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Saw this on sneakernews, its an og VIII Sample. Painful, shrink wrap is NO GOOD. This Is Why We MUST Wear Our Shoes, As They Are Shoes, Not Statues.
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Originally Posted by dreicalma
Going to un DS some of my stuff soon. Those pics got me scared
Originally Posted by dreicalma
Going to un DS some of my stuff soon. Those pics got me scared
Originally Posted by Cadwallader
I only have one pair of sneakers that I've never worn. And that's only cause I don't have anything to wear with them right now. I wear all my sneakers. When I was a kid, buying a 150 pair of sneakers to put away and never wear was completely unheard of. In the '90s, if you spent that much money on a sneaker, you wanted every one to know it.
We Loved our shoes. We wore our shoes. And when they lost their freshness, we balled in them. And when the new Jordans released, we threw the old ones away and updated to the newest model. This was the way things went until around 1999......
Enter the internet, Successful selling retros and a horde of "collectors". I have nothing against the people who deadstock, it's the concept that I don't like. I don't see the enjoyment one gets out of watching their sneakers deteriorate. I also don't believe that any retro after 2003 will ever become seriously valuable besides the original DMP. Hence, I don't see the point.
I have a lot of sneakers, but nearly everyone of them have been worn. So by recent definition, I'm not a "collector". I'm just a guy that likes sneakers. The picture of the sample VIIIs is the destiny of every deadstock sneaker. When my shoes fall apart, me wearing them will be the cause of it, not my ignorance.
same hereOriginally Posted by dreicalma
Going to un DS some of my stuff soon. Those pics got me scared
Originally Posted by solejordan
i have those same exact samples
Originally Posted by Daver
Originally Posted by solejordan
i have those same exact samples
wrapped in shrink wrap, sole? let that thang BREATHE!! LOL. i'm playin.
on a side note..a little advice from personal experience. if you guys wanna store shoes in anything..i suggest using food service bags..it protects colors from bleeding onto each other while letting the shoe breathe. just the method i use for all my kicks i wear and stock.........which im about to break out soon.
Agreed. Never understood why some people do this eitherOriginally Posted by SEND ONE
Never understood the whole shrink/saran wrap thing. Had he let them breathe, they'd still be intact.
Originally Posted by solejordan
Originally Posted by Daver
Originally Posted by solejordan
i have those same exact samples
wrapped in shrink wrap, sole? let that thang BREATHE!! LOL. i'm playin.
on a side note..a little advice from personal experience. if you guys wanna store shoes in anything..i suggest using food service bags..it protects colors from bleeding onto each other while letting the shoe breathe. just the method i use for all my kicks i wear and stock.........which im about to break out soon.
lol, no sir, i never shrink shoes, here's a pic