because this s*** is not for the people! lets start at the top: unless youre in EU or US youre not seeing even a tenth of all the cool drops hyped by the internet. first youre upset because you realize not only is there a huge competitive market for these things in their country of origin, but you also live in a place where no collabs happen and most local stuff is not what you like

from there you come to this: there're things like salehe crocs that are only available through exclusive drops for well-off young people super deep into this 'culture'. sure spunge is a one-man operation and I guess this on-demand system works well for crocs, but the fact that these will never hit the stores and become available for people not on the internet is also sad. like people dont dress up for many reasons, this lack of access to truly quality ideas is one of them. people dont care about fashion because they dont see good fashion or it appears too secluded for them

Im rambling and maybe just a bit disheartened but could there be a solution to the internet fashion becoming more globalized? idk

inspired by this post. I know I wont see these ever in my life for so many different reasons I had to vent

really liked that time when teddy santis went to Greece and started dressing old people up in hip ny s***. if there was more of that designed as some sort of regular campaign that would be really cool

info on the salomons?

Those are fire

those salomons are f***ing ass bro

Brother, be thankful your country isn't as subject to western consumer culture and all this bullshit. Having 20 different colors of rare sneakers will not make your life better and the only people who will care are nerds on the internet. Seriously

this is a good perspective and I want to assure you its not lost on me. mostly complaining from the consumer perspective, ill be fine with what I have anywhere I go

it’s not a culture, just simple supply and demand

brands don’t want to overproduce and making slightly less than the amount they can sell is pretty much free marketing

would you rather sell as much as you can right now and have that product be so flooded in the secondary market that you can’t sell anymore if you tried? or would you rather play the long game and keep your audience on their toes every time you drop something because they know it’s gonna sell out?

also beyond of all of that, a lot of these are just smaller brands to begin with and don’t have the ability to produce excess quantities

True but at the same time in a consumerism driven society where most hobbies are expensive and hard to access you're not left with much to do outside of work and taking care of your health
Yet you live in a country that is relatively peaceful and luckily find yourself in a better position than most of the world
It's both a blessing and a curse

Malls in America had too many black and brown people camping overnight for drops and now majority of stock goes to people who can afford to use bots

s***s not really a social thing like it used to be

How could you camp overnight on public property?

U new to this

No kidding

nigga in shambles over them silly ass s***s s*** look like it shoulda came wit a happy meal

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Yeah u must be south american

exclusive ass stuff isn't "culture" lol i been in this over 10 years and culture is when dudes were rocking jordans as skate sneakers because they were really good for skating and became fashionable. backdoored and botted releases aren't culture