Who would have thought that we would see any of this again in the sneaker world. Earlier this week people started lining up and camping out in front of sneaker stores to get their hands onto the re-issue of the Air Jordan 11 Retro Concord, which was scheduled to release today, December 23rd, 2011.
Now reports have come up that police had to shut down several malls in Austin and Seattle and had to use pepper spray to keep the crowd in order. There is even a report of a young man dying after being stabbed over the shoes in Washington, D.C. In Richmond, California the shoe sales were canceled at Hilltop Mall after shots were fired into the air.
Guys, what is going on here? We are talking about sneakers, a passion for many. This is not supposed to happen. Unbelievable!
Two TV news reports on the stories follow after the jump.
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This is truly bullshit. I love kicks but goddamn people.
a king at night:
23.12.2011, 19.56
“C’mon guys, this is like…really bad and stuff. Hey, stop killing one another over a pair of sneakers.”
Meanwhile, we’ll continue to pump a lifestyle offering of intimidatingly unobtainable & materially vapid objects in order to shore up the self same commodity fetishism we’re attempting to bemoan.
This site is scandalous. Getting your trainers jacked and being shot are surely the logical conclusion this whole circle jerk of self referential fan boy fervour leads to?
Anyone fancy coming over and fucking me in the ass with a Visvim strap on while I mime lady Gaga through my veil of tears?
Thanks,
Kanye
King at night – when I read these kind of stories I actually do question my job here. But in all honesty, it just does not enter my mind how something like this can happen for a sneaker? No matter the amount of hype, no matter how limited, the price… how can this happen? Is it the reselling business that creates these issues? I just dont get it.
Tyler:
23.12.2011, 20.31
Look at the date (you know this isnt a credible site when they dont even know the date)
actually, look at the year… umm when exactly did the year change? last i checked, it doesnt become 2012 for another week and a half;
SN: theyre freakin REreleases lmao wow…
Dead Wrong:
23.12.2011, 20.39
This site isn’t the problem, if you don’t have the ability to buy the items on this site, much less the restraint to not use violence when you see someone with one of these items on you shouldn’t be on here.Period. The bigger issue is the conduct of the people committing these acts as they are morally reprehensible. Why cant we purely hold them responsible? Another thing is knowing that this has happened in the past, why does Nike continue to treat anticipated releases like this?
Dead Wrong – you make some valid points. I was also thinking how Nike could change and prevent these things. Whats the solution? Not reissue these kind of products? Release higher quantities so that they are not ‘limited’? Not sure that is the way to go. Would love to hear your opinions…
Jiz:
23.12.2011, 21.04
I’m not one to stand up for corporations but Nike, Highsnobiety, Hypebeast etc. are not at all, responsible for fuckery like this! How can you blame a company for creating a high demand for a product? Isn’t that the point of marketing? I’m a “sneakerhead” and due to the Christmas season, I couldn’t afford the usual ridiculous price point (which is their prerogative), at this time. So, you know what I did?… Let them go! I’m grown. And as much as I love my kicks, I have other priorities. If you’re old enough to stand in line overnight for an item, you should know the value of yours or the next man’s well being is FAR greater than a pair of fucking sneakers! If a person is capable of such a thoughtless and hurtful act for something this trivial, they were bound to do it at some point in time, regardless. PEOPLE are accountable for their actions, not sneaker brands… not websites.
a king at night:
23.12.2011, 21.14
This site is as much a part of the problem. The problem doesn’t begin and end with the guy pulling a knife over a pair of sneakers which will have been built for below $5 in Indonesia or some other third world slave camp.
It’s like building a community that’s dumb and desperate enough to even want to do that, participating in it, but then waving your hands in the air like a Connecticut housewife when it gets a little too real.
Yes, there are people who are so impoverished that they believe sneakers are worth killing/dying for.
The question is whether anybody who reads the stuff on here cares enough to admit that this (the site) is bereft of meaning and adds to the problem. Enough said. I design clothes so I’m no angel. It’s like shotting rocks and then crying about the way the junkies behave. (Man I stole your purse, but now I’m gonna help you look for it)
Things are as they are, but to take a moral standpoint is a little queasy from where I’m standing.
Cameron:
23.12.2011, 21.22
What happened was MJ is a fucking asshole and only sent about 50 pair to each outlet so ppl were bum rushing that shit….and two days before xmas are you fucking kidding me hell yeah niggas r gonna be goin off. I waited for five hours to get told they didnt have anymore if I had known they were only getting a few per store i never woulda gone.
a king at night:
23.12.2011, 21.29
And, “I’m not one for standing up for corporations…but I’m going to do it anyway.”
Well, when MY cultural cache is threatened I feel a little like puffing out my chest too.
Who gives a fuck about sneakers when all is said and done. It’s NOTHING. They are status symbols for people who are culturally bankrupt. TOTEMS of EMPTINESS.
Please like me, look what I’m wearing! Jesus.
But yeah, I like a pair of black dunks, so who am I kidding?
I just don’t get righteous when some kid is fucked up enough to want to do that, more sad and a little empathetic. There but for the grace of god go I. This culture is a closed loop of man child consumers getting slightly aroused by the latest nonnative lookbook, but unable to confront the fact that while we click through, we are in fact conforming in the most abject way to the high command. Everyone looks the same. Fucking duck hunting preppy skate low slush. And somehow it’s ok to act with this air of superiority. It’s unintelligible.
I hate myself and I want to die.
Please return back to your browsing.
ST:
23.12.2011, 21.56
This website and big corporations are not the people at blame in this situation. Theyre just doing their jobs, creating appealing product an marketing it, and reporting on lifestyle news. They have no way to stop these types of people from wanting their product or reading their story. Its the consumers, with childish mindsets of “I’m going to throw a tantrum if I don’t get what I want” that fuck everything for the reasonable people in this community. I know damn well that with the amount of publicity and demand for this product and the logically low supply I would not be able to purchase them. But obviously, others couldn’t put two and two together, and decided to be recklessly greedy in getting what everyone else wants. It’s an old design, released in the past multiple times, and a simple color way, yet people find their lives comparable to that of ownership of a high demand product. This is just the type of materialistic and illogical society we live in today.
gabe:
23.12.2011, 22.20
Fukin rediclous over a pair of jays com on wtf has the world come too the shoes r badass I stood in line for 2 hours still didn’t get em I gt the red n blk ones n have had em but to gt shot over that shyt is sad now a days people dnt wrk n r fuked up crack heads m
y heart goes out to that Kats parents they should of been relased someothrr time poor kid can’t even enjoy em now cuz of some stupid ass.. I love kiks but nt that much to kill someone over them
grumble:
23.12.2011, 22.54
This is just awful. Imagine getting a call from the police to inform you that your son was stabbed and killed over a pair of Jordans.
Morris:
23.12.2011, 23.02
Wow!! It’s sad to hear someone got killed for a pair of f-ing shoes!! Grow up America. And as for people trying to blame this on the big bad evil corporates please note that we, the people, need to start taking responsibility for our actions instead of playing the blame game. Not everyone is out to get us.. jeezz
Jiz:
25.12.2011, 02.58
A king at night, I AM stickin up for the corporation in this case! I made it a point to state that. At the end of the day, right is right. And “TOTEMS of EMPTINESS.Please like me, look what I’m wearing! Jesus.” ? “a closed loop of man child consumers”? Sounds like you were lookin inward on that one, homie. It’s not that deep. Some of us are grown men who get up, handle business everyday and for whatever reason, enjoy sneakers more than the average cat. So, you can save that bullshit for your next psych class essay cause you def sound like a young’n who’s just learnin to form thoughts and opinions. PEACE
Miley:
25.12.2011, 05.07
Was at both malls that got shut down in Austin it was unreal made me sick I finally got my pair online after going threw almost being pepered sprayed and then tramplled at the next mall it made me sick and disappointed lol finally think its time to hang me up sit in front of my computer and purchase lines are way to hectic
Multi Grooves:
25.12.2011, 20.41
To suggest corporations have absolutely NO responsibility is foolhardy. Yes, the individual should take 100% responsibility for their actions but we aren’t all created equal and some of us are weaker upstairs than others. As someone mentioned these companies spend hundreds of millions on advertising/marketing/jedi mind tricks to generate exactly this kind of lust and wantage in the masses.
Surely you can’t fully separate the fashion industries connection to bulimia and other associated eating and mental illness?
In other news, anyone wanna buy a NOS pair of Nike Zvezdochka UK11 black boxed?
Multi Grooves:
26.12.2011, 14.15
What I don’t get is the trainers are fucking butters!
[...] deux allers-retours autour des fêtes de Noël, les scènes d’hystérie (et c’est un euphémisme…) de consommateurs qui cherchent à acheter des rééditions de Nike Air Jordan XI Retro [...]
ive been collecting shoes for a long time and part of this is nikes fault. they can produce as many shoes as they want and even do re-ups but they choose not to. it used to be that you could go to the store and buy these whenever and it wouldn’t even be a big deal.
or maybe stores can just do releases by private lottery.
[...] Each store was overwhelmed with crowds when about 1,000 people showed up at each store. In all, about 3,000 people were in line to buy the $180 shoes. view full article [...]
This is truly bullshit. I love kicks but goddamn people.
“C’mon guys, this is like…really bad and stuff. Hey, stop killing one another over a pair of sneakers.”
Meanwhile, we’ll continue to pump a lifestyle offering of intimidatingly unobtainable & materially vapid objects in order to shore up the self same commodity fetishism we’re attempting to bemoan.
This site is scandalous. Getting your trainers jacked and being shot are surely the logical conclusion this whole circle jerk of self referential fan boy fervour leads to?
Anyone fancy coming over and fucking me in the ass with a Visvim strap on while I mime lady Gaga through my veil of tears?
Thanks,
Kanye
King at night – when I read these kind of stories I actually do question my job here. But in all honesty, it just does not enter my mind how something like this can happen for a sneaker? No matter the amount of hype, no matter how limited, the price… how can this happen? Is it the reselling business that creates these issues? I just dont get it.
Look at the date (you know this isnt a credible site when they dont even know the date)
actually, look at the year… umm when exactly did the year change? last i checked, it doesnt become 2012 for another week and a half;
SN: theyre freakin REreleases lmao wow…
This site isn’t the problem, if you don’t have the ability to buy the items on this site, much less the restraint to not use violence when you see someone with one of these items on you shouldn’t be on here.Period. The bigger issue is the conduct of the people committing these acts as they are morally reprehensible. Why cant we purely hold them responsible? Another thing is knowing that this has happened in the past, why does Nike continue to treat anticipated releases like this?
Tyler – corrected the mistake. Its an honest mistake, most things we report about these days come out in 2012. But, thanks for pointing out.
Dead Wrong – you make some valid points. I was also thinking how Nike could change and prevent these things. Whats the solution? Not reissue these kind of products? Release higher quantities so that they are not ‘limited’? Not sure that is the way to go. Would love to hear your opinions…
I’m not one to stand up for corporations but Nike, Highsnobiety, Hypebeast etc. are not at all, responsible for fuckery like this! How can you blame a company for creating a high demand for a product? Isn’t that the point of marketing? I’m a “sneakerhead” and due to the Christmas season, I couldn’t afford the usual ridiculous price point (which is their prerogative), at this time. So, you know what I did?… Let them go! I’m grown. And as much as I love my kicks, I have other priorities. If you’re old enough to stand in line overnight for an item, you should know the value of yours or the next man’s well being is FAR greater than a pair of fucking sneakers! If a person is capable of such a thoughtless and hurtful act for something this trivial, they were bound to do it at some point in time, regardless. PEOPLE are accountable for their actions, not sneaker brands… not websites.
This site is as much a part of the problem. The problem doesn’t begin and end with the guy pulling a knife over a pair of sneakers which will have been built for below $5 in Indonesia or some other third world slave camp.
It’s like building a community that’s dumb and desperate enough to even want to do that, participating in it, but then waving your hands in the air like a Connecticut housewife when it gets a little too real.
Yes, there are people who are so impoverished that they believe sneakers are worth killing/dying for.
The question is whether anybody who reads the stuff on here cares enough to admit that this (the site) is bereft of meaning and adds to the problem. Enough said. I design clothes so I’m no angel. It’s like shotting rocks and then crying about the way the junkies behave. (Man I stole your purse, but now I’m gonna help you look for it)
Things are as they are, but to take a moral standpoint is a little queasy from where I’m standing.
What happened was MJ is a fucking asshole and only sent about 50 pair to each outlet so ppl were bum rushing that shit….and two days before xmas are you fucking kidding me hell yeah niggas r gonna be goin off. I waited for five hours to get told they didnt have anymore if I had known they were only getting a few per store i never woulda gone.
And, “I’m not one for standing up for corporations…but I’m going to do it anyway.”
Well, when MY cultural cache is threatened I feel a little like puffing out my chest too.
Who gives a fuck about sneakers when all is said and done. It’s NOTHING. They are status symbols for people who are culturally bankrupt. TOTEMS of EMPTINESS.
Please like me, look what I’m wearing! Jesus.
But yeah, I like a pair of black dunks, so who am I kidding?
I just don’t get righteous when some kid is fucked up enough to want to do that, more sad and a little empathetic. There but for the grace of god go I. This culture is a closed loop of man child consumers getting slightly aroused by the latest nonnative lookbook, but unable to confront the fact that while we click through, we are in fact conforming in the most abject way to the high command. Everyone looks the same. Fucking duck hunting preppy skate low slush. And somehow it’s ok to act with this air of superiority. It’s unintelligible.
I hate myself and I want to die.
Please return back to your browsing.
This website and big corporations are not the people at blame in this situation. Theyre just doing their jobs, creating appealing product an marketing it, and reporting on lifestyle news. They have no way to stop these types of people from wanting their product or reading their story. Its the consumers, with childish mindsets of “I’m going to throw a tantrum if I don’t get what I want” that fuck everything for the reasonable people in this community. I know damn well that with the amount of publicity and demand for this product and the logically low supply I would not be able to purchase them. But obviously, others couldn’t put two and two together, and decided to be recklessly greedy in getting what everyone else wants. It’s an old design, released in the past multiple times, and a simple color way, yet people find their lives comparable to that of ownership of a high demand product. This is just the type of materialistic and illogical society we live in today.
Fukin rediclous over a pair of jays com on wtf has the world come too the shoes r badass I stood in line for 2 hours still didn’t get em I gt the red n blk ones n have had em but to gt shot over that shyt is sad now a days people dnt wrk n r fuked up crack heads m
y heart goes out to that Kats parents they should of been relased someothrr time poor kid can’t even enjoy em now cuz of some stupid ass.. I love kiks but nt that much to kill someone over them
This is just awful. Imagine getting a call from the police to inform you that your son was stabbed and killed over a pair of Jordans.
Wow!! It’s sad to hear someone got killed for a pair of f-ing shoes!! Grow up America. And as for people trying to blame this on the big bad evil corporates please note that we, the people, need to start taking responsibility for our actions instead of playing the blame game. Not everyone is out to get us.. jeezz
A king at night, I AM stickin up for the corporation in this case! I made it a point to state that. At the end of the day, right is right. And “TOTEMS of EMPTINESS.Please like me, look what I’m wearing! Jesus.” ? “a closed loop of man child consumers”? Sounds like you were lookin inward on that one, homie. It’s not that deep. Some of us are grown men who get up, handle business everyday and for whatever reason, enjoy sneakers more than the average cat. So, you can save that bullshit for your next psych class essay cause you def sound like a young’n who’s just learnin to form thoughts and opinions. PEACE
Was at both malls that got shut down in Austin it was unreal made me sick I finally got my pair online after going threw almost being pepered sprayed and then tramplled at the next mall it made me sick and disappointed lol finally think its time to hang me up sit in front of my computer and purchase lines are way to hectic
To suggest corporations have absolutely NO responsibility is foolhardy. Yes, the individual should take 100% responsibility for their actions but we aren’t all created equal and some of us are weaker upstairs than others. As someone mentioned these companies spend hundreds of millions on advertising/marketing/jedi mind tricks to generate exactly this kind of lust and wantage in the masses.
Surely you can’t fully separate the fashion industries connection to bulimia and other associated eating and mental illness?
In other news, anyone wanna buy a NOS pair of Nike Zvezdochka UK11 black boxed?
What I don’t get is the trainers are fucking butters!
(butters = butt ugly)
[...] deux allers-retours autour des fêtes de Noël, les scènes d’hystérie (et c’est un euphémisme…) de consommateurs qui cherchent à acheter des rééditions de Nike Air Jordan XI Retro [...]
[...] Highsnobiety Tags: Air Jordan [...]
ive been collecting shoes for a long time and part of this is nikes fault. they can produce as many shoes as they want and even do re-ups but they choose not to. it used to be that you could go to the store and buy these whenever and it wouldn’t even be a big deal.
or maybe stores can just do releases by private lottery.
[...] Each store was overwhelmed with crowds when about 1,000 people showed up at each store. In all, about 3,000 people were in line to buy the $180 shoes. view full article [...]