Mythical running shoes from the past
When I was young a friend of mine and myself had a hobby: after school we went to El Corte Ingles in Bilbao, I do not remember which floor, but in the sports section they had a special places for the most advanced and expensive footwear.
Together with the item’s prize they put additional information like weight. There covered by a glass that protected them from undesirable people like us – unable to buy one pair with several years’ savings- were: The Adidas New York.
285 grams of Anthracite coloured beauty made in Western Germany.
The first model was released in 1982 or something around there and of course I never have owned one pair. May be fifteen or twenty years after that they made a re-edition.
I failed to get the real colour a few years ago. I loved them, I love them but I was not going to pay 200 dollars for a crappy pair. I missed the opportunity because I didn’t found my size.
Now, I founded on ebay for just 25 euro. A pity that the colour scheme is not the original one and that the overall feeling is that this pair has nothing related to the old New York.
Together with the item’s prize they put additional information like weight. There covered by a glass that protected them from undesirable people like us – unable to buy one pair with several years’ savings- were: The Adidas New York.
285 grams of Anthracite coloured beauty made in Western Germany.
The first model was released in 1982 or something around there and of course I never have owned one pair. May be fifteen or twenty years after that they made a re-edition.
I failed to get the real colour a few years ago. I loved them, I love them but I was not going to pay 200 dollars for a crappy pair. I missed the opportunity because I didn’t found my size.
Now, I founded on ebay for just 25 euro. A pity that the colour scheme is not the original one and that the overall feeling is that this pair has nothing related to the old New York.
posted by Father Bunny at
9/30/2008 08:45:00 pm
2 Comments:
Anita used to be obsessed with sneakers as well, so she knows how you feel.
She is a bit scared of eBay now since the last time she bade for something from there it never arrived, although the merchant (from the UK) was kind enough to refund her. :(
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Anonymous, at 10/01/2008 08:06:00 am
Father bunny doesn't like ebay (and he is not registered) but a friend of him is a power buyer (or was it seller) and he helped FB with the deal.
You are obsessed with clothes like me, 9j.
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Miffa, at 10/01/2008 11:25:00 am
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