Sneakerology 101
I want to take this class! If I went to Carnegie Mellon, I totally would. Then perhaps I could finally understand the deep-seated reasons behind my shoe-choice evolution. In middle school I was the first kid in my small town to wear these:
In high school I moved on to these:
And now, as a dress-and-sneaker-wearing mommy, I wear these:
Or, when it’s cold (nine months of the year in this damn city), I wear black t-shirts, jeans, and the Fluevogs I bought ten years ago:
What does it all mean? That I like to be comfortable? That I enjoyed the thrill of being labeled a freak in middle school (not hard to accomplish, everyone’s a freak in middle school)? Or that, deep down, I’m lazy when it comes to fashion? Are shoes just not my thing? Or ARE they my thing and I’ve just been fortunate enough to find the few pairs that make me happy?
These are questions Sneakerology 101 could answer about my own relationship with shoes, as well as answering questions about some of the more shoe-obsessed people in our society. There’s a whole sneaker culture out there that I find fascinating. My petite collection of Converse low-tops in several colors does not hold a candle to the piles of sneakers some people have obsessively amassed.
Posted by Alexa Harrington
