WHERE DID YOU BUY SNEAKS?

[Guest dontcaretoomuchforcrap]

WHERE DID YOU USED TO BUY SNEAKS BEFOR ETHIS WHOLE BOUTIQUE ERA?

eat pussy not meat

[weiyung]

pickyourshoes.com

in LA, on melrose, there are shoe stores there with a good range of limited colors.

[benhundreds]

then...Footlocker, Eastbay, or a mom n' pop shop by the house.

now...UNDFTD, eBay, Brooklyn Projects and Sneakerland.

www.thehundreds.com

Edited by benhundreds on Jul 8, 2005 at 08:19 AM

[stickykrylon]

ccs

dig.

[bobbyhundreds]

ugh, I used to drive all the way to Sportie LA. Man, at the time I thought that store was soooo cool. I deserve to kick myself in the teeth for that one.

thehundreds is huge.

www.thehundreds.com

[foulphil]

goodwill, salvation army, footlocker, just for feet,skate shops, flea markets

back then they didn't want me, now i'm hot they all know me.

[champagne_bubblebath]

slauson swapmeet, then onto the rodium..

[themdouble]

IMO in Los Angeles sportie La was the first real jump-off back in 94ish... before that there was a shoe warehouse down Melrose close to the 101 & some other secret spots.

Back east it was always Modells (in DC) or The Athletic House...

I remember when The Athletes Foot opened in 1980ish.

There have always been spots. That's back when you had to really be in the game though. Hot shit didn't just bite any Herb in the ass as they walked down the street.

-Dub

[dunkin deeznuts]

footlocker....sports lane, queens boulevard.......mom and pops on austin street.....

www.wellbred.org

[daryl]

back before boutiques and the internet:

couple mom and pop shops by my parents house in the OC

foot locker

just for feet when it was in vegas

first step in san francisco

too bad they all either turned to crap or don't exist anymore.

man i used to search high and low for kicks.

now its all determined on how much money you're willing to spend.

[witts]

JD, footlocker, The Size?

who needs nike i.d

[Victor]

Quote: notice that every simgle shoe in foot locker is all white now?

I noticed that the other day... they're all either solid white, black or navy blue, and grouped accordingly.

[champagne_bubblebath]

Quote: first step in san francisco

word. First Step on Powell was the spot. They also had a branch on Geary. They use to let you go in there and order from the catalogs.

[Blanc0]

harputs.

brown brothers in alameda

silver star when it was on broadway

Both First Steps on Powell

[herpsky]

Quote: notice that every simgle shoe in foot locker is all white now?

I noticed that the other day... they're all either solid white, black or navy blue, and grouped accordingly.

so true... no "shopping mall" shoe stores carry anything worth getting now a days

[showbiz00ditc]

ive seen some of the shopping mall stores carry air max 90s

[markymark]

IMO "boutique's" suck. OVERPRICED. i get my stuff from NT or ISS, then and now. sometimes ebay.

[themdouble]

^ Dont sleep on PYS!

-Dub

[powerglov]

My local Canadian footlocker often has some decent kicks. Limited AF1s mostly..like those ice sole and the lasered harlems right now.. Airmax 90s ... a few of the 35th anniv. shelltoes and some adidas ST.. jordans of course.. alot of all white shoes though yup.

Then.. skateshops

Now.. skateshops / ebay