wally, i think it is called simplicity...
keep it simple...but then again, the shoes we are talking about were first a high quality sports shoe, and second, if so a "fashion object"
nowadays they are just fashion objects.... and youngsters from today are to worried if shoes shoes match tshirt and hat, and Nike knows that..
a simple black-white or basic color white doesnt appeal to a lot of the youth....
last week in Footlocker saw these rainbow AM90s..horrible in my opinion, but kids were looking at them and trying them on...