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Converse Appreciation Thread

snuff_daddy

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a lot of japanese brands make higher qual chuck look-a-likes
 

Earnest Hemingway

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Originally Posted by RFX45
Sak x Converse Collab from that might not make it to the US. Even fi it did, estimated retail is $600 - $800 USD.
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Concepts in cambridge is carrying them, unfortunately the msrp for the chucks is 600
 

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Those handmade chucks look fantastic, but, yeah, there is no way I would pay that much for them.
 

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Originally Posted by Smahatma
I overheard someone on the NYC subway last weekend say to his friend something along the lines of "Why would you buy those when you can buy Converse for much less? They're the same thing", in reference to the Common Projects Achilles low's I was wearing. I didn't say anything, because I don't associate with poor people. And before anyone mentions the irony of me taking the subway, I put $5000 down on my metrocard.

Take the taxi if you got that much to spend on the subway.
 

Smahatma

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Originally Posted by Garage/Surf Rock
Take the taxi if you got that much to spend on the subway.
I find your morsels of advice to be immensely helpful. Do you have a periodical newsletter that I may subscribe to?
 

RFX45

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JP FW10
I like the black pair. Red leather looks good too.
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The hi-tops are cool, but what's with that patch in the back? Looks terrible. They should make the oxblood in hi -- that would be murder.
 

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Originally Posted by RFX45
JP FW10 I like the black pair. Red leather looks good too.
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Are those red leathers Lo or Hi? I guess they look like lo's. It's nice to see a couple JP hi top models that have the classic toe (in comparison to the different toe on say the Racearound). That rear patch on the black is weird. It looks like to me a big rectangular patch with a Converse logo that looks like it's in the Von Dutch font. ugh. I wonder if it's removable. Strangely enough I like those white hi tops most of all. When do these hit stores? A few months still right?
 

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Originally Posted by Garage/Surf Rock
I find your pompousness highly affected. Nouveau riche? If your boasts are even real ...

Not to add fuel to fire but isn't "pomposity" always "highly affected"? I mean that's more or less the definition, right?
 

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Oh, man, those white canvas JPs look fantastic!
 

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Not sure why, but I don't like the side strap things.
 

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