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Friday, December 18, 2020

600 bucks..... you gotta be shittin' me

Lately, the cutting edge of sneakers has begun to look round. Not simply soft, but volumetric, fat, chubby. Call it blobby. These are not shoes—they’re shooze.

King among the shooze is the Pyer Moss Sculpt. That sneaker actually debuted in designer Kerby Jean-Raymond’s show at the Brooklyn Kings Theatre in October of 2019, but it hit the market just this past November in black and yellow, and swiftly sold out. Shooze move slowly: a new colorway, yellow and white, drops this Friday. (Though Jean-Raymond does double-duty as the creative director of Reebok, these sneakers were introduced under the Pyer Moss banner alone, and, accordingly, are priced to the tune of $595.) When I first saw them the fall before last, they struck me as a blobbier take on the Raf Simons Ozweego, which appeared to snap an Adidas sneaker into a blocky, rubbery or metallic protective base. A year later, emerging during Jean-Raymond’s banner year, they looked more like a prescient pronouncement for American fashion domination.
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15 comments:

  1. Frank FisherDecember 18, 2020 at 3:43 AM

    Great idea!
    I’ll enjoy the videos of idiots tripping over their own feet while trying to run from the cops!

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  2. BadFrogDecember 18, 2020 at 3:56 AM

    Only someone with an air temperature IQ would want to be seen with those. They are what we called 'Womble-wanker shoes' as they are the kind of shoes worn by someone who would have wanked a Womble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wombles).

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    1. linemanDecember 18, 2020 at 9:08 PM

      Think you meant room temperature 😉

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    2. AnonymousDecember 19, 2020 at 12:08 AM

      Same thing. He just didn't identify which room, Lineman. Now we have to wait to see if he wants to measure in American Fahrenheit or the Commie centigrade (commiegrade).

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  3. bogsidebunnyDecember 18, 2020 at 4:34 AM

    Expect dozens of shooting, stabbing, blunt-instrument deaths in large cities with these hitting the streets.

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    1. rickn8orDecember 18, 2020 at 1:42 PM

      These will replace the 60-inch plasma TV's as "Most-Looted Item" in the next BLM Mostly Peaceful demonstration.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 18, 2020 at 4:51 AM

    Hhmmmmm. Sneakers?
    Tennis shoes?


    DGAF Kenny....

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  5. AnonymousDecember 18, 2020 at 5:13 AM

    THOSE! are some ugly ass skids. Certain to be a must have among the melanin enriched crowd. Also the wannabes

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  6. SON of REEPDecember 18, 2020 at 6:01 AM

    I’m sure plenty of these shoes along with Apple12 phones will be available at the next peaceful protests

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  7. waitingForTheStormDecember 18, 2020 at 9:03 AM

    Number 1 in the trifecta.

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  8. willfordDecember 18, 2020 at 9:13 AM

    SOLD to all the LIB MORONS around. TOTAL SHINE SHOES?

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  9. SgtBobDecember 18, 2020 at 9:33 AM

    Whatever.

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  10. Backwoods OkieDecember 18, 2020 at 11:53 AM

    I'll take a pair of Whites any day. Rebuildable and last for years.

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    1. wirecutterDecember 18, 2020 at 12:01 PM

      Great boots. I've always wanted a pair but just couldn't bring myself to spend the money.

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