THE LIFE OF COLLECTING SNEAKERS, TOYS, HATS, HOODIES, BACKPACKS, ETC.
Posted on July 12th, 2007 in sneakers, viynl, kidrobot, kid robot, hype, hypebeast, nike sb, skate, skateboarding, dunk, nike dunk by Andy Christ ||
i may as well collect chewed gum, its a great thing i stumbled upon with sneakers 10 years ago, but its hard to catch up, so many fakes nowadays, funny how half of the culture is skateboarders or “skate dressed kids” or kids who collect jordans, new basketball sneakers, and retro basketball 80s-90s, then theres both. you can line up and wait for a super rare pair, or just refresh over and over on the internet and await the 12am release. the fake market has basicly killed the industry to the point the real ones are worth double to triple what they would be if they werent faked, but that creates the argument of the major brands faking their own product to raise values and demand, conspiracy? i would never think that, these are evil global companies, that use many techniques to mass produce product, and next to nothing, then inflation up to 400% per product, so dont call that a conspiracy just yet, if the fakes look better, it may be a reason, like factory seconds that are on a staged “black market” to have the collectors and the trend chasers seperate, this subculture has made me such an elitist, funny because i do not skateboard, the shoes nike makes are not skate shoes, really, just re-released basketball shoes from the 80s made of all different kinds of materials that are not exactly durable when a shoe is made for skating, and if they are skate shoes, why release 500 pairs? wouldnt you want to please the bigger demand of your product? its like wall street, where the market and price are pre-determined to the point you dont even realize you are the one creating the demand for the limited supply. i have hundreds of pairs, some ive never even worn, maybe pairs ive never even seen. theres people that have nothing in the world, and i may not understand the whole economic scheme, i understand that i have so much i never appreciate, i may be executed in other countries for living in such excess, im not saying people deserve to suffer, i sure as fuck dont want to, so id never wish that upon anyone, i know i have some great shit, love it, and the craze its created, good or bad, you have to take it once youve established yourself in it. ive got plenty to cover and exploit, im a conscious motherfucker, but im submerged in a social hyped status-based lifestyle subculture based on humanitys ever needing lack of vanity. lets play.
