Rare Vintage Nike Sneakers

Looking Around Street Wear Trend

The street wear look is always fashionable. It varies a little, but still continues to be fashionable to young kids. Street wear is mixed with a bunch of hip hop designs these days. In early 80’s, street wear is notorious for having a distinguished style from skateboarding. Today, you can easily spot it as baggy clothes, denim and sneakers which are mostly Vans shoes.

Today’s modern urban street wear evolved from the American cities like Los Angeles and New York sub-cultures. The initial brands of street wear got the ideas and styles from the do-it-yourself look of punk. After a while they also incorporated the designs from the hip hop culture. The element which defines the street wear look is the vintage or classic style sneakers. Sportswear brands such as Le Coq Sportif and Adidas attached themselves in the street wear fashion in the early 80’s. But it was Nike who dominated the urban street wear sneaker shops in the late 80’s to early 90’s when Micheal Jordan fashioned their brand. There are hundreds of sneaker shops now, like Converse, Fallen, Dickies, Airwalk, Etnies, New Balance, Saucony, Volcom, Converse and Unit Riders that produce modern urban sneakers. Back then, clothing companies like Champion, Carhaart and Timberland were related to the street wear scene. Then in 2004, Bathing Ape the Japanese street wear brand revolutionized the scene.

For most people, the urban street wear remained in fashion for over twenty years. Specially to the punk and hip hop cultures enthusiasts. The street wear fashion now is also mixed with the surfing culture. Both skateboarding and surfing are now included in the street wear brands apparel, merchandise, sneakers and accessories. Almost all clothing and apparel release footwear and sneakers with urban street wear designs. One can easily check for good brands online. Other alternatives to check for street wear look are DC, 101 Clothing, Tribal and Wreckage Clothing. There are also sites dedicated to vintage sneakers and the most outdated are often more expensive.

All over the world, modern urban street wear can be observed. Tracking down the busy highways of Japan and heavy streets of New York. Time and again, it dominates the streets of popular culture.

Vintage NIKE 70s shoes "Chelan"