Hard to Find Sneakers 7373 Responses

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• mg33

  I've been trying to track down a few pair of the Vans Vault shoes since discovering them recently. I somehow got a free subscription to Complex magazine last year and always love seeing what they've got featured.

  Anyhow, I'm sure some of you have tracked down some custom/special versions of shoes before. They never seem to be available at a main company site, and are only in store or found through blog after blog to some online store.

  Any tips on finding shoes that are either going to sell out quick or are hard to find in the first place?

  Apr 30, 09, 2:46 p.m. – Permalink

• fooler2

  http://www.flightclubny.com/

  • thanks– mg331/2

    they're all size 8– uberdesigner2/2

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink

• EKUL

  _b_y

  • can I buy an "e"?– fooler2

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink

• fooler2

  http://www.pickyourshoes.com/

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:49 p.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  

  • +1
    – FixMiller

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:53 p.m. – Permalink

• gung_hoek

  http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:54 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  I am specifically after these:

  

  They came out on April 1st, and i can find a ton of Japanese stores that have them, just barely any in the US.

  • I could go to the sneaker shop around the corner and buy these for you. We could set up a paypal transaction or something?– Andrew_D1/5

    Do they actually have them? I'm going to try a local store tonight, if not, maybe so.– mg332/5

    The only thing is the pair I saw were beige/cream/white/ca... <- Not sure, exactly.– Andrew_D3/5

    I just know they weren't black, but they might have black.– Andrew_D4/5

    they look quite like pointers– kingsteven5/5

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:54 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  I also came across these as well, which I think are Fall/Winter 2009

  

  Those are sweet as hell.

  • WANT! Where and how much?– Ruffian1/6

    not out yet. I just subscribed to a ton of blogs to keep track of this stuff, see below:– mg332/6

    http://sneakernews.c…– mg333/6

    these are some ugly ass shoes!– Point54/6

    These are beautiful—must have!– dMullins5/6

    These are awesome and are next on my list of purchases.– seansuth6/6

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 2:56 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  http://www.nicekicks.com/
  www.TheShoeGame.com
  http://hypebeast.com/
  http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/
  http://sneakernews.com/

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:05 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  I have a store right down the street that is a Vans Vault distributor, I'll have to swing by there and see if they do special orders. Since I'm only talking Vans specifically, here's the site: http://vault.vans.com/

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:11 p.m. – Permalink

• fooler2

  I could never find these in my size...

  

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:15 p.m. – Permalink

• pylon

  I couldn't find my kicks for a couple months after moving the last time. Looked high, looked low, they were nowhere. Finally found them in the back of the car. THOSE were some hard to find sneakers.

  • My sneakers were once in the back of your car too I think. Not in a gay way though, just in a regular guys way.– Horp1/5

    Yeah, I thought those were yours. That was after we went to that regular guys Villiage People– pylon2/5

    Dress-Up party in the East End. That was pretty fun in a regular guys way...– pylon3/5

    I was the Native American one specifically because they are known to never actually be gay.– Horp4/5

    Sneakers will be sneaky– Amicus5/5

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:15 p.m. – Permalink

• Horp

  mg33 I always find that when sneakers are likely to sell out really quick its a good idea to buy them really early soon after first hearing about them.

  For any that are going to be hard to find I generally just start looking around really quickly, and I search really hard with a frowny face, stooped over and scuttling about from shop to shop, mumbling inaudibly to myself.

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:21 p.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  

  • Nice. Hard to find?– Horp1/3

    What am I saying they are Nike and nike SUCK. Adidas only for me.– Horp2/3

    They aint just Nikes bro, they Nike SB's.– Godhaal3/3

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:22 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  Horp,

  Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm really curious how up to date Complex's issues are with their shoes. Those mags are created at least a couple months before issue date, so no idea how totally gone shoes will be by the time their featured.

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:24 p.m. – Permalink

• kelpie

  I fucking hate that shit. I'm totally against the elusiveness of sneakers.

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:28 p.m. – Permalink

• pylon

  They'd not be sneakers if they weren't elusive, Kelpie. They're sneaky by definition.

  • Zing!– mg33

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:30 p.m. – Permalink

• instrmntl

  I want some Jason Lee Airwalks

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:31 p.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  

  • Made of plastic essentially. Lether (is it leather) is no good.– sisu

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:35 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  kelpie,

  I'm with you, but at the same time, sometimes it's nice to have something that you won't see on many people. I don't like really flashy shoes, just stuff that's subtly cool and "me."

  The regular Vans line made some chukkas that were two colors of light grey on the upper/lower, with white sole, and I LOVE them. They're just getting a bit dirty.

  I also recently got some of the John Varvatos Converse hi-tops, but those things DO NOT fit my feet. I've given up on converse - they're just too narrow for my feet. Vans are great though.

  

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  Dog-earApr 30, 09, 3:36 p.m. – Permalink

• max_prophet

  mg33 would you really want to risk being caught wearing last seasons shoes? You're almost certainly better off going out to buy the latest urban street style "ZINE" in your area and seeing what is hott at the moment and wear to buy those next-level products. That way you will really stand out at the big gallery openings and music events.

  • dude, I'm not Arthur Kade. LOL– mg331/2

    was that statement for real?– morilla2/2

  

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