salmon toes, Leather backs, Super Reds, Rose Golds, Mints, etc. Their nick names, are just describing the actual shoe. The color-ways and quality are what made them what they were.
Concepts collabs are usually a hit they are usually they are clean. They take their inspiration and maximize it into a wearable shoe. Shops have to stop following every latest trend and focus on making a timeless shoe. Also, stop trying to be the innovation King. Yeah, you may be the first to collab a specific model, but if the shoe looks like crap, it looks like crap.