I’ve stayed away from sneaker buying for quite a while now. That changed this month. My staple sneaker for the past ten years or so has been the Nike Air Max 1. The Air Max 1, designed by Tinker Hatfield, was introduced in 1986 and was the first shoe to
Category: Sneakers
Sneakers & Pigeons
Since I was in primary school, I always loved sneakers. Back then, all that mattered was what was cool for the playground and basketball court. Although shoes were important, they were strictly for wear & tear. This was until I came across Jeff Staple’s blog “To Darren Hudson”. The blog began as a listing of his sneaker inventory, complete with photos and personal anecdotes. Through his blog, I was introduced to the crazy world of sneaker collecting; stockpiling multiple pairs of the same shoe, taking photos of each pair, spending obscene amounts on “limited editions”, identifying fakes, hunting for rare…


