Opinion | Snkrs Day https://www.snkrsday.com/tag/opinion/ Sneakers News. Culture. Community. Sat, 17 Sep 2022 19:51:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.snkrsday.com/images/cropped-nk-favicon.png?32-32 Opinion | Snkrs Day https://www.snkrsday.com/tag/opinion/ 32 32 Opinion // In Defense of Virgil Abloh’s Off-White Air Jordan 1 Being Named “Shoe Of The Year” https://www.snkrsday.com/opinion-virgil-abloh-off-white-air-jordan-1-shoe-year/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 01:38:54 +0000 https://www.snkrsday.com/?p=563516

words // Nick DePaula: I was on a panel way back in 2013, somehow tasked along with nine others to…

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]]> Opinion // How Influencer Marketing Has Leveraged the Co-Sign Over the Product https://www.snkrsday.com/opinion-influencer-marketing-leveraged-co-sign-product/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:23:41 +0000 https://www.snkrsday.com/?p=555718

words & opinion by Creighton Phillips When Kanye West declared himself to be a performance athlete during the midst of…

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]]> Did Instagram Kill the GR? https://www.snkrsday.com/opinion-ig-kill-gr/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:55:57 +0000 https://www.snkrsday.com/?p=548730

words // Leslie Hunter I remember living in the South when Trap or Die released in ‘05. Back then, style…

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]]> Opinion // Could a Big Baller Brand Sneaker Work? https://www.snkrsday.com/opinion-big-baller-brand-sneaker-work/ https://www.snkrsday.com/opinion-big-baller-brand-sneaker-work/#comments Tue, 02 May 2017 19:37:49 +0000 https://www.snkrsday.com/?p=534916

This year’s NBA Draft is the most promising in recent years as teams tank for talent and trade talks tempura…

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words // Nick DePaula: LeBron James certainly didn’t come out of nowhere. He was literally the singular Chosen One for…

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Michael Jordan

This story is solely opinion-based, and reflects my thoughts as a black man, a member of the sneaker community, and…

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words // Nick DePaula: I love Jordan Brand. For more than two decades, the brand represented the very best in footwear…

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]]> https://www.snkrsday.com/opinion-the-air-jordan-xxx-is-the-most-disappointing-shoe-in-years/feed/ 20 Confession: I’ve Never Liked Nike’s Air Max https://www.snkrsday.com/confession-ive-never-liked-air-max/ https://www.snkrsday.com/confession-ive-never-liked-air-max/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:14:11 +0000 https://www.snkrsday.com/?p=439201

words // Nick DePaula: I didn’t want to be that guy. So I waited 24 hours, to say… I’ve never liked…

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Nate Jaffee has been a sneaker aficionado for his entire life and spent much of his career in marketing and…

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