Did AF1’s Ever Go Out Of Style In Your Region?

[shotsrangout]

what years did ur Highschool life span from?

07-10

man no one was wearing AF1's then... it was all about dunks around then

 

[ninjahood]

I still got my eggplants.

2009 or 2010?

 

[marikomorose]

I still got my eggplants.

Your soles separating? Foams are nice, but dem hos kill your toes.

 

[wavycrocket]

u a liar...folks were paying G money for PlayStations.

Specialty sneakers. Not “in style” to “da general consensus”.

People are rocking low top ones again now...on the daily...like it’s 01. And as a slick, fashion statement with designer clothes etc. Palm Angles tracksuit and white on white ones is a “fit”. They on the manicans again. Stop being obtuse. This is something I know...me and you see similarly on .

You couldn’t get away with rocking just AF1s as a fit in the mid to late 00s.

 

[mplsdunk]

2009 or 2010?

2010

some heat I sold a lot of my kicks but kept some favorites.

 

[mplsdunk]

Your soles separating? Foams are nice, but dem hos kill your toes.

dunno, scared to wear them now... I rocked the hell out of them back then, they never got dirty.

 

[shotsrangout]

Specialty sneakers. Not “in style” to “da general consensus”.

People are rocking low top ones again now...on the daily...like it’s 01. And as a slick, fashion statement with designer clothes etc. Palm Angles tracksuit and white on white ones is a “fit”. They on the manicans again. Stop being obtuse. This is something I know...me and you see similarly on .

You couldn’t get away with rocking just AF1s as a fit in the mid to late 00s.

man... he knows this

why do yall keep going back and forth with him

man is posting speciality air forces that always sell out but he knows NO ONE was wearing white on whites or black on blacks without looking DUSTY in the mid to late 00's.. **** white on whites didn't even get popular again until like 2015

 

[ninjahood]

07-10

man no one was wearing AF1's then... it was all about dunks around then

see now u looking super funny in da light.. dunks were super dead during that time it was all about Foamposites, polo boots, and CDP Jordan packs.

SB Dunks in their PRIME preceded your high school years.

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[marikomorose]

u a liar...folks were paying G money for PlayStations.

Yeah wavycrocket I think forces became and still kinda r a if u if u know shoe for now. I experienced this w/ dunks until recently.

 

[stuntman mike]

i still got about 40 pairs of forces
i looked at the price of uenos the other day and wish my pair were brand new. i’d sell em in a heartbeat.

 

[shotsrangout]

im not even talking about sb's what are you on about

the average teenager was not buying SB's

GR dunks were popular as hell when I was in high school. Same thing with foams and the CDP Jordans. Boots are a whole different story cause even timbs were looked at as dusty around that time. Dudes was wearing ugg boots with the fur at the top if I remember or nike boots.

 

[mplsdunk]

Wtf they made sea foam low sb?

I had the highs. Wore them and sold them when they got busted.

I had the second series sb’s. The olive green and blacks.

the fat tongue high tops.

 

[wavycrocket]

im not even talking about sb's what are you on about

the average teenager was not buying SB's

GR dunks were popular as hell when I was in high school. Same thing with foams and the CDP Jordans. Boots are a whole different story cause even timbs were looked at as dusty around that time. Dudes was wearing ugg boots with the fur at the top if I remember or nike boots.

Yup
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[marikomorose]

im not even talking about sb's what are you on about

the average teenager was not buying SB's

GR dunks were popular as hell when I was in high school. Same thing with foams and the CDP Jordans. Boots are a whole different story cause even timbs were looked at as dusty around that time. Dudes was wearing ugg boots with the fur at the top if I remember or nike boots.

Polo boots were big in Charlotte.

 

[mplsdunk]

We were copping all the sb’s.

a bunch of my friends robbed the skate shop for the dunkles which actually pissed me off because I was cool with the owner and he’d set shoes aside for me because I’d been getting snowboard gear from him since I was 10.

 

[queencity45]

the only highs I would buy/still want.

these women’s Independence Day are currently the only ones I own from my old collection. I thought the camo bottom, fireworks in the insoles, and the star holes on the toe made these unique. Also sauconys and new balance were a phase when I was in high school.

 

[shotsrangout]

Polo boots were big in Charlotte.

they was wearing them in NYC too. I just chose to omit that from my post because they were god ugly and anyone who owned a pair should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[marikomorose]

they was wearing them in NYC too. I just chose to omit that from my post because they were god ugly and anyone who owned a pair should be ashamed of themselves.

They had some good designs. I had 2, but they were obscure.

 

[wavycrocket]

There was a segment of *****s with Polo Boots/Ugg Boots w/ the furr...with Trues/Rocks/7s/ Antiks etc in the late 00s to 10. It was a thing for sure .

Even remember the Lil Russian hats some dudes did it with to finish it off. NYC cats did BB simons with it too.

 

[Nujavez]

I feel like after mid 2000s they died in popularity. I would mostly see only the hood dudes and Japanese students wear forces. Then around mid 2010s I seen them coming back on people's feet

 

[ninjahood]

You couldn’t get away with rocking just AF1s as a fit in the mid to late 00s

really? during Dipset's prime and during da jersey era? your timeline ain't adding up.

we were still on da baggy era in da mid 2000's..

 

[ninjahood]

the average teenager was not buying SB's

what swaggerless universe you occupied?

you were just too young to remember you said it yourself your high school years were between 2007 to 2010, way past Nike SB and dunks prime overall.

that was da primary demographic rockin SB's... teenagers...hello, who else was naming em corny nicknames?

 

[mplsdunk]

Yeah man, we all had sb’s that’s something everyone rocked from the skating kids to the hood kids.

 

[wavycrocket]

really? during Dipset's prime and during da jersey era? your timeline ain't adding up.

we were still on da baggy era in da mid 2000's..

Shoot....this is exactly like 05. Jimmy ain’t in the pic. He was on his Nike boot wave. Soon after...Santana would join him.

After like 05 and definitely into the late 00s (06.07.08.09)....AF1 wasnt it anymore. I’m sorry bruh. It is what it is .

Remember a club song, where shorty had a skit clowning a ***** for trying to holla at her with some forces on . This was 05. It went out of style at a point.

That’s real.

 

[shotsrangout]

what swaggerless universe you occupied?

you were just too young to remember you said it yourself your high school years were between 2007 to 2010, way past Nike SB and dunks prime overall.

that was da primary demographic rockin SB's... teenagers...hello, who else was naming em corny nicknames?

can you stop it.. the average teenager in the heights even NYC was not wearing SB's. Only sneaker heads was wearing SB's around that time.

The AVERAGE teenager was not wearing exclusive nike sb dunks. **** don't even make sense if you just think about it. Mans really gonna tell me every teenager was wearing nike sb's like it was a fashion trend.

You was like 45 in 07. what did you know about what was hot