new shoes

and of course u can always turn east http://m.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-shoes-new-balance.html

turns out my new ones are also waterproof, woot

anyone got a line on super warm dark socks i can wear w/ a suit/dress shoes?

Maybe try REI?

http://www.thedailystreet.co.uk/wp-content/themes/thedailystreet/images/2014/08/Nike-Air-Huarache-Scream-Green-UK-2014-Release-2.jpg

Alamo shoes in Andersonville has a good selection of warm woolens that aren't too poofy.

http://i.imgur.com/tGzfRGR.png

was just considering these ones from the artisan crafts people of china xp

Artisan Crafts People of China would be a good name for a company

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxny34LIEAAFCSo.png

I almost bought some fake onitsukas this year but the quality difference was remarkable

Maybe they save all the good fakes for taobao & alibaba

i have some fake new balance thatre prob like 95% quality of the original, something kind weird abt the tongue, but i bought those from good-seller which everyone said had the best knockoffs and they seem to be out of business now tho maybe i just cant find their current url

There's levels to this shit

truth

whats kinda weird abt the chinese knockoff market is air max 90s one of my alltime favs is by far the most common shoe, idk if theyre really huge in china or what never got the sense that they were the most popular in usa

they are popular with sneaker dudes

yeah duh

but airmax represents like 50% of the nikes on alibaba http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=nike&catId=&initiative_id=SB_20140916095721

or more!

compare to the best sellers on eastbay which is much more diverse http://www.eastbay.com/Mens/Shoes/_-_/N-1pZne?Ns=P_TopSalesAmount%7C1&cm_SORT=Best+Sellers

yeah and i guess sneaker dudes are pretty careful about not buying knockoffs

no idea

granted if u want jordans on alibaba u prob have to search jordans

maybe cause airmax are like always in style but youd expect to see more dunks and af1s idk

btw roshe runs totally dont fit my foot shape and its kinda sad

maybe there are a lot of old air max 1 parts and machines out in the wild for some reason

i don't really know much about how fake shoes are made but i imagine there might be some factors like that at work

ive heard some of them are just exactly the same shoes made in the same factories on the dl

I think the Roshe was an in house challenge at Nike to see if they could sell a 50 cent pair of shoes for $60

they r cool tho

i mean all sneakers are 50c shoes

yeah i've heard the same thing about electronics, they make real ones by day and fakes by night, or just sell the ones that don't make the quality cut

maybe whoever owns the am90 factory is just really corrupt

iPhones only cost $0.75 the rest is just U2 ads

worth it tho

I think the midnight factories/24 hr factories still exist but it also wouldn't be surprising to find out that the big multinationals have shut them down

It's probably also true that there's enough money in the fake shoe market to just reverse engineer shoes and I bet there are factories dedicated to that (as someone who has seen some truly atrocious fake shoes iml)

Even at the 24 hr factories they are probably using lower quality materials when making fakes

deciding between air pegasus 89  and air pegasus 83 

Ended up getting internationalists in black and silver FYI

http://www.riceandbeans.fr/19423/internationalist-black-metallic-silver-dark-ash.jpg

i like those. i used to have these daybreak but they messed my feet up

http://4.kicksonfire.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/nike-vintage-running-daybreak-cortez-04.jpg

I had the blue/green air huaraches when I was in 8th grade, they were light as fuck and made you feel like you were running on clouds, although some of that was probably just shoe mythology getting to my head. The first day I wore them to school this kid who used to make fun of me sometimes goes "Look at hurting, the air huarache STUD" -- just another chapter in my long, troubled relationship with sneakers and trying/failing to be cool.

fuck him your shoes were dope

http://www.gravitypope.com/shoes/saturdayssurfnyc/24583_1_1_300.jpg

bought new shoes today oddly enuff

nice.

kewl what brand

YMC/Solovair $$$

http://www.youmustcreate.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/YMCAW14_SHOES-731-950x1216.jpg

Breaking in new shoes when you've got to wear them on a nine hour shift then attend a gig straight after is the worst.

I just bought a pair of huaraches actually
http://theshoegame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Nike-Air-Huarache-White-Royal2.jpg

I've kind of fallen for asics lately though want to get:
http://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/asics-gel-lyte-v-og-reissue-kith-1.jpg

ive owned 2 pairs of these bad boys

http://i.imgur.com/46g1sK6.jpg

sick huaraches btw also i like the asics

http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/141418182334_1_0_1/1000x1000.jpg

do these used shoes look too beat for 30 bones

http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/141418182334_6_0_1/1000x1000.jpg

feel like that stain on the tongue is a deal breaker

those shits are cashed

ended w/ 0 bids

:(