fashion

302 readers

17 users here now

** DO NOT SELF-DOXX **

If you need to fit-check please try hard not to self-doxx or include personal identifying information while hexbear redacts meta data you must take effort to obscure your identity. Images or posts that are self-doxxing will be removed.

No Price Checks No Authentication Checks

Be kind and only offer constructive criticism when explicitly asked for it.

Home to the "Fit of the day" and "Fit check Friday"

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

I'm seething because Nike just had a Powerpuff collab and the sneakers were instantly gone, scalped by resellers (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I bet not a single legitimate PPG fan got to actually buy the sneakers. They were all gone within hours and reappear on the reseller market for >$250 each. Also fuck Nike for making such a limited edition sneakers. I refuse to play their game.

Thankfully there's always the 1:1 bootleg replica market. It is actually nice that you don't feel bad wearing your sneakers outside like a regular human being rather than keeping them in the closet.

top 13 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Literally every fucking time.

It's almost as though these shoes exist to be sold on the secondary market as collectibles and not as actual footwear.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, every time I see some neat colab stuff I have to remind myself that it'll be expensive and instantly sold out.

The one thing I let myself get actually excited about is stupid Uniqlo graphic tees.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I got to visit Japan and my wife insisted we spend hours in Uniqlo shopping, while we were at Shibuya Square.

I... don't understand. But she was ecstatic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

It's reasonably priced basics that are decent quality. That shouldn't stand out, but we live in a fast fashion world lol.

Their brick and mortar stores are pretty uncommon in the US, so I'd probably be pretty hype to visit one even if it's silly to be hype about that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Uniqlo is good for basics. Maybe Japan had better inventory. I know a lot of western tourists are ecstatic visiting Japanese gas stations to buy microwave food and Kit Kats lol. So weird.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

This was me a few years back when Reebok released the shoes Ripley had in Alien

Fuckin' scalpers

Hope they all get infected hemorrhoids

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I'm not a sneaker head in any sense but the first public defacing I ever did was drawing Bubbles on the inside of a bathroom door with sharpies. Was real sad when they painted over it because I spent a lot of time on that drawing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I imagine they rep makers in China will be on this very soon if not already, Dunks are very popular and easy to replicate. Funnily enough some of them have better quality control than legitimate Nike shoes lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Damn, someone should tell Nike about this so they make more of the limited edition run shoes.

EDIT: This is kind of vague and sarcastic which I've noticed is not a tone with a good history in the environment of this site so I'll clarify that Nike shoe company has a map of the chain of value going down to the poorest peripheral countries, Nike shoe company understands dependency theory better than some of you 🫵

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

buying the Bubbles sneakers to show my support for Ukraine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The green one looks great :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

aww i'd of loved to skate those, maybe i can find fakes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It’s usually not 1:1 immediately. If it’s popular, it’ll become perfect within a few years like the Yeezys and shitty Travis Scott shoes lol. Otherwise there gonna be mid at best. But that’s fine since if someone tries to check your shoes, you can kick their teeth in