The Sneakers we wear with our jeans

[Niro]

From mostly only wearing boots, I've turned into a bit of a sneakerhead now.

Anyway, here is one of my favourite sneakers to wear during fall. New Balance 990v4 'olive incense' colourway with my Oni 546-ZR

[paulm]

loving my New Balence CT500

[Double 0 Soul]

Odd Future Vans from 8yrs ago and SC47s from 18yrs ago

[Broark]

New Balance 991v2 made in the UK.

[Double 0 Soul]

Dead pair of Stars & Bars after a year or so in the workshop 

[bod]

On 1/13/2025 at 9:29 PM, Broark said:

New Balance 991v2 made in the UK.

I live about a half mile away from the factory where they were made 

[Broark]

29 minutes ago, bod said:

I live about a half mile away from the factory where they were made 

Very cool! They’ve been releasing a lot of nice colorways recently. The 991v2 is super comfy. 

[Double 0 Soul]

My summer shoe for this year..

Nike Elite 1978 repros.. from 2018

Original materials and detailing

Suade is slightly faded and washed out.. Tongue and foam mid has slight yellowing to mimic vintage originals

Waffle sole, exposed foam tongue.. Phwoar!

Vintage 1977 Nike advert.. repros come with both blue and white laces..

1978 Nike ad..

[CSL]

Those are cool. I've recently started to become attracted to the kind of sneakers that look like those we wore in the late 70s. Adidas, Puma, etc. So far I've resisted the urge but since they're so affordable compared to heritage stuff, I may succumb soon...

[chicote]

Have you all heard of Panam sneakers?

They’re a brand I saw a couple of times around Mexico, and embarrassingly and chauvinistically wrote them off as probably some pair of off-brand Nike/Adidas knockoffs. The swoosh /and/ the stripe?? It seemed too over the top to be anything else.

Well, on a whim one day, I walked into one of the many retail stores they have around the country, and subsequently found out I had the story completely backwards. Not only is Panam a very well-established sneaker brand, and one of the longest-running made-in-Mexico fashion brands around, but it actually /predates/ Nike by almost a decade, being founded in 1962.

So, out of curiosity and maybe feeling a bit humbled by my error, I got a pair: the “084” model in white & gum.

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I’ve had them for close to three months now and am honestly very impressed, coming from experience mainly with Nike Dunks and a couple pairs of New Balances. My pair cost just over $25 USD, but to me they stack up well against a good portion of the major US sneaker brands. The soles are quite thin (they sometimes have a reputation here that you can feel pebbles beneath your feet as you walk) but as an upside, they’re very flexible and easy to wear in.

Anyway, I don’t have too much else to say, but hope this is interesting to someone - or if you have a pair I’d love to hear how you like them!

[Double 0 Soul]

I've seen them^ at a few Japanese web shops.. i quite like them

[Well27]

Looks cool the panam sneakers!

I’ve really come to like my Flower Mountain sneakers.

got them last year, was looking into NB but the ones I tried were too dadish or to wide for my the feet.

These fit me well and are light weight.

i like the small details with it not being overdone (imo).

had to swap the original laces, as they were reflecting light and felt quite corpcore-ish.

Edited February 23 by Well27
Types and stuff

[Broark]

I've always found Flower Mountain sneakers kinda interesting, but they just feel a bit busy for my tastes.
Honestly they look better with some wear compared to the product photos.

[Well27]

Yeah i can see that, the change of laces and a bit of wear helped quite a bit:)

[Cold Summer]

NB MIUSA 995.

i bought these back in 2017 and for years I wore them quite infrequently. They seemed hot and stuffy at the time, and I also seemed to constantly get static electricity zapped when wearing these, especially getting out of a car after driving, which never happened with any other sneakers I wore.

The last three years or so, though, they’ve become probably my most worn pair of sneakers, and they’re still going strong. It seems like they broke in somehow, they feel much more comfortable and no longer stuffy, and although static zaps do still happen on occasion, it's far less frequent now.

Edited February 25 by Cold Summer

[Double 0 Soul]

I spotted these while walking through student-ville last week.. 

..they were in the window of one of the flats, I couldn’t see what they were and it wasn’t immediately apparent so I held my phone above my head and stood on my tiptoes to get a photo then went back to work and found them on the   webz 

luckily nobody saw me.. if you think this is unusual  behaviour, just imagine the sneax are jeans and it’ll make perfect sense 

Edited February 26 by Double 0 Soul

[Double 0 Soul]

Check the symmetry of the right heel..

No way these are Nike Tailwind.. listed on eBay.. 100% seller, NIB with no legit check

Edited February 26 by Double 0 Soul

[Toegun]

My Flower Mountains, been wearing them for a while, super comfy from the get go.