So, Kanye West has two new sneaker collections coming this year. Really, how on earth could you miss it? First up is the Air Yeezy and then his collaboration with Louis Vuitton. After a couple months of waiting and blurry pictures, the Louis Vuitton price list has been revealed all I can really say is WTF - $1140 for a god damn shoe?! These things better increase my vertical leap by 3 feet and teach me how to moonwalk for that kind of money.
I am not the type of person to shy away from paying for decent gear. I buy chi-chi organic food. I have a thing for raw and selvage denim. I own 4 iPods and a macbook. I am a fan of shiny new shit. But, I also know a good deal when I see it. Things should have a decent use/price ratio - and I am afraid that luxury sneakers do not. I may buy a pair of Dunk SBs or Jordan I Low Phats this year, but those will cost like 1/6 of the cheapest kicks here.
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You know how there are people who deny that The Holocaust ever happened? Kanye and Louis Vuitton are basically pulling the same shit with the recession. Honestly, who can rationalize spending $800+ on sneakers? I can not even fathom the type of person who would cop these. Am I making a big deal out of nothing? I know sneaker heads will do all sorts of stuff for the newest grip, but this seems like too much. Maybe I just don't know from sneakers...
And while I am clearly not a sneaker-head, how ugly are those Jaspers on the bottom? The words 'fresh', 'dope', and 'sick' do not come to mind. If I had to pick a celebrity sneaker right now, I would check out the 'Evolution of Air Pack' from the new Nike / Lance Armstrong Stages collection.
Thanks to The Smoking Section for putting me up on this.
the jaspers and the all red don's are painful. who would pay that much money just to look like a fool?
not to mention that LV is gaudy shit to begin with.