222/ Authenticity Speaks For Itself

Hi everyone and welcome to episode 222 of the InKicksWeTrust podcast.

I am here with two-fifths of the InKicksWeTrust team. Kev, how's it going? What's going on everyone? And we are joined by a guest again this week. So this week we are joined by Sid. She goes by Sid M. Ray on Instagram. We met Sid through the event we did at Makeway with Mo. Kev, was that two years ago now? Oh, it must have been two years ago now. I feel like it at least. Yeah. Yeah, sounds about right. I know. It was that long ago. But yeah, I think that's when we started following you,

Sid. So I know you're a local Toronto content creator. Is that a... Yeah. Amongst other things? I'm a magician. I like to tell people, amongst all the things that I do, yes, I am a content creator. Yes, indeed. Yes. So we had a list of people that we wanted to get on locally in the city and you were one of them that we wanted to get on, especially for International Women's Month. So we appreciate you joining us, taking the time with us. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm excited.

I'm excited. Thanks. Okay. So we're going to get into our weekly wares and pickups. And normally I would go first because I don't have a pickup, but this week I've got a big pickup to talk about. So I'm going to finish it off this week. So Kev, you can start off. Yeah, yeah. I'll kick it off, of course. So, of course, keeping in line with Air Max Month, you know me, we've had some nicer weather too. So haven't had any trouble rocking pairs, but started off with another Air Max 1 ID that I have.

That women's pair of Reptile Air Max Ones that I have. I actually wore those a couple of times because we had some rain. But also the Shawn Wotherspoon 97 Ones broke those out. Treeline Air Max Ones. The Reverse Duck Camo Air Max 90s broke those out as well. Oh, St. Patrick's Day. Had to pull out some green. So the Air Max One Amalekite, which is a women's pair too. So busted those out for St. Patrick's Day for that hit of green.

One of the hybrids that konatski did for me that i you know that i deemed air konatski so the pendleton air max 97 uppers with the midsole swap of air max one that pair love that pair and then also another hybrid had to had to go with the konatski pair so again neon 95 upper with the tune max celery midsole swap and then lastly today i rocked air max one vast gray so keeping in line with the air max ones which is air max days just right around the corner so you know just

had to keep keep that going rock different pairs every day but uh terms of cops no cops for me so been trying to be good so that's uh that's it for me for this week. It's Air Max months. There's got to be some point you break that good streak. You know what? I was borderline because those Supreme Air Max ones came out today. And I don't know how I feel about them because I was just hoping for something a little bit more, a little bit more pop, I guess.

Like I was a little bit underwhelmed by the solid colorway. I love the branding on it, like the subtle branding hits on it. But they just seemed a little bit too plain and boring for me.

If anything, I would just pick a black or white. the black or white but again i just feel like that was a little bit too boring so i pass i mean if i change my mind later on and i want something that's a little bit more like solid and monotone or whatever then i may just go back for that but i feel like it's not a necessary must-have for me right now it's it's it's on brand with what supreme does so i get that but also it's i've always

thought that a lot of those supreme collabs can be boring not all of them but like Like some of them, like the Air Force is an example, like where they're just black and white, all black, all white, very plain. That was kind of my impression on them. Like purple was nice. I thought that was a nice, nice color. Even the yellow is a little bit different, but it was just that was, I had the same feeling Kevin was like, I agree.

Like if I were to pick like something, it would have been other purple, yellow, but I was thinking hopefully there would be, you know, different panels would have different colors on them, not just all yellow or maybe a mix of materials. I know they changed the swoosh up to a different material, like a snake skin or something. But other than that, it was just all leather. Mini swoosh, I can't go wrong with it. I mean, I can't complain about that. I love the mini swoosh.

But again, the solid colorway, not my first pick if I'm going to pick something that is supposed to stand out. Or at least I feel like should have stood out. Yeah, 100%. A little bit more details, things like that. Yeah, no, valid. A good week. Lots of airmines. Valid points there. On trend yeah on trend.

Yeah good week kev i've been i've been trying to rock a lot of air maxes but i i've been uh sprinkling in a few more jordans and uh basketball shoes than i anticipated there so, sure sid what about you what have you been rocking this weekend what was your last pickup. So the sun has been shining bright, except for today, sort of, kind of. So I had to break out the Makeway Nike Party 6000s. And I mean, it's nice. You know, like majority of the colorway is white-ish. So obviously I don't want

to get it dirty. So I had to break them out. I'm a Dungs girly. So I rocked the St. John's, you know. Okay. Right? Red and white. And I have a pair of Romeros. I was like, you know, I walk, so I take the TTC and go train. So I need some comfy shoes to get me from point A to point B. So I have four colors of Romero's that I have in rotation. The silver, the chrome silver one is like my favorite. So I've just been rocking those pretty much because, you know, my feet need to be comfy.

And you're going to need to be running after the go train. So I can relate. I can definitely relate. I'm a go train guy too. So I feel you on that. And you know what? I just recently joined the Vomero gang too. I haven't actually been able to undiest them, but it's, you know, there's music to my ears too, because, you know, comfy shoes for sure. You know, being Air Max month, I haven't been gravitating towards those.

I'm trying to wear my Air Maxes, but I'm glad to hear that you have good things to say about Vomero's like most people do. So yeah, no, they're super comfy. I mean, and the color waves that they have are so vibrant and neutral tones are bright colors too, as well. So, yeah, I mean, as I said, I just want some comfort, you know, something that's stylish and somewhere that can get me from point B. Yeah. I feel you. Yeah. And pickups. Yeah. So I got, well...

Like maybe like last week but like i think it was like the total 90 sps like the soccer shoe nike oh yeah interesting yeah no and we're not too familiar with that pair but, oh yeah no look it up it's like the total 90 sp so it's like metallic silver i know they also came out with like a maroonish color too as well oh i think i know what you're talking it has the like the tongue flap that comes down or no maybe i think of a different no okay that was like

the one from last year but it's it's a low top so there's no like tongue flap or anything but it looks like your og similar like a soccer clique clique but yeah so i thought oh dope okay yes travis holding up that one of it very nice i like it yeah i have yet to break them in my girlfriend who has a pair of them she broke them in and she's like kind of rubbed against the back of her ankles so she's like cut a little bit so no

yeah not i'm looking but i went half a size up so hopefully that will you know sort of help with you know the rubbing and gains but yeah yeah i can't wait those are those are like one of my oh and then i also got the the black toes i'm a huge.

Jordan girly that released like about like what last month yeah right yeah so couldn't get the nigel silvestors because obviously here like small feet girlies like myself you know yep we have problems getting you know did they come in did they even come into size seven or did they even release this i7 here in uh toronto i don't think so i think maybe i don't think so eight was the smallest maybe yeah yeah yeah they didn't have any small they didn't have any small sizes but i did see some girlies

in the states too got them. And their sizing still, unfortunately. Yeah, because I think, I think it was it sneakers got some smaller sizes. Like they might have got like a, down to a six and a half. I can't remember exactly, but it was something like that. But six and a half men's, I believe it was. Yeah, six and a half men's, which is, I believe like an eight women's. Eight women's, yeah. Yeah, so. But that was the only place that got them, because everywhere else

started an eight men's, so. Womp, womp, womp, womp.

Disappointment just have to go on Alibaba I'm just joking I won't, I won't I won't I swear I won't that would hurt my soul, that would that would really it sucks that nice releases like that don't have the extended size run, right I won some kids pairs or whatever even if the men's go down to what is it a six men no sorry a four men's I think it is I think it goes to four yeah or yeah yeah like we're in a place where like females are really into like

they are driving some of the sneaker culture right so i don't understand why some of those big collabs don't have even if it's down to men's five or five and a half whatever like i i don't exactly like why are you starting out like a men's six like not anyways nike like do better like.

Yeah we can go on and on and on about that one but oh trust me trust me oh, trust me i know i've been listening and i know trust me i i know yes i know i know it's i i'm on the sides where so for kev can fit into some of the bigger sizes for women so i think you can gonna do a 10 right kevin yeah i'm a size eight and a half men so most of the time like yeah like, it'll go up to women's nine and a half or 10 which is you know lucky for me because i can get into that even if it just goes up to

like a nine and a half sometimes i can i can you know kind of squeak by taking like an eight men's nine and a half women's but yeah i know there's lots of other people that would love to have you know extended up to size 14 women's or something like that but, I was going to say I'm on the opposite end of that I'm a men's 12 so I need like a 14, no 13 and a half 13 and a half so there's a bunch of women pairs

that I like that I just have to be like you know what I have so much other stuff that they don't get, they can have this for themselves, not today unfortunately yeah. Nice good week Sid thank you, So I guess I'll finish it off. So we'll start with where's. So my On Cloud Fives came out this week. Okay. Okay. I was wondering when you're going to mention those. It's been a while. I thought you retired from those.

You know what? There's just been so much snow and crap on the ground that it's been like, last year I wore them almost all through the winter. I think there was like maybe a week or two here and there where I had to kind of put them away, but it was not good this week, this year. Most of us who live in Canada know what that looked like for us. And probably most of, if anyone's listening to the States, who is in the upper part of the U.S., they know what the snow looked like this year.

So, yeah, it was a lot of all-weather shoes. We'll just put it that way. My Air Max 90 infrared beater pair. I wore the Air Max 97 Ultra. It's just a navy pair that I have. GR I talk about all the time. I wear that to work a lot. Kyrie won Dreams.

I know we talked last week Kev about the BHM and you were confusing them with the Dreams so I think it was the day after we recorded that episode I inspired you to bring out that colorway I brought the Dreams out the Air Max 90 Black Infrared Safari which I know that's a technical pair I like that pair, yeah those are sick nice little GR release, brought those out this week because again as you said Sid the weather was very nice, yes i would i had to bring some sneakers out

air jordan 9 home nice space jam as something it is yeah air max 97 b-side that was actually what i wore on st patrick's day kev i was i would have worn something green but i was out with my boss and my boss's boss so i was like ah let me We just go with something a little more muted today. Katie six aunt pearls. Nice. Good pair. Katie four creamsicles. Like that one too. And LeBron nine low sprite. I guess. Finally.

Yes. Trying to mix up the air max pairs in there. Yeah. It's a good one. I like it. So as most people would know and have heard cool gray nines came out a couple days ago and I was able to secure a pair. Yes sir finally do you know the story with me on these Sid, Please do tell. And for anyone else who doesn't know the story. So I used to work at Foot Locker. Most people would know that. But I worked at Foot Locker for eight years.

And when these came out the first time, we got them. So my assistant manager and I at the time were like, okay, we're going to put our pairs aside. It came out in that weird period between Christmas and New Year's. So we're like, oh, no one's going to come in to buy these. It was like, I think it was the day or the day before New Year's Eve, something like that. So it was a weird release. So like, okay, let's just put them aside. We'll buy on our next paycheck.

So he calls me on the morning of and he's like oh trev like there's a line up here like i'm gonna have to sell your size you gotta buy it or i like let it go so i'm like okay i'm like ah just let it go it's fine it's not a big deal and then i like hung the phone up went back to sleep and i woke up like 10 15 minutes later like shit what have i done but the time you slept literally literally slept so we had an 11 left in the shoe after so i ended up having to buy that or i bought that and if

you're most people who own nines know there is no sizing on them like I find a 12 and a 13 fits me exactly the same so the 11 was just not going to work for sure so I ended up having to sell them and I've just never been able to find a pair for a good price I did try and circle back during the pandemic just you know when lots of disposable income and you know yeah like yeah let me just circle back and see if I could find them and at that point it was at least a

10 year old shoe maybe more depending on what year i was looking it was like a used pair was still going for like four or five six seven hundred bucks new pairs were like closer to a thousand which is insane yeah and the crazy thing too is that like it's patent.

Leather too right so that patent leather actually yellows yeah surprisingly on the gray pair i know because the cool gray 11 that i have which is an og from one is like yellowed the pan leather and i'm sure you know the the nine would have been the same way too i think somebody posted a picture maybe flipping laces if i'm not mistaken he's got a pair of cool gray nines and they're kind of yellowing so yeah i don't

blame you for not wanting to pay that price for a used pair because again it's going to look.

Pretty old yeah and it was you know like i tried to and the pairs that were cheap were destroyed like yeah yeah yeah yeah absolutely destroyed pain cracking like really really dirty like kind of the kind of thing where it's like you would have needed to put two three four hundred bucks in to restore them and at that point it's kind of like yeah what's the point to do that also the leather is like it creases pretty badly too so yeah so you can't get rid of that it's not too

bad because it's the patent leather is only on the outside like so it's only on the outer part of the shoe right right where's on but so it's not terrible because like even if you think about the 11s kev they don't really crease in the patent leather part here it's really more on the side yeah yeah so it's not terrible the patent leather but i know what you mean like it's it's patent leather right like that that looks nice when you first get it but it doesn't always stay that

way hey yeah yeah yeah so yeah i i would i made sure to get these and they were surprisingly limited i must say this year okay there was not so my plan was is that because kind of what we've seen is like okay if you're if you're outside like if you're at a store you're at a mall you're likely to get a pair of something right it might be harder yeah but so i'm like okay cool i'll wake up early i'll go to a mall i'll make sure i go to a mall

that has two or three places get in at Foot Locker, Nike. Groovy, J-Sports, whatever it is, right? That way I have some options. Foot Locker didn't get their pairs. Champs didn't get their pairs. Nike didn't get pairs. So really only the boutiques that got them, which no matter what I did would be one store in the mall, maybe. So I got these online. Luckily, I won off capsule, which I haven't won off in a while.

But yeah, I was able to check out right at 12 o'clock. And I had to change my address to the shipping address because I've moved since I last had checked out on them. So, yeah, and I was still able to check out. So I was I was happy about that. But.

Yeah yeah congrats yeah congrats on the on the w i know it's been a long time coming for that yes that that pair released what 2012 yeah yeah i was gonna say 2010 but yeah 2012 sounds about right but yeah no and i think like what you're talking about in terms of just like it being limited it's just you know they're not making a mass amount for grs anymore yeah we've seen that with the black toes the metallic fives you know flu games like these are all pairs that when they released previously,

or if they released last year or the year before. You're talking like hundreds of thousands of pairs, maybe even, you know, closer to, you know, million or whatever it is. I don't really know stock numbers that crazy, but enough to go around or enough that you don't have to worry about, you know, seeing what you see online where people are fighting now sneakers and things like that. Right.

So you actually kind of have to be a little bit diligent if you're going out to buy a pair of sneakers because I feel like, you know, the quantity is not there like it used to be. 100%. It may be part of their plan. You know, maybe build a little bit of hype around, you know, Jordans and Nikes again, things like that. So I think that's a lot of the speculation. So I'm glad you were able to get your pair again. Like Sid said, congratulations on that.

But yeah, I think you just need to put in a little bit of work, right? Just to go find, you know, where they're available and, you know, the sizing and all that stuff too. Yeah. And I was willing to put in the work. It was just kind of surprising So from what I'm hearing Nike not getting them is a little bit shocking.

Because if anyone's gonna get them it's always nike right nike yeah and then footlocker and champs so champs actually had them up on their website like so they had them as men sizing though men so men sizing yes coming out on the saturday and then they pulled it late on the friday oh, so i i had gone into a footlocker on the friday and i was just like hey i know you're probably not getting them but is footlocker getting the cool gray nines because you know how sometimes they don't they

don't go there so i'm just asking like is footlocker getting them and he's like no i think they're delayed so i'm thinking there is a delayed shipment of them but yeah i was i was happy i was able to check out early on them and get them on the saturday and not have to worry about it just got it shipped right to my house and it was all good so but yeah i was i was surprised at how that only boutiques got them like i definitely thought more stores would be getting this one.

You manifested. The universe was like, this time, yep. We got you, Trevor. Yep. You waited too long. I've been talking this up for years. Right? Exactly. It was my time. It's your time. It was your time. Yeah, no, definitely. It's been a long time coming, Trev. So glad to see that you have that pair finally. Brand new in your size, right? But I think this New Year God's You know, if you slept again, you know, that's your own fault. I was up and I was at it for that one.

I was like, I'm willing to be at the mall for like 830. Like I'm getting this pair. So yeah, yeah, yeah. Sneaker guys gave you a second chance. But if you slept and, you know, too bad. Then yeah, that's your fault. Yeah, this is on you. So, but no, great week. Great pickup, Trev.

But again, we have a special guest today. Sid goes by at Sid M. Ray on Instagram, and we're very excited to have her on. So welcome. Thank you. I'm excited. Yay. Yeah. So, Sid, like we mentioned earlier, you know, Sid, she was at the Moe, this is Moe event where most of us, unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend. But, you know, the rest of the team was there. I was able to also, I guess, meet with a bunch of make-away people, a bunch of others.

And Sid was there, of course, too. So, I'm glad to have her on so she can tell us about, you know, her sneaker journey as well. So, why don't we kick it off like we always do? Sid, if we can just, you know, ask us where your sneaker, ask you where your sneaker journey began. Like what are some of your favorite brands, models, or even colorways that got you into sneakers? Yeah. So my sneaker journey, I mean, started off, I guess, just watching basketball as a kid.

I mean, Michael Jordan is like my favorite player. I will die on that hill in a conversation that he is the GOAT. He's number one. He's number one.

LeBron fans. you guys could just stick this one out but but isn't it always the case you're you're on that hill with either jordan fans or the other hill is the lebron fans right so exactly right there's there's no meeting in the middle but no so my my love for sneakers my love for sports basketball started off with like watching the bulls like the bulls growing up were my favorite team and then obviously from there with vince carter you know being playing on the raptors too right,

seeing like his vc shoes like you know everybody wanted to get them and even around that time was the n1 mixed wars coming out too so you know all of us in the playground we you know we wanted to be like the professor and everybody so we had to get the shoes right even though we weren't that skillful i mean you know we tried our best and then from there i also you know i dated a huge sneaker head he was really really into sneakers and i guess just like a whole things i didn't find

And it's cute or whatever. But it's like, oh, I'll get you a pair to match with me. And I'm like, okay, cool. Cute. Cute. Whatever. And then from there, I guess it kind of just really died down. Life happens. Paying for tuition and whatnot. And then...

Yeah so I actually moved places so I I had moved places and I was working a lot during Christmas and my parents had the duty of packing up all my stuff so I was just like yeah just throw everything in a box like whatever the case may be like I'll organize it and I remember I was looking for a pair of sneakers I can't remember what sneakers but I went to my parents I'm like hey like you know do you know where x sneaker was and they're like oh go check the garage like

you know there's boxes in the garage I'm like okay cool so I go to the garage I'm checking there's no boxes there wherever so i'm like hey like because it's like three four boxes right and i was like hey like do you know where my box of secrets are like oh go to the basement might be in the basement somewhere in the corner so i'm going in the basement i'm lunging through everything, and they lost my boxes of sneakers yeah, that like i feel your pain is just yeah

oh wow and you're talking like multiple boxes too right and these are yeah like what i'm envisioning is you know large moving shipping boxes things like that and they're probably all filled with sneakers so you know what are you talking here like maybe 40 50 more sneakers maybe yeah i was probably like more of the time and i just remember like, having a mouth about down and i don't think they really understood they're like oh how materialistic could you be and right right.

Yeah like thinking about it now it makes me want to cry but i'm almost gonna cry for you i feel your pain for sure but i mean like you know and and sure i mean some can view it as being materialistic but there's a lot of sentimental value when it comes to things that you collect and it's not just sneakers right people collect all sorts of things and regardless of what that is there's always like a story to tell with those collectibles so I can feel that you know those sneakers whatever the

pairs were certain pairs had certain stories and just like music just like movies whatever you can kind of bring yourself back to a time in in terms of your memories through sneakers as well and you know that kind of dies you know that that part of you dies when you lose those sneakers it does it really really does like i mean i had like like like as i said like my the person i was dating you know like at concords i i'm like you know bread toes like i i and my and

ones like you know as a kid right like like my vince carter like shocks like those are all very sentimental because i grew up admiring like you know vince carter i still admire him right but yeah it was just a lot of as you said a lot of sentimental value so my my breakdown of like just bawling my eyes out i actually had a friend named matt who worked at champs and. We worked at he worked at camps and nike.

And anyways i don't know how that worked out but whatever besides the point i remember him telling the story and he's like hey he's like you know what i'm gonna help you like i'm gonna help you get back like all your shoes and stuff like that yeah so he helped me at the time get the the concords again then he helped me get the shadow ones again and then started building and building and building again so there's a bunch of friends that I have sneakerhead friends where you know they've

helped me in my journey to gain like all the pairs that I've lost so I I really appreciate them for looking out yeah shout out to Matt Matt if you're listening you're you're a real one he understood he understood right he yeah he understood yeah he knew how much those meant to you so you know and I'm glad that there are people like that in the community as well that you know sometimes people like we said it's just they're just sneakers they can be replaced but there are

people out there that can understand the true sentimental values of things that that you lose and you know i'm sure your parents didn't mean to lose the box you know what i mean like it wasn't you know they probably did you think what is this box still doing here i don't even know what it is i'm gonna throw it they probably stole them they probably stole there was something i don't even know they're out there reselling I'm not surprised like these are just

shoes and we're just gonna give Salvation Army like right yeah there's so many. There's so many instances where people in the States, like they go to like Salvation Army and they're finding like all these rare shoes and you're just like, how? You know what I mean? Yeah. You never, yeah, you're right. Some people just don't know what they have. And at the time, maybe your parents, they just didn't know what was in there.

So, and, and a lot of them, I mean, we talked about, you know, Trev trying to find, you know, pairs of cool greys that were, you know, really difficult to find, but, you know, try looking for a VC shock these days in a good condition at a good price. It's like these, some of these things are like, they're not replaceable. Like they're, I don't see them retroing them anytime soon. I hope they do. But you know, like you can't replace that, especially in your size too.

Right. Like it's, it's, it's difficult to find smaller sizes and shoes in general, let alone ones that came out 15, 20 years ago, things like that, that haven't retro. Exactly. Exactly. Even N1s, like, you know, N1, as we know, like went out of business too.

I think they are making some sort of comeback, but like, yeah, like you won't get those you won't get those shoes again you know and like that whole era of like street basketball and all of that stuff like it's yeah it's it's as you said it's it's very very sentimental like that was me in elementary school like i couldn't play ball but you know i i tried i tried to do the trick you know yeah i think we all did yeah yeah

like we all did right you know so it was yeah it was but yeah i mean and then as of now as i said like you know i think during covet too like and due to the last dance that really skyrocketed, you know, like people chasing after like Jordans, et cetera. But as you can tell now, we're sort of seeing sort of like a plateau type of thing going on. So yeah. For those who are wanting to collect, I guess it's kind of a good thing for them.

Sure. Yeah. It's a great time if you want to get into sneakers now, especially with all the stuff that they're releasing in terms of like OG Jordan colorways and models. But I mean, you talked about elementary school and high school and things like that. What were your classmates rocking? Do you have any early memories of sneakers or what it was like growing up? Was it hard to get those sneakers? Did you have to line up? What was that culture like for when you were growing up? Like,

I mean, like, for us, like, from what I recall, like, I went to an all-girls school. I know. Please don't make fun of me. But I went to an all-girls school. I went to an all-boys school. So I can't even. Right? And at the time, like, we were wearing, like, we had to wear uniforms. But I wore tins. Like, I was wearing tins. Like, I was wearing black tins. Like, I was a hoodlum. Just joking. No, no, no. But we were out there, like, wearing, like, you know, black tins and stuff.

But I think, like, back in the day, like, for us, like, during high school, we didn't really care so much about sneakers.

Like i do remember like my guy friends like having to line up to get sneakers and whatnot but as i said like during that sort of like time like i kind of like slowed down it wasn't until like i would say i'm until a university and as i said as i met like the first person my ex-boyfriend the time that i dated that's when i started getting back into sneakers because he just wanted us to like match a match yeah yeah he found those cute i'm like whatever you

know but little did i know like obviously like as i said like some of those colors that came out at that time too like you know they're also like very sentimental too that.

Are also very very hard to find you on stock x now like you know obsidian obsidians and whatnot they're my size they're like 1600 like i'm really not i'm on the opposite i'm sorry i'm on the same end where it's like the bigger sizes are just stupid expensive for some yeah so same thing with smaller sizes so i get it like going back to for some of that stuff is like i'd pay that price for a 10 i don't want to pay that price for a 12 yeah yeah exactly right i'm like who's spending 34 000

on a size 13 too like yep yep like that's a down payment that's a down payment on a car you could buy a car for that much like who who in their right mind but anyways i digress i guess people want to cold wall and you know try a ting you know so yeah for sure i know the prices the prices can be intimidating especially if you know you're trying to replace sneakers or you're just trying to you know get something that you missed out on and and and the.

Size specific it's it's difficult because yeah for anything that's base sizes or you know you know bigfoot sizes right now yeah those are like the money sizes i remember when i was you know trying to get sneakers eight sizes eight to nine. That was like the money size at the time. This is, you know, kind of like close to 2020, you know, 2017, 2018. And if I didn't get it for retail, I wasn't getting it because people were trying to triple. So I'm like, no, I will pass, unfortunately.

But I think we've all gone through that. And, you know, the females, especially like, you know, we just talked about the Nigels, right? Like the Nigels, if you want to get that size, because they didn't release, it's now considered a very rare size because, you know, not a lot of people got them or, you know, they didn't release them. So if you want that size and somebody has it, they're going to pay, they're going to charge you top dollar for it, right?

Because they know that they're not readily available. So yeah, so I mean, luckily that you did, you did have people that looked out for you.

Shout out again to Matt for, you know, helping you, you know, build that collection back.

But let's talk about your current collection then, for example, because I know, you know you talked about your wares earlier and you got some maros in uh you got those sps and and some jordans and things like that too so it sounds to me like you know a little bit of variety in terms of the models how about brands are you like loyal to certain brands at all yeah so i'm a huge jordan girly like if someone from the jordan brand is listening to this like you need

to hire me like i am a huge even my backstory as i said like michael is my favorite player, But yeah, I'm a huge, huge, huge Jordan girlie. And an OG specifically. I know they're bringing out different colorways, but I'm an OG.

I think it probably goes back to me trying to recollect, my sneaker collection type of thing so i guess that's just sort of my way of like you know trying to get that and then after that if i do like a like a colorway or so then i might just buy it but as of right now i'm like an og like headhunter so from like ones i would say i just have the chicago twos that's pretty much it i'm not really a fan of the twos but threes fours and then like.

11s yeah but you're black red and white specific right you're like og colorways through and through which which is fair because i know like i grew up you know watching michael jordan too and you know as much as all these new colorways come out i love that i love that they do that you know to satisfy a lot of people's tastes and things like that too but what we grew up watching that's what we wanted like we saw what he was brought we wanted to

be like you need to be like mike exactly like the commercials right you needed that fire red four you needed those black cement threes right exactly exactly that's what we grew up on that's what we that's what we saw that's what we knew so it's stuck with us so i i understand that fully and and that's fair like you know it's it's uh one it's a preference thing but i love the fact that you know you do love jordan too and you know you try to get that collection back

which is amazing so yeah i'm trying but yeah no i mean like i do.

Like my like i do like my my dunks i know people diss on dunks and stuff like that all the time but a dunk is such yeah when did that happen anyways like i thought dunks were all the craze and then all of a sudden now everyone's saying that dunks are not it so but i remember back in the day were like they were like for skateboarders yeah yeah you know what i mean and i think it's all because of the panda duck and you know what i might be like yeah i might i might be getting paid for this

but listen panda dunks black and white go with everything okay so you want to go with everything yeah right we love the panda dunk here like we are big advocates about the panda dunk is it gets a lot of hate and i get it because yeah you see it everywhere now and all that kind of stuff but it is such a clean it it's the it's the it's up there with the white white air force your white and black star your stan smith like what black and white vans

like it's up there with that just like staple I guess a gazelle now would be considered like it's that staple, goes with everything clean you don't have to worry about it shoot. Yeah, I mean, like, as I said, like, I'm also looking, I think, like, also, too, for me, I'm, like, also looking for things very comfortable, too. But also with the dunks, too, like, I really like the colorways. And even, like, with me, too, like, with basketball, you have the Syracuse, right? You have the St.

John's. Like, they're all, like, you know, basketball-related, too. And I'm also a very fan of basketball. So I guess maybe that's why I'm very gravitated towards those specific colors as well, too. Sure. And then, obviously, you had, like, off-white takes on it, too, which people went crazy over. And I think it's just because of it, because it's off white, but I do have like a few pair of dunks and like a lot, a lot of colors and silhouettes too.

Yeah. And they're comfy, like, you know, and they're just so easy to just wear and whatnot. Yeah. Just put them, they're just so easy to put on, right? Like leave them at the front door, call it a day. Right. And you have different color ways to choose from for sure. Yeah. I mean, I think it's just, again, you know, one of those things where.

You know, we live been such trend trend i guess driven you know i guess in terms of sneakers i want to say specifically with sneakers because you know things are hot one day and then things are not the next day and i don't know maybe it's social media maybe it's tiktok like tiktok whatever it is but you know like i don't know who decides these rules but like one day yeah like one day you're rocking something and then all of a sudden you know somebody says oh those aren't cool anymore

like says who i like them so i don't know i know that's why it's that like everyone is just trolling on the internet and i'm just like please come and tell me to my face that you don't like kind of dance like please come tell me but i also look at it as like affordability too like what the dunks are going for like what 140 once like 150 i think now like yeah yeah or maybe 165 i'm not quite sure but i mean it's just affordability right and even if like you are a parent or even like you're

ourselves to you and with the current state of the economy like we want shoes that we can wear with multiple outfits you know i think you know we sneaker heads are quite fortunate because you know yes we love the sneakers too and yes we are willing to drop a dime on like sneakers that we really love too but i think that's not the case for everybody else you know so when people are just dissing like oh my god these are why are you wearing those i'm

just like i need not know what people can and cannot afford like right yeah. Exactly you don't know my story and you know what that's a good point that you. Bring up affordability too because that's the reason like when i was growing up we went to dunks and it was mostly dunk highs for me in high school but.

The price point like you want to have a rotation you can't go out and buy five or six jordans as a high school student it just doesn't happen right and and not only that jordans didn't come out like they do now either like they were you know the releases were far and few between and when it comes to Jordans, Oh, I think you might have froze. Yeah. Okay. But I'll continue his train of thought a little bit. Yeah. But yeah, like you like, I'm going back to when I was in high school, right?

Like, you know, I worked hard and got started to get more shifts at Foot Locker. But when I was starting, I was getting like, one to two shifts a week. So like, you know, I'm getting a paycheck of like, 150 bucks, 200 bucks, right?

And I mean, you know, I had a Foot Locker discount to kind of lean back on for myself right so it was a little bit different yeah in terms of like getting sneakers but yeah like you don't have a ton of money like you know at that point right like I remember the first pair of shoes I got was a pair of all black upper with a white midsole air force like just you've seen you've seen something similar to it before in your life

right even if it's not a specific one that I have but you know like I remember like, like it was saving up allowance money it was babysitting my sister it was cutting the lawn it was doing chores like to make that money and it took a while to be able to be like okay I'm gonna go in and buy myself like another pair of shoes that isn't my everyday school shoes and my basketball shoes right like it took a long time to be able to get that money and you're right Kev like with something like that

like you know Jordans are more expensive than they were previously right like when I started Foot Locker when I was collecting it was like I think Jordans were at the one i can't remember because i had a discount but i think it was at the 180 mark when i started.

That sounds about right yeah i think so like 2010 or so about 180 right so you know if you look at where we are today like these cool gray nines that came in were like a 2 280 retail canadian or something like that like yeah yeah that's what it is now yeah right like that's a it's a huge markup. You're talking 330 taxes. Yep, that's basically exactly what it came to. Yep.

Yeah that's a huge markup and yeah like i mean like just even like like speaking about like your first pair of shoes like i remember my first pair of nike shoes my parents bought for me from a factory outlet and like somewhere up north because like we were just there visiting family friends and it was like remember like the monarchs the nike monarchs yeah dad shoes like yeah those were my first pair of nikes

and then they bagged them and i think they were like maybe 70 dollars and i I know, like. Trying to explain to your parents because, and I'm sure kids these days have the same problem. Explain to your parents that you want, like, a pair of shoes, you know? And, like, I think for us, it was just, like, we just had to get Nikes. Like, we didn't really care what it was. Like, it's just, you know, everyone was wearing Adidas. Everyone's wearing Nikes.

Everyone's wearing Reeboks and stuff. Like, we just had to get, like, the brand name. But I think now, like, parents are a little bit more pressured than, like, we're seeing online where kids are, like, having meltdowns where they can't, like, their parents are not buying them, like, a pair of dresses.

Recordings or you know what i mean because they just can't afford like they just can't afford it and i think for us the way that we like i got around it and as i said i never really played basketball that heavy was like i'm like yeah like mom i'm gonna go try for basketball like what do you think i got the vince carter shoes because i'm like yeah like i just have to play better and now i'm like because like they would actually play better right but you know

that was always the excuse for sure yeah yeah right like like mike you know i put on the shoes and i'm just gonna be like you know dunking them stuff but you know but i'm like if my brother's getting ball shoes like i'm also getting ball shoes but i'm wearing them just because you know i think they look cool right yeah but yeah like i mean like as you said like jordan and arrow like.

Four hundred dollars like yeah yeah yeah i know and people don't even bat an eye sometimes you know like especially in in the climate that we're in now with the economy and everything too prices have gone up for a lot of things but you know we complain about oh you know this cost as much as the grocery store. And then you go and you have the, the, the, the, the digels come out and you know, people are dropping whatever is on those.

And even that like resale on them too. Right. And not even flinching. Yeah. Let me tell you that you just described me to a T I go to the grocery store with my flip app. I'm price matching everything I possibly can. But do you think I bat an eyelash when I paid $330 for a pair of shoes that I don't need? Yeah. Yeah. No that's so true i'm sure you didn't but hey you know what like that's i mean.

This is what we love and this is our passion so you know we we know what you know what we know what they cost but at the same time you know it's just like that's just how the climate's changed now like what sid was saying back then 70 you had to beg your parents for 70 pair of shoes now it's you know quadruple that right and i get inflation all that stuff too but you know that's what kids are working with imagine trying to explain that to your parents now.

I think they just make me go barefoot just like you know what you better put you you better put on these like better put on these flip-flops or something you know i was like i know my mom she'd be like you're like oh yeah let me just go outside and like just go like you know dig up from the money tree like let me like let me do that i'm like okay so that's a no okay that's not happening no but yeah and like we we say this all the time like kevin and i are big air max collectors right

but really this could apply to dunks as well right like you can go into any footwear store now right like for us in canada footlocker champs jd sports size any of our boutiques up here right in the states maybe at dick sports or you know wherever it is nike as well right and you can go and find an air max on the shelf that is cool like that's a nice colorway that you know does the job and it's probably on sale right so you know air max is when

i remember buying them like you know 2010 we're like 130 140 kind of thing you know they're up to almost $200 now, right?

You can probably find a cool colorway of something on sale for probably like $130, $140. And same thing with dunks, right? I know Courtside Sneakers actually just recently they ran a promotion over the weekend for Panda Dunks. Yeah, I think it was last weekend. $165 down to $99. Like, Oh, wow. Right? Like, you can find dunks that are on sale sometimes. They're the pandas. But there's a bunch of other cool colorways and dunks, too. It doesn't have

to be a specific... Like, it doesn't have to be the panda. There's a lot of other cool colorways and dunks that are very affordable. And, you know, like, it's a cool speaker that you can have to wear around, right? Yeah. Like, even though I was just at the Nike factory, like, maybe two weeks ago. And also, I'm a huge Air Max fan. Like, I know I'm speaking about Jordans. But, like, I do have a bunch... I do OG...

Og pairs so okay og pairs right so my 97s like i have the silver bullets and i also have the gold bullets too the gold bullets actually are on sale at the nike factory halton hills for like 99 and then you got additional 30 no right yeah yeah okay right they also had like air max sorry Air Max 90s came out last year. The colorway came out last year, but it was like the neon green colorway that they had. The Air Max 95s? No, Air Max 90s. It was like a neon green. Yeah, yeah.

Those were like 70 bucks and 30% off. It's like a steal. Oh, yeah. That's one of the main reasons why I started to gravitate towards Air Maxes too in terms of collection. Because you can get a lot of great GRs for a great price.

And the funny thing about grs too is that you get more compliments on grs because people don't recognize those pairs or colorways because everyone's looking at all the hype shit right now you know what i mean so when they see a gr they're like oh what are those ones like i've never seen that color before i'm like yo you just get up at the nike outlet man you know what i mean it's like that's that's the funny part of the whole thing yeah anybody like

who doesn't know was on a sticker head like nike outlets and different ones have like you know different gems like over christmas time um. They had Nocta. Like, you know the Nocta zip up motorcycle jacket? In Niagara. They had that. And after the discounts and everything, like $250. They had like Ambush. Like, I got a cute Ambush set that was in total probably like close to $300. Got it for less than $100. Come on, guys. Don't sleep. Come up. Yeah, don't sleep. Don't sleep. Don't sleep.

Nike Outlets. Snacky outlets have some, it's something to have some like misses, but if you go and if you know when to go, you find some gems. Like even the Saturn, like the Saturn Shadow 1. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, right, right. Yeah, yeah. I remember those. Yeah. They're like 140, additional 40% off. Like, come on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's deals out there. You just got to find them,

right? I think that's the other thing too. I think a lot of people are looking towards these, you know, resale apps or going to resellers, you know, trying to find the pairs that are, you know, hyped and things like that, where you can find these great pairs for a great deal. If you just go and look for it, right? I think they're out there.

Exactly. but yeah no it's i like to hear you know just the the variety in your collection for sure because you know i think i think a lot of people you know they not not there's anything wrong with just being sticking to like one brand or one model or one you know specific like type of colorway but i like the variety i like that you mix it up and you know it plays into you know i guess you know your fashion

your style that sort of thing too so you like to you know you like to have that variety but, do you have like a favorite like silhouette of all time like i know you talk about jordans like is there like a nike or a jordan or a dunk or something that you consider like the goat sneaker like this is sid's goat sneaker.

Jordan ones i mean one's okay jordan ones they're pretty much as much as they could be stupid on comfy um i have to admit i don't even know how they play ball in those shoes but besides the point yeah i would say the jordan one like the jordan one silhouette has been just a very sleek silhouette too and depending on the colorway that you get to just like looks very i don't know just very nice but it also brings a sense of nostalgia for me as well too so i

would say like that has to be like one of my favorite my favorite silhouettes as well nice and sorry did you mention a colorway like would you say like there's a colorway for you well as you obviously know like og like red black white but okay okay chicago's chicago's are like okay did you get your hands on the loss and downs then when they when they released the last down yeah so i was actually really lucky i did this thing with ebay canada and they surprised us with the like

lost and founds and i didn't know like i was i saw people unboxing was that the they came in like a crate yes okay so you were a lucky recipient of that amazing lucky i was very very lucky but also i'm double lucky because my partner at the time and that was around my birthday he wanted to surprised me because he knew that jordan's my favorite and those so he ended up getting it for me and he helped. Me film the unboxing and i remember when i opened it i could just look at him.

And he was just like and i was like okay like whatever he just gave me this weird look i'm like okay and then later on he like just threw the box at me i'm like what's this he's like just open it, so I'm opening it and I was like okay, they stole his thunder they stole his thunder he thought he had the best gift in the world meanwhile ebay shows up with this massive crane and all these little extras and add-ons and things like yeah um i you

know what i get i get he was probably salty because that was supposed to be the reaction he was supposed to get from his gift right yeah no seriously i was like i'm like do you want to return yours and he's like no i was like so so you doubled up on your goat sticker.

Yeah i i i definitely doubled up i still want the og like i still want the the chicagos and. My cousin actually has a pair in his house and anytime i go there i'm like i'm gonna take these and he's like.

You are definitely not oh like 85 is like from 85 yeah yeah those go for a pretty penny too i know so i'm just like i'm gonna steal these you are not i was like i i see you i see your pair it's coming home with me i'm like it's coming home with me like i'm like maybe a wedding gift or something he's like hey that's not too much to ask for no no not even no i don't know we'll see i have to keep like keep like you know bothering him but yeah definitely like those ones those

those are like yeah those are like my favorite yeah not a not a bad pair especially if you're a jordan girly too and especially for the fact that they recognized you know you as a sneaker enthusiast and and and gifting you with that special unboxing because i did see people post you know other people that received that crate and i was just think wow they just really went all out with this and you know i know that was yeah that was that was cool that was a huge huge huge like

that was like a huge surprise like i i was so floored the fact that i have like two two pairs you know went on ice they're both still on ice i haven't worn my news yet actually no i lied i did wear mine for a photo shoot and there's actually a funny take that i need to post but my friend was like let's do an unboxing you're just gonna drop the box like aggressively whatever. And i did and then the box kind of like broke and now i'm kind of pissed and you should see my face.

I was literally like crying on the inside i know everyone's like this is a stupid box i'm like yeah but what if i want to sell the shoe like yeah but even still it's sentimental nobody getting like not a lot of people got that box that's a special like the special packaging i find you know a lot of people might just think oh it's just a box but you know you got a crate I think they gave a couple like extras in it too or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. I got like bubble gum.

A Chicago Bears, like sweater that my mom steals from me from time to time. She claims it, but yeah. But again, yeah, it's, it's the sentimental part of it. Right. So, no, that's amazing. Great pick.

I think a lot of people would, you know, would agree with you that, you know, the Chicago Jordan one is definitely one of those goat sneakers.

And again, you mentioned the last dance too, like after it appeared in the last dance and them talking about him, like his feet bleeding wearing those surprisingly enough like the prices just like through the roof i know on every released pair uh not just 85s but like all the way up until what was it 2015 or something was up up up until that point that was the latest one that had a release so it was hard to get a pair at a reasonable price in that colorway for for any of the releases so yeah i

think like the when i went on stock x like i think like the chicago's like what was it 2015 you said they were like for my size like 1200 and i'm like yeah that sounds about right i know it was ridiculous how much they were at the time and these you know and this is like the most recent retro it's not like you're paying for a 1985 pair like we're talking about yeah 2015 pair so yeah i mean not surprised because i i did also look at appears and

a lot of people were asking me when the last dance came.

Out they're like oh i need chicago ones find them for me kevin find them for me i'm like if you got the money for it sure i can help you find them but just be prepared you know when i tell you what the prices are because they're not right now so yeah they're definitely an arm and a leg but i'm even thinking now too like you know god forbid and like the day like we saw it with kobe like when michael jordan passes like oh my god everyone who's sitting on,

retro pairs like it's gonna be insane like if we think prices now were bad after the last dance, i think it's gonna be like chaotic yeah yeah like astronomical for sure you know what i just i actually i just had a conversation with a buddy of mine last night i'm sorry not last night on tuesday i had dinner with him and he's got a michael jordan rookie card and he doesn't have a graded but it's in in good condition but like i think a lot of people know you know.

Even on the low end, and again, I don't know much about cards and whatever. I know it's a huge thing right now. But even if you were to get a beat up one, you're still talking like $4,000 or $5,000 for that card. And if it's a really good condition one, you're talking like $100,000 for this card. And we were just talking about, he's like, oh, should I sell this? Should I keep it? I'm like, God forbid if Michael Jordan dies.

But if he does that card is gonna just like yeah prices are gonna be insane so i don't think he's gonna tie anytime soon but again like we said god forbid but if if and when sorry when he does pass you know anything jordan related is gonna be insane right there's so many collectors like memorabilia oh yeah absolutely anything game worn any of his sneakers like all that stuff is just gonna be insane so but yeah and i mean it's it's i guess that's the collect collectible

world right you know you talk about comics baseball cards whatever you know when someone passes you know those are things that happen unfortunately you know with the kobe's it was ridiculous too because i told him about that too i said nobody wanted kobe sneakers until he passed right and then all of a sudden kobe's were hard to get and then the prices were expensive right so yeah the prices were.

Stupid, like stupid extensive. Even like, you know, the shoes that they brought out and, you know, Vanessa was doing her best to like obviously make a very general release, right? Yeah, yeah. Even down here in Canada, it was so hard to get. Raffles now for Kobe, right? Yeah. So it's unfortunate. But you know what?

Let's talk a little bit about you know, what you do as like a digital creator and, you know, the stuff that, you know, I guess maybe sneakers might inspire you in your work or, you know, is there, is there a relation to what you do as a digital creator and your love for sneakers? Like how does that, you know, how does that mix together? Yeah, like, so I mean, like going 2018, like my first brand deals with Footwalker, and they had sent me like the zoom, Nike zoom, something black and white.

And at the time, I had like little to no followers, whatever the case would be. And I think like everyone, you know, thought, well, some people think that followers are a big deal. But, you know, I was really just starting my content creation journey and whatnot.

And you know having them reach out to me because they're like you've built a community and stuff like that and i think from there that really boosted my confidence to like really continue like creating content plus i'm a very creative person like naturally as it is too so that sort.

Of helped me as i said boost my confidence and then also showcase like my love for sneakers and stuff like that like my branding for sit emery like who i am i pretty much showed a bit of my collection on there so you know it was this me and this like really red tutu like.

Long tutu dress yeah yeah in my jordans and then i also had a friend created a t-shirt for me and it was the two njs like so the two goats so michael michael jackson and michael jordan right oh nice and yeah so i mean like it kind of shows like you know a bit of me like who i am like my love for sneakers my love for like music like michael jackson is one of my favorite pop singers right and he is one of the great he's one of the greats out there too undeniably and

then obviously like mj2 as well so and then just from there it sort of like started building and building and building i one thing that i do realize too is that like obviously like i just like i don't really post as much as i did before like with my sneakers because i think like with all the other like brand stuff that I've done too like it's just it's just like a lot sometimes like going on and like having to produce and stuff like that but I did say something

that I really want to do this year is to just really showcase all my sneakers that I have in my collection because I have to wear them like I would say like 90 95% of my sneakers are still on ice like I have not I have not worn them and is there any particular reason for that though like you want to just keep them on ice or is it like you mean to wear them are you looking for a special occasion for them or it's like is it more like a collection collection

thing like you know yeah i think like honestly. It's a little bit of like everything so i think like for me like it is more like a bit of like a. But also, too, my friends are telling me to wear my sneakers because they're like, you know, they're going to disintegrate. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That would really hurt me. I'm like, I lost my sneakers now. And then now my sneakers are disintegrating. I'm like, what else can really happen? But I'm like, what else can go on? What else? Tell me. But I also do like I'm a huge fashion girly as well, too.

And I think like, you know, with sneakers and the different colorways that I have to, it'd be really nice to kind of showcase like how I do style and like really take inspiration, seeing like other girlies in this space to like, you know, dressing up like their sneakers in very different ways too. And I think we've come a long way where, you know, sneakers are now being seen in corporate spaces. We're seeing them in TV and we're seeing them in so many different, so many different places.

Right so it's just kind of like you know if you are corporate girlie working out there like you know how can you dress up like you know a pair of jordans or a pair like adidas or a pair of reeboks you know yeah so i think like to encompass everything i'm saying like i really just want to inspire people too because i think with women especially too sometimes we have a hard time to conceptualize like how things look on us so we always want to get in smoke from people and what we...

Build a community as like the content creator people will be like oh like i never know you could pair like you know a pair of like with this cute like peplum skirt you know right this like cute button up with like a pair of sneakers you know so you have the very femininity like you know on top of like the accessories etc but then you know not saying sneakers aren't feminine but.

And then you have like your pair of sneakers like at the bottom you know and you put these cute little filly socks or like lace socks etc right so yeah I think I really just want to do my best now to inspire people and for women to feel confident you know that they can dress up or dress down like their sneakers yeah yeah no and I love that you mentioned that because there are a lot of and I don't want to say kids because now it's not just kids right it's somebody that's new to the sneaker world

they can be intimidated right like they may like a sneaker but they don't know how to style that sneaker whether it's a guy or a girl but girls especially too like coming into the space you know females you know they didn't really have their they didn't carve a space in in the community i want to say until you know maybe in the last five years even right like five ten years at the most right because i think it was a very male dominated space but now we have you know people like you a lot of

the females that we've had as guests on on our podcast or even the ones that, you know, have done panels for us on the podcast and things like that too, like they're starting to take over and they've always been around. They just haven't been in the spotlight. And we have these newer enthusiasts now that can be intimidated, but then they see people like you, they see people, you know. Other designers and things like that within this space and they look to them for inspiration.

So I love that you mentioned that because they want to know about the community, but at the same time, they want to get inspired by how they can carve their space in the community as well, but also put their unique spin on things.

And I've mentioned this a bunch of times is that there's a lot of girls out there that I see their posts and I'm like, man, she really killed that outfit with those sneakers because with guys, it's always just you know a tech fleece and and you know a pair of sneakers that may pop but girls they've got all these different pieces layers accessories that they can like you know almost accentuate the sneakers even more with the stuff that they put together

and I love that about just the way the females are taking over the space right now yeah I think like on like just going back to your point too is that you know with even all the females that you have on your podcast as well too like we all are very different like we all dress very differently too as well right and our community and we all inspire people very differently too but i also think like too is that.

Even brands i think need to really work with like the people in the community as well too because sure you know going back going back to pricing too it's like people now can't afford you know to just spend three four six hundred dollars every two three weeks on a pair of new sneakers right so it's just kind of like you know like with the nike and like adidas and stuff like that and puma and and reebok it's like okay like why don't we show people how

you could style this specific sneaker because if i knew how to style a pair of jordan fords that are like a lilac color in five different ways like yeah i'd be like okay you know what like i might just be able like i might just want to go buy that jordan for four hundred dollars because i could wear it out i could wear to a wedding whatever like i'm just joking but i can wear various different places where.

As opposed to like okay like okay great do i need sambas to like go to the office do i need to you know wear like a pair of jordan ones like if i'm wearing this metallic gold like it's just i think like brands now like really need to like look into us like look up to us like the people the consumer of mine because we're the ones spending the money and i know i'm probably going on a tangent right now but anytime i see ads and i think it's great when we see people like the michael

jordans the jason tatum's the serena williams and stuff like that it's like okay cool great but it like how does that relate to me as a consumer like i see serena williams wearing.

Whatever that's not gonna make me go out and buy the stuff that she's wearing right right but maybe if i see someone who is like me in like you know my like that i could maybe think that i could aspire to be closer relate to yeah then i could be like okay well if she got it then i could get that too right no and definitely like valid points too because again like you said not a lot of people have a lot of money to drop on multiple pairs of sneakers if you

can find something that you can style in like four or five different ways that sneaker now becomes very versatile in your rotation it essentially becomes a rotational piece where you can you know dress that up or down however you want to different to different styles and looks but not a lot of people know how to do that right so i love that you know i see people like you i see people like a lot of our past guests you know we talked about we talked last week about kane sneakerland

we talked about shireen we talked about all these girlies that you know do this sort of thing and it comes so naturally but you know There are other people out there that are looking up to you guys for that inspiration as well, just to get those ideas and, you know, build sort of that community within the female space, which is super dope too. I love that. Yeah. No, it's, it's, it's really fun too. It's, it's fun.

And like, you know, like people hit me up and like DM me and sometimes, you know, they're like, oh my God, like, you know, you make it, like you make it much easier for me to like style this X, Y, the third. I'm like, whoa, like, and usually it's just random strangers that I don't even know.

But you know it's nice to like hear those things because i also think too like you know when we do we are living in social media and a lot of people sometimes can get intimidated when they do see people like myself you know working with these brands are like oh my god like she's probably thinks she's stush whatever but i'm like nah man like i know how i know what that feels like you know like even so like i sometimes reach out to like other content creators are like yo where

did you get that dope like dress and yo shout out to like how you style that because i wouldn't even think about styling that you know like so it's really nice to see that you know, there's girlies out there who are like cultivating this and even for men too like you know i have to shout you guys out too because there are men out there that you know are doing their thing when it comes to styling and like you know really dressing up sneakers like you know dapper you know

from extremely dapper to extremely like street style like I I really really like you know where the. Gives us to pull inspo from each other too as well. Absolutely. Yeah. No, that's a good point because, you know, previous to COVID, you know, when I went to the office, it was like dress shoes, right? Like for me, it was, you know, I mentioned this before, I always wore the lunar glide Cole Hans with the little pop of color on the sole.

Right. And, you know, that for me was like me being, you know, showing, you know, expressing myself through shoes. But after COVID and we started going back to the office, I was like. You know, fuck that. I'm just going to wear sneakers whenever. And I would dress them up to my business casual attire, you know, not even like sometimes I'll even just go to the office in jeans on a Tuesday because that's the way that I feel for the day.

And I can still be professional and, you know, not have to feel like, you know, just because my director is there, I need to be wearing dress shoes. Now my director is wearing sneakers too.

He'll come up to me and be like, Hey, did you get those black toes last weekend?

I'm like, what he's like you know things like that he's telling me about the details how there's a signature on so like you know now it's you know as much as it kind of pains me to say and not in a bad way but sneakers are very mainstream now everybody talks about sneakers everyone from different walks of life are in sneakers and that goes for whether or not you're male or female but you know going back to what you said just about you know inspiring each other and just being, you know,

just, just, just being open and honest and being able to sort of like just respond or ask questions to people. I think that's like really important right now too, because there's a lot of people that have questions and if they can reach out to you and say like, Hey, where'd you get that skirt? Or, you know, I love the way that you style that skirt. It just makes that community more open. And I think that's what this, that's what this community needs right now.

A hundred percent. Yeah. So, but, you know, we kind of went off on tangent in terms of style, which I love because, you know, we see the stuff that you post on Instagram and you're, you know, super stylish and all that stuff too. But getting back to like, just the stuff that you do, digital creating and all that stuff, like, you know, what exactly does that entail?

And, you know, like content creation, like where do you get your inspiration from when you do the stuff that you do in terms of work? Yeah. So, I mean, I get like my inspiration from a lot of places, like the people that I'm around, like my friends who are around me, like I, I get inspired by them. As I said, I'm very like artsy. So, you know, sometimes I just go to the museum and like, I just look at things, you know, whether it be like the ramen or something that I did as a kid too,

a lot with my dad, just to like find inspiration. I do read a lot, too, as well. So, and I'm very, like, imaginative, too. So sometimes, you know, it would be just going on and buying a magazine and just kind of, you know, just, like, looking through the magazines and stuff like that. Obviously, with TikTok, Pinterest, that's where, you know, I do get a lot of my inspo.

So I think there's just, like, a lot of things that I'm surrounded by, you know, where I get my inspiration from and then sort of from there...

Just translating i guess that's kind of goes into my creative direction path too because you know as a creative director you know you need that you need the ability to ideate so i'm really good at ideating and having ideas right and then sort of using my close circle of friends or who are in the industry too is just to kind of flesh out those ideas yeah and like bring it to life too as well too so yeah i think i'm surrounded with creativity yeah and

i think that's important right like you know surrounding yourself by surrounding yourself around good people you know that help to inspire you also help to motivate you as well which is important and you know i think when we think about like the corporate world you know and and we've had shireen and as a guest and you know, I'm sure you know.

Shireen, you know, when she was working with eBay, you know, in the sneakers, first of all, but then in that, you know, director position, you know, it wasn't always a position that they gave to females either. And she just ran that she killed it. Like she just made a lot of guy like she put a lot of guys to shame, you know, with her knowledge.

But I love that about people like you is that, you know, you take that you own that and you make it, you know, you show people that, you know, it doesn't matter what your gender is, right? If you have the ideas, if you have the creativity, you can go so far with the things that you love to do. And I think that's what's most important is that if you love to do it, that passion shows in whatever you do, whether it's sneakers or content creation, digital creation.

So, and I think, you know, things like that you've just mentioned are very inspirational to, you know, the younger generation that are looking to, you know, how can I be like Sid? Oh, I see her on Instagram and I see the stuff that she does. Like, you know, I'll never be like that. But, you know, you kind of show them that if you put yourself in a good position or you put yourself around good people, that creativity kind of sparks as well.

Yeah, I definitely think, like, also, too, is just being fearless. Like, I definitely think, like, you know, also social media, too. Like, we're so scared of, like, failing or looking stupid. And I definitely think that if you played a sport, I think if you played, if you're an athlete or you played any sort of sport or anything, like, you know, when you lose, right, you know, you hate that feeling of losing, right?

But i think it also teaches you that you know to be better and like and and to work harder and stuff like that and and i know like sometimes sorry i'm going back to like michael jordan but the reason why i really liked michael jordan it's because of his like tenacity and like what really like hard like hard hard hard work you know what it actually like looks like and it pays off and i I know some people get around to like, well, he was an asshole and stuff. Kobe Ryan is. I'm sure LeBron is too.

But they're great for a reason. And it's because, you know, they do like all these different things in order to like get there too. So needless to say is just that I really think that you also have to put in the work. Like we can't just sit there and just manifest and just like wishful thinking. Like I don't think like that works. I definitely think like, you know, you put in the work. And who cares if it looks stupid?

Like there's so many people there's so many eyes on the internet that you wouldn't even think they are looking at you and i think that's the thing i see this like quote all the time like floating around but just post it you know just just post it because you don't know who you are inspiring you don't know like the person who was too afraid of posts and like you're making mistakes in your video whatever case may be they're like oh my god like he or she is just like me you know

what i mean yeah so i really really think like for younger people or even like like ourselves too sometimes we're pivoting within our careers or whatever it's like just being fearless and don't be afraid of failing i think that's like one thing as a creative too is learning that you are going to fail you are going to suck at certain things but it's like how are you going to learn and how are you going to like bounce back from

that yeah no and that's i think that's a great analogy because, you know, you talked about athletes and you talked about just, you know, the competitive nature of a lot of these greats, right? Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James. That greatness didn't come just from winning all the time, right? Like they had to lose in order to be able to win. And I know that sounds cliche too, but when you get that feeling of losing.

You want to do better. Like you don't, you never want to feel that again. And then you want to just, you know, take it to the next level and work your ass even harder, like do twice as much, you know, practice or whatever it is to get to that next level, because you never want to feel that again.

So, you know, I think we live in a generation right now where a lot of people are afraid to fail because of things like social media and things, you know, people always think, oh, what are people going to think about the way I look or the way that I, what I said or what I posted? And really what it should all be about is you trying to be better for yourself. And that happens in all communities, right?

Not just sneakers too, but whether you're in sport, whether you're in the corporate world, just life in general, you just wanting to be a better person.

So I think it's great that you mentioned that. It's great advice for those that are looking to be you know in your position but again like social media i think it's just so right now it's just so overwhelming for a lot of kids or the younger generation and you know females especially too like you know tell us about the importance of like female representation on social media platforms and like even in the sneaker community because we have a lot of influencers

now we have a lot of creator content creators in sneakers but speaking specifically about females you know what is the importance of, you know, females being able to be represented in social media, for example?

Yeah, I think female representation is very, very important. And also diversity, too, as well. I think diversity is also key, too. Because, as I said, when women who are non-white, when they don't see themselves in these spaces. It's kind of like, okay, well, do we fit in? Do we belong? Right? Mm-hmm.

So now when you see diversity, when you see women of different races, whether it be sneaker culture, corporate, etc., it gives us who are up and coming, it gives the younger generation too to be like, wow, I could be that person. I could be the CEO of this company. I could be the head. I could be the biggest influencer X, Y, and the third because of her, because she looks like me, right? So I think it's obviously very important to have like, you know,

women in spaces at higher levels, right? Because they can understand from a female perspective. But I also think too, diversity is super important as well too, because, you know, we do have different perspectives too, you know, and sometimes we come up from those communities who are underrepresented and we know what it feels like, right? Right.

So I definitely think that, you know, it's really nice to, you know, to really see like women empowering each other, you know, women taking up these spaces that sometimes are mostly men. I know that there's still like work to do, but at the same time too, it's also nice to see like women who look like myself too in these spaces as well too, and who have the ability to advocate and to inspire, you know, not only like, you know, myself, but also like girls,

you know, in the younger generation. Yeah, no, absolutely. Very well said because, you know, growing up, you know, as an Asian kid, right? Like I can relate to that because I don't like we didn't always see like Asian people in movies or like, you know, just in higher positions or, you know, things like that. It was just one of those things like, oh, I'll never get to do those things because people that do those things are not Chinese.

Right. So now we have an opportunity to showcase that on social media where you have either influencers or people in the corporate world that are doing things. And sneakers especially too. It doesn't always just have to be about street culture. I think sneakers have evolved to all different aspects of life. And there's so many different people for different backgrounds and different genders that are doing things within sneakers.

Women especially like we've seen the rise of female designers in sneakers female influencers in sneakers you know the the the i guess the increase in women's exclusive releases and things like that too so we know that it's out there but you're right like just being able to see that for certain people gives them that hope that hey you know what i can be like sid too like she's she's like me right.

Yeah no i understand definitely i still think that you're speaking just about sneakers too it's like you know back in the day they always felt that we loved pink and purple like yeah right just came in pink and purple and we're like no like i mean you know we like blue like you know we like yellow like we like greens you know like i this idea of just associating these colors with femininity like sure always like really yeah like they're nice colors but that doesn't mean

that you know us women just want those colors obviously now you know we could get every single color that you could think of in like most sneakers and it's quite funny because sometimes men want the female like colorways oh so funny absolutely like right i like i said like i'm i was lucky enough to be able to wear women's sizes so a lot of the sneakers that were these like women's exclusive Like even back in the day, like that came in the pinks and the light purples and whatever.

Like I was all for that because I knew guys wouldn't be able to get those, but you're right. Like it's, it's this box, right. And you know, yeah. Now even guys want the girls colors too, right. The women's exclusive. So yeah, great point. I love, I love the fact that you mentioned that. Yeah, it's really funny, but I mean, I think there's still, like, there's still a lot that has to be done, especially, too.

Like, as we said, like, you know, like, with these, like, exclusive releases, like, why are you not releasing them in smaller sizes, you know? Like, who's to say that, you know, we want them, too? But also I think like it'd be nice if, you know, the girlies with smaller sizes actually got a chance to purchase them before, you know, people with bigger feet. I know. It's so, yeah, it's unfortunate, right?

And you know what, like, yeah, like even when there's female releases, like specifically female releases, you go to a lineup for like satin Jordan ones, right? Satin shattered backboards or something the first like 40 people in line are guys you're like what is happening here isn't this a women's sneaker you don't mean and the girls are there.

Yeah this doesn't make sense but you know what like shout out to like make way you mentioned one of your your wares was the p6000 like that was like a sneaker that everyone just like.

They just went nuts for it right it was great colorway amazing silhouette that they put on by the way too like p6000 you know the storytelling the details and all that stuff too let's just you know we need more releases like that where even though it is a women's exclusive release it's for the masses right like everyone loves it everyone can get them too i i find that that's the other thing too like they don't make them readily available like you're talking about sizing like

make them for everybody yeah i know it's a women's sneaker but just make them available for whoever wants them exactly like and i definitely think like even like you're gonna get your money's worth like people are gonna buy them so yeah i don't i don't get what the issue is you know like this idea of like being exclusive but this is also like a deterrent to some people too because some people will be like well i'm sure we all hire

wolves but like raffles and stuff like that but if someone is starting a sneaker journey and there's a sneaker that they really want, and they can't get it because of their sizing they'd be like okay great well there's no point and me getting it you know yeah so sometimes like i definitely think like brands need to really start doing a better job of understanding their consumers because consumers changing like the way that we bought things and

the way that the sneaker the way that the sneaker industry was like. I wouldn't even, I would say like even a year ago, like it literally, it changes all the time. But if you look at 10, 15 years ago, it's completely different. And I definitely think that a lot of companies are sort of still in like their old ways, stuck in their old ways type of way. So I really hope that there's a disruption soon anyways.

Yeah, no, you're right. I think, you know, I like to say things are changing for the better.

And, you know, you mentioned earlier about, you know, Jordans now it's a good time for collectors or, you know, people that are getting sneakers because you can get pairs that you know it's aren't really super hard to get anymore prices are coming down things like that so there is i feel like there is a shift in the climate a sneaker climate so hopefully like they're listening to the females out there they're listening to to you know the consumers the people

that you know the people that are that are actually purchasing their pairs not just these influencers that they're seeding you know what i mean like the people that want the sneakers they want to wear the sneakers too like i hope that they're listening because i know that there's a lot that can be done especially like in the female space like we have a lot of females out there that are getting into sneakers or they've been in sneakers for a while that you just can't get their

pairs but you know going forward i think there needs there's still a lot of work to be done in terms of getting the pairs into the people that want the pairs getting pairs in the hands of people that want the pairs exactly right so but listen i mean sid one last thing that i want to ask you is you know there's a lot of females out there that are expiring to have you know a collection like yours you know even do the work that you do do you have any advice for any of those creators young

females sneaker enthusiasts that are trying to get into the sneaker game yeah i mean honestly startups start up small. And who cares about the brand like yeah even like this will come full circle but even with brand partnerships too i was like listen like yes i do like nike and yes i do like jordan and stuff but. I'm not afraid to explore like different brands. Like I grew up wearing Adidas. I grew up wearing Reeboks. You know, I grew up wearing Pumas.

So for me, I'm like, startup, whatever, whatever sneaker speaks to you, but also to like, don't break your budget. Like that's another thing too, right? Like, don't feel like you need to go out there and get whatever rare sneaker that's coming out, whatever the case may be, because you want to fit in. I definitely think that authenticity speaks for herself, especially for the space that I'm in is we really find people who are very authentic and just be yourself.

Right. So if you want to start off with a speed cat, go ahead and start off with a speed cat. You know, you want to even start off with Uggs. Like, who cares? Like, you know, like, go like, you know, if you want to start with a pair of blazers, you know, like just start off with those. and then from there you could just start building up. You know what I mean? Because just like most things, sometimes not all Jordans look good on everybody.

You might not even think that the Jordan that you want, you could wear it all the time because it's very uncomfortable. So don't break the bank because you want to be popular. Also, don't be afraid to fail and don't be afraid to ask questions and reach out to people.

I think people think Yeah, I think because we're humans and we're experiences, and I think if we've in the past reached out to somebody and they've ignored us or they've cut us very short, there are people out there that are willing to help you and that do want to see you succeed because I feel like what's for you is for you. Like no one could take that from me. So this idea where, you know, we have to gatekeep or whatever the case may be. I think that's nonsense.

You know, I definitely think that you just need to find the right people and those right people will be able to help you and get you where you want to be and give you like those tools and stuff like that. And when you find them. Keep them. Keep them very close. Yeah. I love that. And also too, don't be afraid to make mistakes. Don't be afraid to fail.

Yeah. And just honestly have fun. Like life is too short. Life is too short to be so uptight and to be like, you know. Overthinking. Easier said than done. Like I know, as I said, we're humans, but have fun with it. You know? I love that. Like just have fun. Yeah. Yeah.

I love that. I think, you know, authenticity speaks for itself. your passion will come out in the stuff that you do so and people will see that right i think that's really important is that you do what you love because if you do it for somebody else then it's going to come off fake right again like you said you know with the sneaker thing with the sneaker advice too you know you make the sneakers the sneakers don't make you so if you feel comfortable in

the sneakers and you love the sneakers you will like that confidence will show right i think people make the mistake of associating a rare expensive sneaker with being a good sneaker you know like sure it's expensive but it doesn't mean that it looks good on you or that's what makes you right it may be you know something that's hard to get it may be unique but it may not be unique to you your style like your style grows with

over time too so you know something that you may like today you may not like tomorrow so So, you know, like just I love the fact that you said start off small because it doesn't matter what the sneaker is as long as you love the sneaker. And then same thing goes with, you know, career wise to write like just looking towards people for education. I think everybody has an opportunity to learn something from somebody and finding the people that will take the time to educate you.

Those are the people that are important, right? Not somebody that's going to, you know, either be negative about something or gatekeep or whatever the case is. I think, you know, that's really important for a lot of people that are

trying to get into the space. So. Yeah one 100 i think like yeah whatever we're like honestly like whatever works for you like as i said my first sneaker was a nike monarch which everyone calls a dad show right those are popular now though hey i think i know a lot of people they're coming back they're coming back but i think it really comes down to like what do you feel comfortable and like confidence at the same time you know yeah because i have pairs of sneakers that feel

like that feel like after i was wearing like six inch heels and i want to take them off and like never see the daylight of them again but you know and then there's other sneakers that i have too that you know i'm like i feel like i'm walking on a cloud you know and there's so many different brands out there too there's and all of them are coming back with like their throwback rituals like from reebok puma.

Adidas yeah new balance is on their way in 86 yeah you right now is a great time because there's so much variety you don't have to stick to one certain brand you can try different things too and there's different price points for everybody at you know every every budget so it's a great time to just you know experiment you know just go into the store try on some pairs you know like when when was the last time people went in and tried on

pairs in the store remember the days when people were like what do you mean you want to try that on i'm like i want to try this on you know it's like how do i know that it fits like how do i how do i even know like you know what i mean there's actually something and i think about like just the experience of like a like someone who likes to shop too it's like going into a store and actually trying on stuff you know as opposed to like coming home and it comes in a box and then you're

just like okay cool i'm either gonna set it aside and then you know how many times i've bought even shoes too and i'm like i try them on because i'm about to wear them with an outfit and i'm like yeah i don't like this anymore yeah or it just hurts like i just put it in i'm like okay so this is probably taking like six wears to break in so i'm like over it you know as opposed to if i went into a mall.

Try them on i probably would have been like you would have known right away yeah yeah i would have known right away you know like when you're a kid and your parents tell you to try on stuff you're like okay go walk jump sit you're like no i'm embarrassed like no like i'm gonna be doing i'm gonna be doing cartwheels okay i love it yeah so listen sit i mean it's been awesome i love the stories i love you know just you know how you inspire people and just you know what

what you what you've done in this space too you're just really inspiring for a lot of us so appreciate you taking the time, No, I appreciate you guys and for everything that you guys do and giving people sneakerheads a space to talk about their experiences. And I think what you guys have been doing is such a great job. Such a good job. You should be very proud of yourselves because there's people out there who are going to take away from whoever you guys have on this podcast.

And yeah, just keep doing what you're doing. I'm so inspired and so grateful to be here. So thank you so much. thank you thank you yeah appreciate you taking the time that's it of course and yeah let me know anytime the takeover here you know yeah let me know anytime anytime lebron fans like let's do lebron mj should we do a lebron versus mj debate episode kobe kobe okay hey i like these ideas.

The ideating is the ideating is is in full force right now man that yeah there's there's good that's oh that's that like a hot i think we'd if we did that we'd have to have someone moderate like there would have to be someone who would be like oh yeah i don't know if i can step in on because i might be team nj there so i'm team mj too i can't moderate I think this whole podcast is basically team MJ. Yeah.

Yeah. Oh my gosh. No, I honestly think like, Even, like, the group chat, I think, like, as people are talking, people will probably be, like, in the chat, just, like, screaming at each other, too. Oh, yeah. Oh, we've had so many heated MJ versus LBJ debates. I'm like, guys, you're friends, okay? Just calm down now. You don't need to end friendships here, right? It's crazy. It's crazy. What is that reason? Like, Cardi B, what is it? And you're like.

It's crazy. But you know what? Just because he wants six drinks. I'm like, oh. Oh i love it it's amazing but yeah i get it it's a good idea i love that idea though that's a that's an interesting we'll take that back to the drawing board yeah i definitely think that would be so fun that would be such a very very fun i would love to moderate i'd just be there be like oh really yeah you really feel.

Okay just be my facial expressions i'm like oh no okay i'm like no cursing no, say sorry say sorry okay cool continue you would just have to tell people in the chat to put like to raise the hand type of thing yes yeah yeah yeah you have to raise your hand first, i'm almost thinking you have to raise your hand first gotta be civil we gotta keep this civil because it can get ugly we would yeah it would have to be like the people on the call would have to raise their

hand and we have to pick people because like i'm almost thinking you have to have like teams you know like the team mj you have the team lebron and you have the team kobe and then from there you'd have to like get people to like make points about like certain things oh you have to you have rules like in a debate like yeah like competition you know like 100 no you get your chance to speak and you get your chance to rebut you know like there's no otherwise it would

just be mayhem yes yes or it could be like simple topics it'd be like okay so, Who has the best sneaker? And then they have to debate. I love it. I love it. They have to debate. And then I'd be like, okay, you know, who has the best fadeaway? You know, I think, again, I can't be moderator because all these answers are just going to be MJ. Yes.

There's no other logical answer. Listen, people who are LeBron fans will literally like go on ChatGBT and just come up with like something like and don't get me wrong i love lebron i do like i appreciate his talent i appreciate all the accolades but hey you're gonna call him the goat i don't know about that you love lebron now that he's in la kev when he was in cleveland you hated that man yes oh yeah yeah yeah yeah of course you know like when he was in the east come on Lebronto,

that rings true. I can't lie. It was heartbreaking to lose to him every year in the playoffs. But we digress. We digress. I love the idea. I love the idea. I love the idea. Let's do it. But yeah, thanks, guys. Thank you so much. Yeah, any shout-outs before we head out?

Ooh, shout-outs. This is always so hard. Okay, so shout-out to my family, my dad, you know, for...

You know raising such a sneakerhead slash basketball girly slash mj fan he was actually a scotty pippen robin fan but okay yeah yeah yeah my brother you know my brother grew up playing bike basketball and stuff like that so yeah that's like my my guys just me and him all the girlies the sneakerhead girlies so christy shireen mo and more um you know thank Thank you so much for inspiring me, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, good old Matt. Real one, real one. Rebuilder.

Yeah. Real one. I, I, I appreciate you so, so, so, so much, you know, for helping me rebuild my, my collection and whatnot. And yeah, I say my friends too, you know, thank you for inspiring me always, you know, thank you for having my back. Yeah, like I love you guys so much. And thank you guys. Thank you guys for doing what you guys do too. And, you know, inspiring us MJ fans and Michael Jordan. Shout out to MJ. Shout out to MJ. Shout out to MJ, okay? Shout out to MJ.

Shout out to Michael Jordan. For sure. Yeah. Just a couple quick shout outs to me. Again, International Women's Month. You know, we're celebrating all the females this month. So shout out to all of our female guests that have joined us.

Over the last few weeks just to talk sneakers because you know i love getting the perspective you know from from their side because even though we're in the same space you know their experiences are different right you know just with everything and just to see how a lot of these females have taken the sneakers and made it their own you know taking these you know things like you know with in her in her career you know things like that like it's just

very inspiring to see the females doing the things that they do because the guys got to watch out you know what i mean like this space not might not be ours for too much longer if the girls keep it up the way that it's going right so shout out to all the women international women's month i can't say that enough but also again all the earmax month participants generally trevor and i are avid posters we're showing our support on the sidelines by rocking the sneakers we're not

doing so much posting but i do see all you guys so guys like dmx god for example midsole collector yeah j swift four one six four one six yes yeah i'm gonna miss a lot of five six sneaker chick five six yeah uh our our hernandez you know who you are sorry i'm gonna miss a lot of people so don't be offended if i didn't say say who you are but i'm liking all your posts i'm loving what you guys are posting keep it up still got another half

a month left to go so i want to see what you guys got but shout out to all those air max heads 100% We'll add a few Oh my god, sorry Yeah. Sorry, I have a few more. Sorry, because, like, you know, being told there's a lot of shout-outs and stuff like that. Who Queens, shout-out to Who Queens. I don't know if you guys heard of Who Queens. Shout-out to Kisa K, my whole entire team of Who Queens. You know, love you all.

Most definitely Makeway, too. Like, shout-out to all the girlies at Makeway. Yes. You know, so shout-out to the girlies at Makeway, too. You know, like, for doing their thing as well. Tando, who's another one. She was on the podcast. Tando, yeah, yeah. She's been on a bunch of times. He has been. Yeah. She's been on like three times now. I can't even keep counting anymore. It's been a few. He's been a few. He's been a regular and I'm up to catch up to her.

Okay. She's coming. Sid's coming for you. Coming for six, okay? Six episodes. Six like MJ. Six like MJ, okay? The last, the sixth episode that I'm on is going to be the MJ Kobe.

Oh the yeah yeah panel debate yeah debate panel okay i like it i like it we're winning in six so i'm just saying i can have so much lebron fans just coming after me or whatever hey you know what you'll be ready for them i'm sure i'll be ready i'll be ready my chad gbt notes on them yeah yeah show us a 10 no for sure yes I don't know.

So I will shout out capsule because they got me of course who that I've been I've been waiting on for years and years and years to get back so shout out to those to them and should sit thank you so much for joining us we really appreciate you taking the time and yeah the stories were great it was great to hear about your sneaker journey and where you came from and I love the debate idea that's that's interesting one that we'll have to massage how we do that because that

can that barbershop tough can get really out of hand really quickly but i do like that idea i love the idea yeah we gotta wait we gotta figure out a way to get that yeah going but love it please please and i would be happily to moderate oh you're on the top of the list yeah yeah exactly doesn't happen without you yeah it doesn't happen yes all right guys you can find us on instagram at in kicks we trust make sure to use the hashtag in kicks

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Well we'll find out guys i'll find out i'll message you guys thank you perfect, guys everyone stay safe and be well we'll see you all next week.