I know Supreme have done some unexpected collabs, but a Next x Supreme Dunk was really out of left field.
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They are white, but my eyes are telling me grey.
Would like if low but I’m too old for Dunk Hi’s.
I had a pair of these
and didn’t wear them because they were high tops. Instead of just stashing them away and sitting on them, on a whim, I decided that cutting them down to lows would be a good idea. It wasn’t. They felt weird and looked terrible. Let’s not get into the fact that they’re being resold for up to £2000 a pair these days.
Well, skate shoes are for skating in I suppose. I’ve just seen that the grey Staple pigeon Dunks are up for £85k on Stock X - the world’s gone mad.
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Those ones are probably the nicest they’ve made though.
Not that it justifies the price but they’re rare AND actually look amazing.
They’re mingin.
Always have been.
I was offered a pair at the time and turned them down.
Didn’t know I could’ve been knee deep in le creuset mind.
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Yes the ones I posted are, the ones we’re talking about aren’t.
Quick look at the dunks I’ve skated in in the past reveals nothing over about £800 on StockX, which is still pretty alarming. There’s a pair I can’t sell on here for nearly 500!
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I stocked up on dunks back a few years ago when they were on outlet sale racks and going for under retail on eBay before the whole craze now days… some I’ve sold and for a decent profit (2-3x retail) when I needed the extra cash, and some I just can’t part with yet for the fact they will only go up in price over the years to come
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Big Lidl drop this week.
Nicer than some skate shoes tbf.
Seems most people either love these or hate them, I can’t get enough of them I’m not sure what it is I’m not even really into straps but I can’t wait to get them on my feet
BA clip at 24:10
Saw this on my oat milk this morning and it made me think of Cariuma 
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Although I accept that most of Cariuma’s ethical claims are pure marketing BS, it made me question whether brands have a responsibility to communicate more about how they work and to make efforts to improve their sourcing and labour policies. I googled this website that ranks brands according to how much they ‘officially’ do to be ethical from source materials to sales.
One of the top rated ethical shoe brands:
The main players are all rated on there and adidas do better than the other major brands, mainly based on making statements and commitments rather than officially doing anything different.
Cariuma are rated ‘Good’. Emerica/Etnies are rated as ‘Avoid’ simply because they don’t have any evidence (in the form of official statements/press releases I presume?) of doing things ethically.
So my question is…should every brand be doing this? Will they all eventually be forced to? Does it actually make any difference?
adidas have ‘unisex’ clothes now, where the girls’ sizes are ‘oversized’. So I’m pretty sure it’s just men’s inventory with a different description.
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I wonder how much simple stuff like that reduces waste? It sounds kind of sensible for mass produced clothing.
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My wife’s startup is addressing this imbalance as most fashion companies are self policing with regard to their ethical claims. They are researching each company and providing a way people can shop ethically/sustainably for fashion products in a way that can be independently measured and accurately compared to others
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