I LOVE SHOES
People call me a Sneakerhead
Sneaker collecting is the acquisition and trading of sneakers as a
hobby. It is often manifested by the use and collection of shoes made
for particular sports, particularly basketball and skateboarding. A
person involved in sneaker collecting is sometimes called a
sneakerhead. The birth of sneaker collecting, subsequently creating
the sneakerhead culture in the United States came in the 1980s and can
be attributed to two major sources: basketball, specifically the
emergence of Michael Jordan and his eponymous Air Jordan line of shoes
released in 1985, and the growth of hip hop music. The boom of
signature basketball shoes during this era provided the sheer variety
necessary for a collecting subculture, while the hip-hop movement gave
the sneakers their street credibility as status symbols.
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