i remember when i had an eastbay subscription...i would show up to school with a new issue and it would be looked at like it was the bible I'm a hypebeast
correct if im wrong why are people saying tiffs? did we not remeber like i do, the fiasco that is PIEDGDON ( correct spelling?) for me this is where IT began. FRONT PAGE OF THE DAILY NEWS ? does it or has it ever reached a peak such as that? ( of cours other sneakers have been in the media before) but ive always thought that that shoe took the crown as the single most hyped shoe release even surpassing the jordan cool grey's. someone inform me TEAM PS3 PLAY B3YOND ]
All I can tell you is that all you fools completely ruined it. I used to be laughed at (around 1998-2002 era) because I had so many pairs of sneakers. Now all these @#%$ came in and tore it to shreds. I'm on the sidelines until all these dorks move on. "Gentry Is The OG Killer" - 3thaman
^ I agree. I'm taking it easy until all this hype dies down. I'd say the hype started for dunks when Footaction started getting exclusive colors. If you don't think so, then you don't know the times when dunks sold for $19.99 on clearance racks in full size runs. 5 years on Niketalk. I know more than you.
beginning of the end. yes indeedy. WANTED:STASH BW,FP STAB 1s,MITA95s,ZOOM95s,ALL SZ 12 :::THE BAY BEFORE IT WAS "THE BAY":::
Polo Don said it the best...well I feel the same way. Then the bomb exploded in The Netherlands when the AMS AM1s was released. We always rocked AMs but due to this particular shoe...HYPE became the regular. Everyone skipped going to FL or other "regular " store for QK / Energy account spots... SMFH. Today's GRs are Tomorrow's Classics... My collection Team AM Fam Amsterdam Is KING
Someone mentioned the "What the Dunks" earlier. Is there a clearer indication that Nike knows exactly what it's doing and what its status is in the world? This is probably the ugliest shoe in the history of footwear. And Nike knows it's going to sell and it's going to be a riot. It's almost like SB isn't even taking itself seriously. My theory about SBs is that the initial creativity and attempts to link the shoes to popular culture (Heineken, Supreme Lows, Shimizus, etc) directly contributed to its oversaturation and current state. I'll admit unironically that part of the fun of SBs used to be that no one knew what the hell they were, except for the swoosh. Then once Nike released the 6.0 and journeys series dunks and skate shoes, what's the difference to the general public. It's true, Nike has kept the SB releases at selected retailers, but to 90% of the people who consume these products, there's no difference between what's at Kicks/HI than what's at Footlocker.
The cool grey 11 release was crazy. I was talking to the owner of a mom & pop store and he told me when he went to open his shop that morning there was around 50 people standing outside the door but he had already sold all of them prior to the release date. No one had ever waiting in line prior to that and he said he was scared for his life lol The tiffany release I think was a peak for SB releases at the time. I remember the Heineken's also set the bar up a little higher. The Prior to that the Supremes were going for a lot of money too (maybe $350-400) but they were much more limited. I think sneakerpimp.com sold out of them at $500-600 each and had a ton of them before they were even released.