Legit hard for me not to have some green in every one of my fits

love it so much, favorite color for sure

Pre ss21

Same here

Oh s*** me too lmfaoo

green ALD checking in. can't wait to see how they look all beat

The N stands for Nike its ok

What c/w did you get? I think I’m the only one to get pink

When the whole thread eats and breaks bread together

Green lol nothing wrong with pink, ima go for them when they have the public release

Looking like we’re gona get a crazy security question from the caption in the post

new balance is like oprah with all the collabs this year

@​charliefranco “What footwear has New Balance comfort but doesn’t give money to evil s***? I realize that this may be an impossible question, but the recon has been unbeatable so I had to ask.”

Wow — Throwing Fits’ resident GROMMUNIST ANGEL “Chancleta Chuck” came thru with 1) an accurate assessment of Blackbird Spyplane’s recon (it is “unbeatable”) and 2) a thorny thicket of a question. New Balance is a fascinating case study for looking at the jawns <—> ethics continuum... On one hand they make classics & do popping collaborations … OTOH their founder & chairman has given $$$ to right-wing goons including the president… On the other other hand they r one of the few major brands to produce a bunch of sneakers in the U.S. … Tho on the other other other hand — as we know from watching Norma Rae (& reading BBSP homey Naomi Fry’s recent essay about its enduring relevance) just because something’s made domestically doesn’t mean laborers are being treated right: just look at L.A. garment-workers’ current struggles for better pay.

So hold all that in yr head, then consider the environmental impact of manufacturing, plus the abject animal-cruelty of the leather industry … and u realize that every major brand engages in some degree of the above, because in the system as currently configured, evil s*** is unavoidable. When it comes to “ethical purchases,” the market will only ever offer u a narrow range of false and/or mostly symbolic options — i.e., u can boycott Uber, but if u take Lyfts instead yr rocking live & direct with yr man Peter Thiel. The mind-fuck here is that even when brands give money to good causes they can still do world-worsening s**t like prevent workers from unionizing, abet cruelty to animals, create kilotons of pollution to create kilotons of stuff no one actually wants or needs, and dodge taxes while the social-safety-net frays ...

This is where we crash up against what Marxist scholars refer 2 as “the impossibility of ethical jawns-copping under capitalism.” The way forward isn’t to stop caring — it’s important to be mindful of this stuff and spend yr $$ accordingly — but to realize that, as battlefields go, deciding which brand yr gonna cop a jawn from is far from the most meaningful zone of political action, and putting too much prominence on it is a waste of passion & energy that u could aim elsewhere, like, for instance, the fight for universal healthcare or, on a more-local scale, groups like The Garment Worker Center.

And if u decide u don’t wanna cop 990s but do want to stride upon marshmallows there r always Mono Runners and Speedgoat 4s, baby.

blackbirdspyplane.substack.com/p/is-buying-used-clothes-unethical

man i wish more companies would do releases like how ALD did theirs, not just with NB but in general. idgaf about resell i just wanna wear this s***

This collab was the easiest I've secured ngl

stress free, did they only approve people who previously purchased from their website or just people who signed up for the mailing list and got the email in time?

I've never bought from their website, I just signed up when people said they were getting links from the subs list

New Balance SB for all my sk8erbois

Lost the draw for end for the jjjounds I’m gonna treat the ald 1300’s like son I always wanted

bro I seen you in the throwing fits live stream chat loll

gang loll

2020 NB >

And you didn’t add me on insta? Smh

Bro if you seen my ig page you would know why loll I do not use that s*** at all outside of browsing jawnz

NB x snow peak

3in1 slipper, mule, waterproof boot

NB hype x outdoorswear hype
(in terms of anyone being able to grab these, shoes are dope)