They say no one enters your life without a reason. Sometimes, the connection is so subtle, you might not even realise that there is one. And it always is one. The one.
What if it’s the same with clothes?
What?
Think of the white Stan Smith Adidas sneakers that tell the world you’re in, you fit in.
What?
It’s been one of fashion’s statements for some time now. You get them, you wear them and — boom — the world knows and — boom — the world is at peace. Are you at peace? If you like them so much, then I feel you, and I’d wear them to bed, too. But if you haven’t even considered whether you are absolutely in love with them or not, but you do get them and wear them because the world needs to be at peace, then, my friend, you’d better start googling ‘peace’.
What?
The same goes with people — just like in the statement we started with.
Do you wanna be the same as everybody else?, a great friend once asked me, in my pursuit of some “famous” pair of sneakers. Some kind of New Balance almost everyone — casually, but not so casually — had and wore — casually, but not so casually, I’m stopping here. I stopped, looked him in the eyes, and thought for a second. Sometimes, you almost give in and, man, do we give in when we like something or what? Who cares if everybody else likes what you like, too? Think no further than, let’s say …McDonald’s.
F*ck no, I responded, of course. I didn’t like the sneakers quite as much as I liked McDonald’s. It’s hard to see what you want when so many people seem to want this thing, the same thing — a thing that didn’t even catch your eye to begin with. You start to gravitate. But, then, you stop and know exactly what you want. I randomly bumped into this pair of dotted Nikes and — boom — I instantly knew. And nothing is random, anyway. Think of the one.
The friendship the great friend and I began so genuinely that this is the first time I get to realise how genuinely it did begin — just like in the statement we started with.
Find yourself and then the clothes (and shoes) will find you. Well, that would be super easy, but you know what I mean. If you don’t, you might consider googling ‘find yourself’.
Great, now I’m really not getting these Adidas sneakers. Straight face emoji. It’s OK, I didn’t like, like, like them. I might have like them for a bit, though, when All Saints wore them on stage somewhere. I thought Oh. I never liked bandage dresses either and I don’t feel any Oh coming, but who knows.
But — Oh! — when I like something! I stare!
Why get the “what everybody wants”, anyway? I guess it’s easier for the world. Peace. It skips the starring part and your heart doesn’t get to skip a beat. But that’s the fun part! Isn’t that what gives one peace?
Let your mind be free and let it be. Just sayin’. And right as I said that, I bumped into a photo of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy wearing this particular pair of sneakers and my heart melted. So. I might be wearing them when they’re completely out of the normcore, who knows, they have a Wikipedia page, after all.
In 1963, the first Adidas tennis shoe was produced, which was the first ever leather tennis shoe and marked the beginning of a long line of classic Adidas shoes. Adidas Stan Smith is a tennis shoe made by Adidas, and first launched in 1965. Originally named “Adidas Robert Haillet” after the brand endorsed French prominent player Robert Haillet, in 1978 the sneakers were renamed after Stan Smith, an American tennis player who was active between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s.
Why get the “what everybody wants” anyway? I guess it’s easier for the world. Peace. It skips the starring part and your heart doesn’t get to skip a beat. But that’s the fun part! Isn’t that what gives one peace?
Let your mind be free and let it be. Just sayin’. And right as I said that, I bumped into a photo of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy wearing this particular pair of sneakers and my heart melted. So. I might be wearing them when they’re completely out of the normcore. They have a Wikipedia page, after all. In 1963, the first Adidas tennis shoe was produced, which was the first ever leather tennis shoe and marked the beginning of a long line of classic Adidas shoes. Adidas Stan Smith is a tennis shoe made by Adidas, and first launched in 1965. Originally named “Adidas Robert Haillet” after the brand endorsed French prominent player Robert Haillet, in 1978 the sneakers were renamed after Stan Smith, an American tennis player who was active between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s.
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