searching for those 80ies basketball boots/Hi Tops

[JeffTD]

Haha, am I the only one who doesn't dig these all that much? I'm fine with cheap Converse All Star rip-offs and Adidas Superstars

Definitely not the only one... there's a reason I don't go to this forum for fashion advice .

 

[Notuern]

Too bad they cost 2000$.. :/

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Could see about the Reebok BB4600 Ultra Mid:

or if you want a little more height on the body - the Reebok Ultra Hi

Both have that old school white hi-top thrash vibe going.

Yep, I wore these things for fucking EVER.
Here's a pic from a few years ago.

 

[James Murphy]

yeah, as someone else already said.. the "bay area thrash uniform" included usually Reebok high-tops, not Nike.

i used to wear some that looked pretty much like this, but a bit higher, and no gray bits.

 

[J the TyranT]

Called it! Reeboks. Murph came in and proved my point cuz HE'd definitely know.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Definitely not the only one... there's a reason I don't go to this forum for fashion advice .

The reason why I can't see the awesomeness of these shoes could also be because I was running butt-naked in the fields of rural Finland when these were the thing among thrashers

 

[Felix Neumann]

the "bay area thrash uniform" included usually Reebok high-tops

Hahaha legendary!

 

[EerieVon]

Yeah east coast was Nike. I miss my Nike Flights from those days--best sneakers I have ever owned

 

[iekobrid]

There was a year where I had the same Nikes as Marty in this pic and my brother had the same ones as Dave. Of course, we'd bought ours first. Hmph.

 

[P-E]

Damn, I never realized bay area thrash were all about the gangster rap shoes.

 

[EerieVon]

Damn, I never realized bay area thrash were all about the gangster rap shoes.

At the time all the rappers wore adidas or British Knights

 

[James Murphy]

Damn, I never realized bay area thrash were all about the gangster rap shoes.

not even close... the two scenes wore very different styles of shoes.

such a weird phenomenon though that we can identify music scenes and eras based on footwear, eh?

 

[EerieVon]

We did sometimes have boots in common

 

[P-E]

Well I mean what rappers are now wearing used to be part of the said "bay area thrash uniform".

Oh yeah, I heard RUN DMC were huge on Adidas haha. With no laces.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

James: I was hoping you would chime in!
to the other guys complaining about these shoes: you're just too young!

these are nic:

again, too expensive though

http://www.allsaints.com/product/?s...1&position=0&all=1&prod_desc_id=5051214601267

now I don't know if I like the black or white ones better...leaning towards white

 

[Jevil]

Blacks are more discreet nowadays. Probably with white shoes people will point at you and tell you "get your fucking delorean and fuck off to the 80s'

I changed from white to black in 1991... fall of the metal basketball shoes and aparition of grunge, funk and all that shit, but I kept wearing them, then in the late 90's I changed and since then I normally wear skateboarding sport shoes.

 

[Joematthews]

Fuck this shit, vans waffle sole is the way forward.

 

[Machinated]

http://www.allsaints.com/product/?s...1&position=0&all=1&prod_desc_id=5051214601267

them be ladies shoes. there are mens ones too though

 

[Lasse Lammert]

them be ladies shoes. there are mens ones too though

yeah, I know, just posted the wrong link

 

[Harry Hughes]

Haha, am I the only one who doesn't dig these all that much? I'm fine with cheap Converse All Star rip-offs and Adidas Superstars

Nah, I'm not into high tops either.
I just wear regular (non hi-top) skate shoes or jogging shoes.
I like 80 thrash metal for the music........the fashion, not so much