‘’ Hard to put 25 years into words or a paragraph. We want to take this moment to THANK EVERYONE that rode the Flare, held the Flare, waved the Flare, and shared the Flare 
What a run with the best humans, wouldn’t have done it any other way.
Until we meet again 
#FreeLakai ‘’
What’s with the #freelakai hashtag?
#fuckknows
#freeourcompanythatwasshittingmoneylikearacehorse
#doyounotmeanpissinglikearacehorse
All very sad, and I feel me not buying a pair of lakais in 23 years somehow contributed.
Fully Flared and that mid-late 00s era of Lakai is entwined in my memories of University, so there’s a certain bitter sweetness is seeing them come to an end. It’s just a company that makes shoes at the end of the day, but I associate them with a great time in my life.
Might have to pick up a couple of pairs on sale
Huh, so did they call their logo the ‘flare’? Is that where that comes from?
They were killing it around then, FF prem at prince Charles was a belter as well
Don’t worry we can all now start wearing Warsaw shoes now.
I did like them and skated alot of Manchesters over the years. But everything changes.
We used to sell a lot of Lakai at SS20 for a period of time.
Fully Fkared era was sick, like hype when Koston was getting on.
I’m not sure where they lost it a bit. They had some really good shoes for a while.
I really liked the Mariano XLK’s, light and slim cup sole. Skated well. Shame to see them go but not bought any for years and gave my last pair away new and unworn.
I always remember those early adds around the same time that Modus came out. Felt like a really good time in skating, my skating was probably at its peak then too. But recency the only Lakai shoes I’ve even come close to buying were those Theories colab Newports.
Same, but then I snapped out of it when it reminded myself that I hate vulcs.
Last pair I bought were the mischief collabs
That’s going back a bit.
God bless you Bing 
Shoe guys cut half cabs in half and talk about it
Nearly posted that until it became clear he thought they were good, which is blatantly wrong. I had to wear Half Cabs for two days for a thing, and after two days of walking and standing, both pinkie toes were bleeding. Still look cool as fuck on certain people in the '90s.
That’s completely up to your foot shape though, no?
Some feet just don’t get on with certain lasts. Like I can’t even bear to have my feet in any Nike Reacts or Adidas forum as they’re so uncomfortable. I love half cabs!
Yeah, true. And that definitely applies to any ‘These shoes aren’t the same size as my other shoes’ thread over the last twenty years.
I used to wear Half Cabs and they were fine, now when I wore them they were not fine, so I’m blaming cost-cutting at their end.
