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Adidas - £170 for pre-dirtied trainers?!

56 replies

BlowDryRat · 03/01/2024 19:57

Who is the target audience and why? The soles look positively mouldy.

Adidas Ultraboost Light Shoes - orbit grey

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Adidas - £170 for pre-dirtied trainers?!
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QueSyrahSyrah · 03/01/2024 20:00

The Emperors New Clothes.

A long-running in-joke by the fashion industry to see what is the cruddiest piece of shit they can persuade some brainless fashion victim to part with $$ for.

(IMO)

Fabellini · 03/01/2024 20:02

Golden Goose have been doing it for years…
At least that’s just one of the colour options for the same trainer, I’d imagine it’ll be the one that ends up on the sale rail.

BlowDryRat · 03/01/2024 20:07

It's very odd. My DC insist on using special wipes to keep their white trainers pristine.

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granhands1 · 03/01/2024 20:09

Derelicte!

GettingStuffed · 03/01/2024 20:10

For trainer collectors with more money than sense.

badwolf82 · 03/01/2024 20:46

granhands1 · 03/01/2024 20:09

Derelicte!

So hot right now

mottytotty · 03/01/2024 21:37

Love the voting options. I voted lost their minds. They must be running out of ideas.

BlowDryRat · 03/01/2024 22:18

I could derelicte my own trainers for a lot less than £170.

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granhands1 · 03/01/2024 22:42

Mugatu was truly ahead of his time

Zoreos · 04/01/2024 01:22

I think it all depends if you’re desperate for the nostalgia of your old school PE departments lost property or not. 🤷🏻‍♀️

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 04/01/2024 02:34

@Zoreos I can smell your post!

Tiddlywinkly · 04/01/2024 07:23

Perhaps Adidas should have gone to The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too?

inamarina · 04/01/2024 07:29

Fabellini · 03/01/2024 20:02

Golden Goose have been doing it for years…
At least that’s just one of the colour options for the same trainer, I’d imagine it’ll be the one that ends up on the sale rail.

I was going to mention Golden Goose!

Tbh, I don’t like the look of their trainers even if they hadn’t been made to look dirty… and then the price tag!

inamarina · 04/01/2024 07:29

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 04/01/2024 02:34

@Zoreos I can smell your post!

Me too! 😃

C1N1C · 04/01/2024 07:38

Erm... ripped jeans???

BlowDryRat · 04/01/2024 08:17

I suppose ripped jeans, but at least they're clean. If I saw these trainers in the wild I'd assume they were dirty.

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2under4 · 04/01/2024 09:48

Genius! Take them out to the pub twice a week, then return home pretending you've done a run 😂New years resolutions only last a week, buy this way you can at least avoid the shame.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 04/01/2024 09:55

What happened to "box fresh" trainers? Are they not a la mode now then? These are gross by the way - really skanky looking.

mondaytosunday · 04/01/2024 10:00

There has been a thread about this a few weeks ago.
One born every minute comes to mind...

AMurderofMurderingCrows · 04/01/2024 10:16

C1N1C · 04/01/2024 07:38

Erm... ripped jeans???

I remember my granny being dumbfounded that I spent 40 quid (in 1991) for a pair of ripped Levi's.

I fear I am now my granny, dumbfounded that people will pay large sums of money for manky trainers.

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Notsurehwhattdo · 04/01/2024 10:47

Who are these people that can afford £685 on a pair of manky shoes?!

SuitYouSir · 04/01/2024 10:50

Is this the kickback against the box fresh trend? But instead of just dirtying your £22 trainers yourself by running through the woods like we did in the 90s, you pay Adidas hundreds to do it for you 😂

Next up pants with built in skids

Badtrampoline · 04/01/2024 10:52

OMG I remember back in the early 2000s when destroyed converse where the rage - I brought a new pair and buried them in the back garden LOL. My Dad was APPALLED.