K-Swiss

[Kid Presentable]

Could I pull them off? If anybody who remembers what I look like thinks so, please say.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

I absolutely hate the K-Swiss commercials. It's a sad attempt to make them look "urban", or something.

[Auton]

i dig k-swiss

[skra75]

The only people I've ever seen pull off the K-Swiss look with success are girls, rich white kids who are actually going to play tennis, or really dark-skinned black guys who have the whole polo rugby thing happening. my 2 ¢ for what it's worth.

[buddylee]

wigger shoes..... try dickies shoes

[Pres Zount]

I can't possibly remember what you look like.

Some guy from a band, apparatley.

[Lex Diamonds]

I would say no, unless you really want to, and feel comfortable in them. Which you don't or you wouldn't have made this thread.

Get some Stan Smiths. (y)

[TurdBerglar]

yeah

poser shoes

[ggirlballa]

they are poser shoes i think phat farm shoes are posers as well...imo

[Lex Diamonds]

Yeah Turd, cuz you have to wear beat-up Vans or Converse to be cool.

Stan Smiths are sick shoes. (http://www.secondhandsearch.com/webboard/photo/345302adidas_stansmith_comfort.jpg)

[Funkyfreshgrape]

they are poser shoes i think phat farm shoes are posers as well...imo
phat farm shoes are awesome! i have some with runestones on them!

[skra75]

Stan Smiths are sick shoes. (http://www.secondhandsearch.com/webboard/photo/345302adidas_stansmith_comfort.jpg)

nice

[Funkyfreshgrape]

Stan Smiths are sick shoes. (http://www.secondhandsearch.com/webboard/photo/345302adidas_stansmith_comfort.jpg)
i have those too

[Funkyfreshgrape]

but Converses KICK ASS!

[ggirlballa]

i go for the classics like adidas & nike

Vans are the craze right now well here in Cali they are

the slip-on ones they give u blisters tho

[Funkyfreshgrape]

the slip-on ones they give u blisters tho
the slip-ons Converses are geekie, i like the old school style! but the slip-on vans kick ass!

[Lex Diamonds]

i go for the classics like adidas & nike

Vans are the craze right now well here in Cali they are

the slip-on ones they give u blisters tho
Stan Smiths are classic Adidas.

I like these (http://www.jdsports.co.uk/uploads/products/std2/7141_25703A.jpg) for some Nikes. (y)

[ggirlballa]

the slip-ons are geekie, i like the old school style!


have u heard the song Vans-by the pack? its been a big radio hit here. they're a bay-area group & they talk about how Vans are the new shit now in that song but in their remix they say fuck vans so its confusing


the slip-ons do look weird but everybody is wearing them here i bought em & i wasn't feeling them so i'm getting the adidas instead ...fuck the trend

[Funkyfreshgrape]

have u heard the song Vans-by the pack?
no i haven't, i guess they don't play that in New Jersey

[Lex Diamonds]

Oh my, these shoes are sexier than God. (http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKE-AIR-FORCE-ONE-1-LOW-MR-CARTOON-12-LA_W0QQitemZ320021802422QQihZ011QQcategoryZ63850QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)

[Funkyfreshgrape]

Oh my, these shoes are sexier than God. (http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKE-AIR-FORCE-ONE-1-LOW-MR-CARTOON-12-LA_W0QQitemZ320021802422QQihZ011QQcategoryZ63850QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
sorry but those are ugly

[ggirlballa]

Oh my, these shoes are sexier than God. (http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKE-AIR-FORCE-ONE-1-LOW-MR-CARTOON-12-LA_W0QQitemZ320021802422QQihZ011QQcategoryZ63850QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)

thats some nice artwork but the spiderweb & the blue ain't working for me

i do like the L.A design tho

[ggirlballa]

http://www.soxu.cn/UploadFile/News/2005810114214145.jpg

hmmm interesting

http://www.pickyourshoes.com/images/shoes/listing/superstar35_music.jpg

http://www.lace-mag.com/uploads/RTEmagicC_P1281145.jpg.jpg kermit!

[Funkyfreshgrape]

http://www.soxu.cn/UploadFile/News/2005810114214145.jpg

hmmm interesting

http://www.pickyourshoes.com/images/shoes/listing/superstar35_music.jpg

http://www.lace-mag.com/uploads/RTEmagicC_P1281145.jpg.jpg kermit!
WTH?!!?!?!?!?

[ggirlballa]

http://www.soxu.cn/UploadFile/News/2005810114214324.jpg

dope

[Funkyfreshgrape]

http://www.soxu.cn/UploadFile/News/2005810114214324.jpg

dope
those are hot!

[ggirlballa]

WTH?!!?!?!?!?

the new adidas adicolor lets u design your own shoes & color them & so & so

[cosmo105]

but Converses KICK ASS!
yeah! shoes made by 4-year-olds for 20 cents a week are AWESOME! fuck nike for buying that brand.


i've always kind of hated k-swiss, man. look sorta like expensive trashiness.

[Sluts_Anonymous]

get over it you fuckin hippie

[Auton]

just because white people wear em doesnt mean the rest of us cant. fuck that, i like how a pair of k swiss looks with jeans

[Funkyfreshgrape]

yeah! shoes made by 4-year-olds for 20 cents a week are AWESOME! fuck nike for buying that brand.

what? i didn't know...:(

[Lex Diamonds]

yeah! shoes made by 4-year-olds for 20 cents a week are AWESOME! fuck nike for buying that brand.
It's all relative, in fact big corporations are helping these country's economies and significantly lowering unemployment rates. An 18 year old in a Nike factory in America on $4 an hour is probably getting just as bad (if not worse) a deal.

[TurdBerglar]

atleast those kids have a job

[cosmo105]

Nike factory in America
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

ha

[Auton]

lolz

[Lex Diamonds]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

ha
Figuratively speaking. Way to skim over my point.

[Funkyfreshgrape]

atleast those kids have a job
yeah they do

[Sluts_Anonymous]

what? i didn't know...:(
apoligize.. NOW!

[Funkyfreshgrape]

apoligize.. NOW!
what did i do?

[cosmo105]

Figuratively speaking. Way to skim over my point.
it's not a very good point.
there are very few factories in america today compared with a few decades ago. and DEFINITELY not a nike factory. they are among the worst corporations when it comes to overseas sweatshop (yes, sweatshop) labor. the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs to 3rd world countries hurts everyone in that the companies can pay the workers far below a living wage and make astronomical profits, all the while fucking over americans that could do the same job. but of course we want to pay $15 for a pair of sneakers at wal-mart, so we don't care about how it gets there. whereas nike charges almost $100 a pair for something that was made for so cheap, in such shitty conditions...they are not helping these countries' economies!

besides, should a child that young have a JOB? shouldn't that child be in, oh, i don't know, SCHOOL?

[ggirlballa]

i'm looking down at my feet & i'm feeling very guilty...also i've realized i'm not wearing my nikes.......i walk over & look at my closet & i'm feeling very very guilty:(

[Lex Diamonds]

there are very few factories in america today compared with a few decades ago. and DEFINITELY not a nike factory. they are among the worst corporations when it comes to overseas sweatshop (yes, sweatshop) labor. the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs to 3rd world countries hurts everyone in that the companies can pay the workers far below a living wage and make astronomical profits, all the while fucking over americans that could do the same job.
Yeah, because there are plenty of young white American kids who are just DYING to work in a Nike factory for $4 an hour. These kids don't feel mistreated because they are getting money, and a reasonable amount of it for how much things cost in their country. People always make the "50 cents an hour" claim, but when that's enough to buy you food for the week (from people with zero cents) then who's complaining?

I realise this is an issue you feel very strongly about so I'm not going to spend any further time discussing it with you, cuz I don't wanna argue. Let's agree to disagree.

[cosmo105]

i'm looking down at my feet & i'm feeling very guilty...also i've realized i'm not wearing my nikes.......i walk over & look at my closet & i'm feeling very very guilty:(
don't beat yourself up over it. it's just the way our economy is set up. besides, you didn't know. one thing you can do in the future, though, is try to only purchase things made in america...we much better labor laws than most other countries, especially the developing ones, and it's supporting our economy as well.

padster, you really don't get it.

and it's not 50 cents an hour. much less than that.


these children take these jobs because they have no other choice. these people don't need a nike factory. they need better economies, better government, more food, better living conditions, better education opportunities. not a job in a sweatshop (in miserable, sometimes deadly conditions) before puberty.

[TurdBerglar]

they need to die more quickly


problem solved

[Lex Diamonds]

Don't worry, I understand your point perfectly. But it's not Nike you should be going after, it's the corrupt warlord-run governments who spend all their money on armed guards and palaces. How else are these kids meant to get money? How can these parents afford to send their kids to school with such poor wage rates and no kind of child support system from their government?

These countries are, and probably always will be, further from even the worst sides of American life than you could ever imagine.

[cosmo105]

of course the government's to blame as well. but american corporations, if they had any sort of morals, should not be doing business in places like that where they could take advantage of such a situation. by witholding their business and pressuring the government, they could influence change. but no. (and of course that's one of the many flaws of capitalism.) and nike's one of the worst. they've been busted numerous times for sweatshop labor. it's not as simple as you're making it.

click. (http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/sweatshops/nike/) click. (http://depts.washington.edu/ccce/polcommcampaigns/Nike.htm) click. (http://adbusters.org/home/)

[ggirlballa]

don't beat yourself up over it. it's just the way our economy is set up. besides, you didn't know. one thing you can do in the future, though, is try to only purchase things made in america...we much better labor laws than most other countries, especially the developing ones, and it's supporting our economy as well.

padster, you really don't get it.

and it's not 50 cents an hour. much less than that.


these children take these jobs because they have no other choice. these people don't need a nike factory. they need better economies, better government, more food, better living conditions, better education opportunities. not a job in a sweatshop (in miserable, sometimes deadly conditions) before puberty.

i live in L.a but my parents are from mexico & el salvador......my mom & all her sister worked when they were kids & they were still living in poverty till they moved here

i've seen kids younger than me working and getting paid very little like cents not dollars! and they live in practily shacks

it makes me feel very fortunate for all the things i have & i don't appreciate sumtimes

[Lex Diamonds]

of course the government's to blame as well. but american corporations, if they had any sort of morals, should not be doing business in places like that where they could take advantage of such a situation. by witholding their business and pressuring the government, they could influence change. but no. (and of course that's one of the many flaws of capitalism.) and nike's one of the worst. they've been busted numerous times for sweatshop labor. it's not as simple as you're making it.

click. (http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/sweatshops/nike/)
Thanks, I'll have a read and try and learn something. (y)

I understand that Nike have no morals and are being cunts, but how does that make them different to 80% of other large corporations (100% til about 40 years ago when people started doing shit about it)? Basically I'm just being the devil's advocate here, saying there are reasons why they do it and why (at least in their own eyes) it is justifiable.

[cosmo105]

Thanks, I'll have a read and try and learn something. (y)

I understand that Nike have no morals and are being cunts, but how does that make them different to 80% of other countries (100% til about 40 years ago when people started doing shit about it)? Basically I'm just being the devil's advocate here, saying there are reasons why they do it and why (at least in their own eyes) it is justifiable.
nike's a big example because they're the industry leader and could influence great change. but nope. their justification? that's simple.

profit > human lives

[ggirlballa]

i like my sneakers :/

[cosmo105]

it makes me feel very fortunate for all the things i have & i don't appreciate sumtimes
that's good. :) we're all guilty of overconsumption. but if you can at least appreciate that you're lucky, and don't always NEED to have new...things, and stuff, because that's really all it is...that's more than you can say about most people in our culture.


besides, it'll take a big change in society (like our oil reserves running out) to make things different. there's not that much room to make your own choices about what you support sometimes. who wouldn't love to shop at a locally owned business for everything, and all that good stuff? sometimes that's just not possible. but every little step counts.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

It's too early in the morning to get into this debate so back to the topic in hand.

I <3 adidas and i was faithful to my stan smiths until i got some K-Swiss. They are so damn comfortable and it's all about the comfort these days kids.

[discopants]

I say, fuck Reebok and their fucking 50 Cent commercials. You ain't cool in a gangster rap way dick heads, you're associated with Bolton Wonderers.

K-Swiss? Fuck 'em. Fuck Nike and their fucking sweatshops filled with 8 year old girls whose only other job opprtunity is prostitution. I'm feeling anti- capitalism today.

[discopants]

besides, should a child that young have a JOB? shouldn't that child be in, oh, i don't know, SCHOOL?

All children should have to go up chimneys again. That'd sort this country out. At weekends of course, at night times they can just shovel shit. I'm feeling anti- youth of today alcy scum. Fuck 'em.

[Tzar]

yeaaawwwh (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/m2ak47_tzar/DSC03067.jpg)