Is it just me, or did af1s fall out of style when roshes/free runs/ultraboosts first got popular? Gen z lightweight brought them back

being MORE popularized/pushed is not equal to falling off.

the af1 has been among nikes best selling models since they released in 1982 so how they have ever fallen off and how could any one person be the sole reason theyre popping since then lol

By that logic i could say the superstar is among adidas top selling shoes and has been since the 80s, even though shell toes are clearly less prevalent today. I'm just saying it seems like (purely anecdotally) I saw less people wearing bigger model shoes around the time that ultraboosts, flyknits and yeezy 350s started to take off purely from a streetwear perspective, I can't speak on "high fashion".

i'd equate falling off to the roshe run, that's a sneaker that fell off. af1 or superstar are not in that category

I’ve seen this same thread on ktt1 at least 7 times

bro said scott disick!!!

AF1s been on and off for the past 30 years. He really thirsty for attention in these trying times smh

did this nigga just say scott disick made af1s popular?
in 2016?!

man af1s were hot before that nigga was on tv. it definitely wasn't nobody on reality tv or a white b****

Can believe people are still upvoting this

Why cnt u boomers understand tht lates 90s early 2000s culture mean nothing to kids that were literally born in 2000s

Do u hv a f***ing brain??!?

When did i say he made them popular in general

I specifically said for middle class white kids

Im probably wrong maybe but do yk how ed yall sound saying s*** like nelly??????

And yes White people absolutely did not start wearing Af1s until like 2017ish

What are u niggas on what

This debate got me heated cus everyone itt is wrong except for probably the guy tht said it was a natural progression of the market and people wanting an alt to white ultra boosts and stans after wearing those for 3 years

For the last time

Af1s been popular in the city/among black people for decades. No one denies that

But u hv to have no idea of culture to not see that in the past 3 years they reached a crazy high peak in mass culture tht theyve never ever been at before

I live in a canadian suburb and literally when i say literally every f***ing person my age owns a pair. Are you dumbasses really finna say US city culture from the 90s is the reason why????

Clearly there is another vantage point thats happened fairly recently that were missing that’s taken an
Already popular shoe to an even higher peak point in mass culture

Im black but saying dumb s*** like “black people” or “hip hop culture” just doesnt make sense. The last popular rapper to make a thing of wearing AF1s was rocky in early 2010s. And again white middle class started buying Af1s in late 2010s so it dnst make sense.

where in canada do u live m8. I'm from winnipeg and i can tell u people round me never stopped wearin them

Im tryna differentiate between the two

They’ve always been popular l, enough where 4 or 5 kids in my classes since elementary had them on consistently but now it’s something like half the class has them on/and another 80-90% in general own a pair

So define wht u mean “wearing em” cus im skeptical, especially in f***ing Winnipeg.

I partly grew up in suburbs of atl and chicago area (in majority black schools and neighborhoods) and even w black people as recent as 10 ish yrs ago there’s been a jump in popularity when compared to how much my american black family and friends wear them now. This jump is like times 100 out here in c***land where literally everyone has them on. I didnt grow up here so i cnt tell u exactly how s*** was 10 yrs ago but i grew up in mixed/black cities so i can speak on tht. And even then even tho I was a city kid id still see what the suburbs kids 30 minutes away were wearing and it definitely wasn’t the way they wear AF1s now

Not saying they were unknown until 2016. But they’re basically synonymous with feet wear now. Kinda with old skools in mid 2010s

Ion think ive typed so many paragraphs smh

Because they have sense unlike you, dumbass CAC.

Yr actually mentally ill bro, i hope u get the help u need

U provides zero breakdown or rational

Yr literally talking to talk

There’s no need to type paragraphs to get my point across, dumbass

I swear people have been wearing these for as long as i've been alive and i was born '99

they were still popular but not at the forefront so yeah kinda

These CACs are LARPing 😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂 my new favorite term for ktt cacs

This idiot C***really watching keeping up with the kardashians🤣🤣🤣😂😂only CACs check for other CACs😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂