First off, those tw's you posted up there are awesome!
Second, what is vintage?
Im by no means an expert on the subject, because it goes far beyond sneakers, so i'll stick to the term vintage as we are speaking in terms of sneakersonly. The part about the item signifying or being "nostalgic" definitely sounds right, and is one part of what makes certain sneakers vintage.
I think since times are rapidly changing, it depends who the audience is. I for one just can't grasp a lot of the stuff posted from the late 90's asbeing vintage, but in it's own right, it is - depending what your age is. I'm sure if thats the stuff you saw as a kid, and now you have a differentperspective since you're grown, then yeah its vintage to you. For instance I as well as others here grew up mostly in the 80's, so that period is whatstands out to me, late 80's in particular and early 90's in particular, that era (to me) had some of the most original and best styles, sports icons,music, and kicks. My opinion - people will agree or disagree - as they should. As opposed to the 90's, the later in the decade the more some of that stufflost its luster to me, big time. Back to the early 80's and even 70's, I didnt go through it with my eyes wide open like that, or wasnt even born, sowhile I can appreciate it, it lacks nostalgia to me.
Another perfect example is retro jordans from 94 or even 99 being vintage, thats also debatable, I wouldnt know what to say, but again, personally I dont feelits vintage, number 1 b/c its from the late 90's, and 2 because they are a reproduction. A lot of gray area on that one, but im sure one day some retroswill be considered bonafied vintage sneakers.
All in all, if you take into consideration what year we are in, and how styles have changed the past decade, we'd probably have to take a look at the90's, and pick a cut off year at some point in there. anything post 2000, no way its vintage, again, my opinion. late 90's, I just dont think so, myopinion. I'd say anything pre 94 is vintage, thats a good 14 or 15 year period for something to completely age out of style. Again, my opinion. Great topicthough.
