[ozthecoz]

Just a couple of questions for those who have more than a few pairs of soops -

Do you collect to wear or to display ?

do you only buy in your size ?

if you display your soops, how / where do you display them ?

and finally - do you class yourself as an enthusiast or a trainer collecter?

Just interested to see what people do etc

[mr.pure]

Buy 'em wear 'em, can't help but display 'em, got to many to hide.

Are you gonna ask us what to wear and how to do your hair next ?

[ozthecoz]

Buy 'em wear 'em, can't help but display 'em, got to many to hide.

Are you gonna ask us what to wear and how to do your hair next ?

nah ive got that wrapped up cheers :p

im mainly interested in seeing if people view a nice pair of trainers ( be them soops, nikes or whatever) as an object of art or not, ie would you display them in a cabinet for example and is there a distinction between an enthusiast and a collector - if you buy lots of pairs of trainers and keep them in a box on a shelf are you a collector or are you a horder lol

another angle ( maybe :p) - a collecter of rare trainers would not consider a pair of fakes but maybe an enthusiast would due to just wanting nice lookiing trainers ?

[mr.pure]

You're asking for black and white but there are so many shades of grey.
Some idiots buy every fucking thing going cos they wanna be seen to be a prominent collector.
I buy the ones I really want and some pairs that I get very cheap just for the hell of it.
I don't display them, display them but I intend to sort of when I move.
Personally, I'd say that a Superstar is more of an icon that has been present throughout so much of my life and certain pairs I like to look at as they are melifluous.



"Is that art ? I don't know, I'm not an art critic !"

[streak]

"but I can sure as hell tell you it's a crime!!"

[Effel]

I wear em to death, Display em (hard not to, theyre everywhere). I buy what i like and can afford.

[streak]

Wear everything.. what's the point in putting a pair of shoes in a glass case??

[pirate]

I wear them till the death !

[Effel]

To me, i prefer having absolutely fucked shoes on, that were originally sought after. Dunno why, just feels better.

[pirate]

Worn shoes are always comfier, my comfiest pair of shoes are some battered nikes.

[deftoned]

I've only got a few pairs myself, but i don't think i'd ever get to the point where i wouldn't wear them, and I've sworn only to buy soups that i really like, not ones that have been hyped just because everyone else wants them. I stil have my first pair of soups (only 8 years old now) that I still wear every now and then, thrashed to death, and when I buy a new pair I find it hard not to wear them every day for the first week

[stylz]

I wear every pair as often as I can but keep 'em all clean as, basically if I leave the house i'm wearing SS.
I keep mine on a six tier shoe rack in my bedroom but now they're on my dresser,
side tables and everywhere else too and the boxes are all stacked in my cupboard and two drawers
are filled with laces, keyrings, stickers, booklets, adicolor stripes etc. and shoe cleaning gear.
When I get enough kicks i'd like to do a floor to ceiling, wall to wall shoe display
but I might need one of those ladders on rollers like they have in big library's so I can rock the pairs up the top.

[dj_wildthing]

I only buy in my size and I wear every pair I have. I take good care of them though and some I won't wear if it's raining or snowing, especially the suede ones. I don't consider myself a collector as I really only buy what I like, rare or not. They're not on display, but most of them are piled in boxes at the same place so they're kinda hard to miss...

[the_marsbar]

1) the main reason i buy sneakers is to wear them. i always have and will love fresh footwear.

2) i only buy in my size, yes. why not?

3) mine are displayed in a cupboard with glass doors. not really "displayed" though, as they're in their boxes.



4) i'd say i'm an enthusiast, not really a collector, since i haven't got that many pairs yet. would like some more though, but i gotta have my monthly dose of vinyl as well

[dj_wildthing]

That's a nice cupboard mate: records, liquor and Superstars - fit a woman and a pizza in there too and you'll have everything you ever need in one place!