such a lame take, wanting to hand over sneaker culture to the über wealthy and/or culture vultures

I've seen a few YouTubers and people on insta wearing random/cheap/"fake" brands that play with the AJ1 silhouette. I'd rather see people do that than try to further commodify the sneaker industry

ok but shoes like that are impossible to get for retail

But how do you plan on obtaining these shoes you speak of to give you a ROI that is worth your time and money as opposed to other streams of income

Literally lmao only way you’re making a living off reselling is if you’re plugged tf in

I dont think op thought this through. He is telling us to buy “unappreciated” sneakers then links one that is on the market for $2000

exactly, its hard enough getting a shoe that resells for 100 more let alone thousands

and immediately started selling for that much. it'd be different if it was a shoe that sat that then sold for that much years later but that almost never happens and when it does its impossible to predict

im prob gonna sell a few things off to fund new purchases the next while but I can never fw the idea of going out of my way to buy something just to flip. Like unless it's a shoe like the Ben & Jerry's dunk it just feels like more effort than I care about to make some cash on the side. I guess it's different if you're making a living off it or just a kid or w/e but

But also @op the jordan co.jps are booming so hit up @thebootywarrior to cop

He’s out of touch with this whole sneaker thing and is trying to feed ktt information as if its a new groundbreaking concept but in reality it sounds like he just finished watching one of those netflix sneaker documentaries

The only sneaker guaranteed to skyrocket within the next couple of months, cop your pair today

Tbh I will say that most people are influenced on some level by hype and typically therefore resale value. don't really think anybody is immune but fashion sxn prob better than most places for liking its own thing

ya unless you selling 100 pairs of "under appreciated" sneakers its too much work to make $15

tbh nothing makes me smile more than those pics of resellers with 100 pairs of a shoe that bricked. like thats what you get for trying to make a business out of my hobby

Bro thats an insane ROI

I understand your grievances man...

The big auction houses are profiting off of nearly every aspect of hip hop, from sneakers to the work of graffiti artists (many of whom were never embraced by the art community when they were alive) to iconography (the crown Biggie wore in that famous photo recently sold for a king's ransom).

It's incredibly ironic and it sucks.

Misinterpreting the point of clothes

And then the same niggas turn around complaining about “fashion is gentrified now, I hate seeing these lame white boys rocking the same s*** I like it’s not cool now boohoo”

I know you hurt over my “smile” comment but is it that KTT does it’s own thing or is it because majority can’t afford the more hyped pieces they would like? (I know some can, not speaking for everyone)

And to me 90% of people here dress the same as college kids who have an idea of fashion but wear normal stuff they can afford, so wouldn’t consider that ya “own thing”

Bro why would I be 'hurt' by the smile comment I just thought it was a dumb complaint after fawning over bari fits where he's doing the same thing

and i meant strictly sneakers tbh, think a lot of ppl here like stuff outside of hype of the month trav or ice cream sneakers

It wasn’t a complaint, it was a question of why do niggas do the depressed look. And then a suggestion.
There’s a difference.

Same way there’s a difference between mean mugging (which you said Bari was doing) VS looking sad

Saying “smile” was a nice way of me saying niggas need to have more personality in they pics, if they lack personality then smiling is an easy way to help with that. Personality/confidence is like 50% of why a fit looks good on 1 person but not the other.