I would argue that it’s virtually impossible for a sneaker to make you smarter than you already are mainly because you don’t wear them on your brain, but this New Balance 595 has that professorial look.
It must be the tweed. You might be as dumb as a bag of nails but if you wear some tweed shit you automatically look smarter. And at the end of the day, isn’t looking smarter the key to being smarter? I’m calling these joints the 5iftynine.5stein’s.
Listen, I don’t know math, but the New Balance 595 is definitely a step up from the 574.
The Air Max ’95 remains one of Nike’s most enduring styles desspite the advancements made in the air soles up to this point. That is due to the original colorway of this shoe. The neon accents alomg with the 3M details were fantastically understated. The undersole identification of the air bubble PSI rating made this shoe a technical piece of equipment.
Tech gear was at the height of fashion in the streets. Polo Ralph Lauren, Northface, Timberland, and Nike were introducing Gore-Tex, 3M, and other futuristic fabrics to their product lines. The new millenium was in front of us and all of these fashion brands envisioned a glorious day-glo Y2K. It’s now ten years after 2000 and we are still looking forward to a new ’95.
Erykah Badu’s latest music video is an NSFW statement against GROUPTHINK.
Too bad that Mz.Badu’s ‘New Amerykah‘ is being broadcast thru the same old America filled with sheeple and those that would threaten politicians over a health care proposal. Meanwhile, when phones were being illegally tapped and people were being detained unlawfully no one gave a damn.
The Highline Ballroom has given me an official calendar page. Honestly, I can’t believe that it is really going down in two(2) weeks!?! I think I know what it feels like to be awaiting the birth of your first child. Don’t tell anyone, but I still don’t have an official sponsor yet to help me pay the artists. It looks like I’m gonna go back into foreclosure over this one. Haha. I’m gonna have to sell all my kicks and ‘Lo gear to keep myself above water.
It will all be worth it when this event consummates my vision. It was too epic to go down anywhere other than Manhattan. Several blocks away from a store called BFO which was a legendary Polo come up spot. Humanities High School is only a few blocks away from the Highline Ballroom. We used to trawl the city schools for other kids rocking official hardbody gear and get after them if they weren’t about it. The times haven’t changed that much except I’m too fat to outrun the police. So I buy my fly shit now.
Meyhem Lauren copps his fly shit as well. In this episode of the Sneaker Fiends Unite! NYC tour Meyhem went all the way in copping a pair of purple(eggplant) Foams as well as the mint/grey 95s. I almost copped a pair of $40 New Balance, but the spectre of Sean Price’s disapproval weighed down my decision. The white Mars Blackmon Spiz’ikes were $100 but I passed on those as well in the hopes of a $75 come up for that pair. Jamaica Ave is still the Ave tho’ and there were tables holding $60 joints.
Timeless Truth took us into Corona to visit some of the old spots along Junction Boulevard. The kicks game was lacking at V.I.M. and Robert. We rolled thru the famous ‘hood boutique called All The Right. This spot sells gear and graf equipment. Corona is still keeping it underground rebel style even with the record store now being a video game shop. Sneaker Fiends Unite x Meyhem Lauren x Timeless Truth had to conclude with a freestyle on the corner of Junction and 37th Ave. I’m just surprised JuJu didn’t end up on the tape. The ‘Lo-End Theory is going to be EPIC.
Premium Pete isn’t working with Premium Laces any longer, but he still keeps dropping the premium designs. Pete calls these joints the Glow-posites. They are the Penny 1 Foamposite with an upper made entirely of 3M material. The kicker is that the soles are glow in the dark rubber. These joints are too futuristic for even Nike to compose.
The Penny 1 Foamposite is one of Nike’s most iconic sneakers. It changed the game as much as the the first visible airbag did. These shoes are the looking glass to the future. Super lightweight and virtually indestructible and unlike most of the Nike retro styles the Foamposite’s price point has barely changed. This is the ONLY sneaker on the market worth $200.
Premium Pete just designed a shoe that eclipses the Air Yeezy in design and value. Pete also knew I would enjoy the Kid Cudi reference. Premium Pete has some other Foamposite designs on tap that are sure to keep the internets going nuts. Would someone at corporate please fly this man to Beaverton so we can get at least one of his designs into production?
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Rob??!!??
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