Sunday, November 2, 2008

Bape Sucks

I'm actually rather upset about this. Bape is a company that makes more expensive versions of popular streetwear.

They make a version if the Nike Air Force 1, the Adidas Superstar, the Puma clyde and I think they do Nike Dunks and Max's now too.

The Bape knockoff of the AF1 is a better shape than the actual shoe in my opinion. Slightly sleeker without getting into the "duck foot" territory the Nike Dunk occupies. It's a very nice shoe and I have exactly 1 pair.

There are two problems here:
1. The shoes sell for $150 but are poorly constructed out of cheap leather and materials. The cutting and stitching is all ragged and shoddy.

2. They're all patent leather clown shoes now.

Seriously. Ultra colorful patent leather. So your shoes are going to look like hell after exactly 1 wear.

Awesome.

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