Trainers

cultural appropriation/fetishisation, and availability.

By far one of the best trainers

So why ask the question "why is x worth more than y?"?

dude I've no idea who Common Projects are, they are selling what I can only surmise is over priced retro looking trainers, which have no technical or material advantage over a cheaper pair of stan smiths apart from they are "Common Projects".
I am surprised by this, whose the star name in that enterprise, why so lusted after by @Tenderloin, are they japanese? Limited Edition? Designed by someone "famous"? Mystically endowed with athletic properties? Going to make me stand out from the rest of the leather trainer wearing massive?

If you don't have answers to any/or all of these questions, then why keep replying?
Of course I could just stick my own interpretation on them as to why they cost so much, but the serious question bit of my first post was supposed to signify that I was actually looking for a reasoned answer, not just straight batting back to me.

These are Acne trainers and £250

These are Jigsaw trainers and £130

The Common Projects are really nice leather and a really nice design, everyone who has them says that they are expensive but nice. Why is a Rapha jersey worth 3 times that of a Torm Jersey? Paying brand/hipster tax. I also pay three as much for my drinks in London as I would in Wigan and my rent is way more than living in Lincoln.

the common projects stuff is generally well made nice quality leather etc, I think the shoes are made in italy rather than sweat shop mass production in vietnam etc so command a higher price or at least that's what they claim! clean looking nice and simple but the price is to heavy for me

Why do I keep replying?
I don't. I've responded twice. This is response number three.

You clearly have a handle on why things are more expensive than other things when they look nearly identical.

those jigsaw trainers are butters too

They're pretty nice but £129 is expensive when you could by a Jack Purcell for half that

It basically goes 'do you like/want the shoe enough to pay the asking price'. That is it really. I'm with you on that shoe, but there are shoes I would pay that for.

They do look more suited to the proper shoe thread tho. I would go for filling pieces over any of those.

@d-goods, I'd never pay that asking price though. I haven't paid more than a hundred notes for a pair of trainers in the last decade, and I'll do limited editions when all the desirable ones are gone and the rest are discounted in the clearance sections.

Probably says more about me than the makers of the shoe. Where's @MultiGrooves when you need him to explain the vagaries of the fashion world...

wedding cake shoes ??

You'd still look a cunt.

(Just channeling pisti there)

The sole looks like computer packaging

We call it polystyrene in our house...

Totally polystyrene...

Well Mexico

WTF adidas.

Is like a shitter shadow of Nike atm. (That saying summing)

Anyone seen Palace x Adidas...

Pisti must be all up in dat shell suit.

previous page the trainers aint that nice, I like some of the jumpers and tops though esp the one based on the german world cup kit from the 90's

White trabbs >>>>>>>>>>

New page please!

Got these 2003 chilis for beaters at the weekend

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