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[industri_studios]

Joe - are the Ian Brown's the blue and red ones? I always liked them, but wished they'd been black (sort of a theme in my wardrobe, doncha know)...

[joethelion]

Originally Posted by industri_studios

Joe - are the Ian Brown's the blue and red ones? I always liked them, but wished they'd been black (sort of a theme in my wardrobe, doncha know)...

actually - they're more of a dark green and red...
if I remember correctly (I'm not wearing them at the moment), but the shell-toe & bottom is black, and the insole (inside the shoe) is yellow w/ lyrics to an Ian Brown song written inside

- oh and there's a gold plastic-thingy at the base of the shoe lases

and -1
I don't get it either, but there's a HUGE market for fake 'collectable' shoes and clothes... I had no idea about it until I really got into UNKLE. At first I wanted to get some related shirts (Futura2000 inspired designs, etc) or Bape stuff, but I couldn't find them anywhere for less than really really really ridiculous prices... then I started finding cheap online stores / auctions

that's when I found out that there are actually 'established' businesses that do nothing but make fake/pirated/bootleg versions of clothing

and like - these are freakin' t-shirts and tennis shoes!

sometimes they're obvious fakes, like the design is off or the colors are wrong... while others are a bit more tricky to decipher

...needless to say - I never got into the whole 'collectable' t-shirt or tennis shoe "deal" as you're put into two situations

(1) you're paying waaaaaay too much $$$ for clothes that you can't really wear

[or]

(2) you pay not-too-much (but still kinda pricey) for items that are fake


...actually - I think the Ian Brown shoes might just be the most expensive pair of shoes I've ever bought (including dress shoes) - and I even bought them at the Adidas store (so it was retail)