• Hi, I am the owner and main administrator of Styleforum. If you find the forum useful and fun, please help support it by buying through the posted links on the forum. Our main, very popular sales thread, where the latest and best sales are listed, are posted HERE

    Purchases made through some of our links earns a commission for the forum and allows us to do the work of maintaining and improving it. Finally, thanks for being a part of this community. We realize that there are many choices today on the internet, and we have all of you to thank for making Styleforum the foremost destination for discussions of menswear.
  • This site contains affiliate links for which Styleforum may be compensated.
  • STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.

    Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.

    Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!

    Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

What are shell-toe superstars?

lsquare

Senior Member
Joined
Oct 14, 2006
Messages
659
Reaction score
0
The latest issue of GQ magazine mentioned it. I'm not sure what they mean by shell-toe superstars other than the fact that its a pair of Adidas Superstars. Can someone tell me?
 

thereverend

Senior Member
Joined
Nov 3, 2006
Messages
127
Reaction score
0
Originally Posted by Sgt_Strider
The latest issue of GQ magazine mentioned it. I'm not sure what they mean by shell-toe superstars other than the fact that its a pair of Adidas Superstars. Can someone tell me?


You got it, just Adidas Superstars.
 

Rome

Mr. Chocolates Godiva
Joined
Mar 10, 2006
Messages
754
Reaction score
1
Thats rigth, they are just adidums. But if you get a pair, do me a favor, don't ever try to break dance, listen to Run DMC, or play basket ball (I do believe the hooligans call it b-ball or some such, anyway...) and definately do not wear them without laces/ fat laces.
 

jet

Persian Bro
Joined
Jun 9, 2006
Messages
22,391
Reaction score
11,133
Wow I thought everyone knew what they were. The front looks like a shell that's it.
 

JoMak_NYC

Senior Member
Joined
Jul 12, 2006
Messages
296
Reaction score
1
Originally Posted by JET
Wow I thought everyone knew what they were. The front looks like a shell that's it.

B4 I joined this board I knew them only as shell toes/tops. Never knew they were superstars.
confused.gif
 

lsquare

Senior Member
Joined
Oct 14, 2006
Messages
659
Reaction score
0
Originally Posted by Rome
Thats rigth, they are just adidums. But if you get a pair, do me a favor, don't ever try to break dance, listen to Run DMC, or play basket ball (I do believe the hooligans call it b-ball or some such, anyway...) and definately do not wear them without laces/ fat laces.

lol I do have a pair and I don't play b-ball.
 

justlooking

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 25, 2006
Messages
58
Reaction score
0
Originally Posted by theshonen8899
Ah yes...our wonderful Superstars have been claimed by the ganstas...
A great loss that day
crazy.gif

yeah because it was your god-given right to wear them first....
plain.gif
 

Max

Senior Member
Joined
Apr 6, 2006
Messages
758
Reaction score
0
Walk this way!
 

StevenRocks

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 19, 2005
Messages
615
Reaction score
1
Originally Posted by theshonen8899
Ah yes...our wonderful Superstars have been claimed by the ganstas...
A great loss that day
crazy.gif

Actually, they were pretty much played out in the early '80s before Run-DMC started wearing them and made them hot sneakers again.

They've gone in and out of style a few times since then, and some of the color combos from a few years ago were decidely wack, but they're pretty much a standard part of most sneaker wardrobes if you keep the color choices simple.

I have some (white with black stripes), and I like them a lot.
 

Featured Sponsor

How important is full vs half canvas to you for heavier sport jackets?

  • Definitely full canvas only

    Votes: 92 37.2%
  • Half canvas is fine

    Votes: 90 36.4%
  • Really don't care

    Votes: 27 10.9%
  • Depends on fabric

    Votes: 42 17.0%
  • Depends on price

    Votes: 38 15.4%

Forum statistics

Threads
507,005
Messages
10,593,357
Members
224,351
Latest member
aysargha
Top