{"id":332362,"date":"2013-09-15T10:47:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T15:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=332362"},"modified":"2018-05-15T05:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T09:34:45","slug":"community-collections-raymond-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/community-collections-raymond-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Collections: Raymond Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/community-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Collections<\/a> travels to the other side of the map this week to highlight a closet that is completely constructed of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/new-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Balance<\/a>. After bouncing around the different coasts of the United States, as well as a detour in Mexico, this NB collection resides in Hong Kong. <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/pinkyy90#\" target=\"_blank\">Raymond Wong<\/a> is the composer who loves his sneakers so much, he keeps them all neatly on display.<\/p>\n<p>Click through each of the pages to see Raymond&#8217;s New Balance inventory and some of his personal favorites, including his <em>most rare pair<\/em>. Drop a line in the comment section with your feedback on his collection, and keep <strong>Snkrs Day<\/strong> bookmarked for everything sneakers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Profile:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Raymond Wong<br \/>\n<strong>City:<\/strong> Hong Kong, China<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/pinkyy90#\" target=\"_blank\">Pinkyy90<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Started:<\/strong> 1996<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> 10.5<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Collection Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;My first encounter with <strong>New Balance<\/strong> was in Hong Kong, the summer of 1996. In the movie <em>\u201c100% Feel\u201d<\/em>, Eric Kot wore NBs and Esprit casual wear. He looked so trendy. I then saw my neighbor had a pair of red NBs, and I found out that it was a product of Japan. A pair of 576, made in USA, was too costly. I started to purchase <strong>576<\/strong>, <strong>577<\/strong>, <strong>996<\/strong>, <strong>1300<\/strong>, <strong>1400<\/strong>, <strong>1500<\/strong>, etc. I post pictures on the web to share my enjoyment as well as my proud collection. I used to be addicted to New Balance, because of the materials and designs that are extraordinary and comfortable. Yet, I have lost interest slightly in these last few years, because New Balance now is overpopulated and overpriced. Nowadays, you can see many people wearing NB on the streets of Hong Kong, and the market price has increased almost every season. Fortunately, the material quality is still acceptable! But as a New Balance lover, I believe the <strong>Flimby Factory<\/strong> could spend more time improving the shape, especially the toe box. Do something, PLEASE!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Favorite<\/strong> New Balance M1500 BPW\/M576 FRA<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I like the slim shapes, such as 1500, 1300, 998, 996. This pair of <strong>1500 Purple Devil<\/strong> fascinates me. Among NB crossover lines, I love <strong>Solebox x New Balance<\/strong> the most.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am too lucky to have this beautiful <strong>New Balance 576<\/strong>. I need to say thanks once again to my best friend, <em>Kayto<\/em>, for informing me; otherwise, I would have never owned this pair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Frequent Wear:<\/strong> New Balance M998 GNR<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Probably the most comfortable pair in my collection. Also, it is the dirtiest one among them, because I wear them all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Rare Pair:<\/strong> New Balance M577 WCF<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Should be the most rare pair I have from my collection. The shoes are fixing at my shoemakers currently, therefore, I used the old picture that I have taken before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Collection Starter:<\/strong> New Balance M576 REK<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;One thing for sure, I was addicted by the <strong>Japanese Editions<\/strong>. The earlier released 576\u2019s shape and materials used were beatable. The midsole was broken once, but I would never give up this pair and even had them fixed by my shoemaker. I feel reborn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Oldest Pair:<\/strong> New Balance M999GR (Made in the USA)<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>New Balance M999 GR<\/strong> (Made in USA) produced and released in 1996. The shape is slim with a big difference to the 999 nowadays, which are made in China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Post a picture of your collection as a whole on Instagram, with the hashtag <strong>#communitycollections<\/strong>, for a chance to be featured on Snkrs Day&#8217; next edition of Community Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Collections travels to the other side of the map this week to highlight a closet that is completely constructed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":332371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207912,1215390,618],"tags":[1225861,1215671,1215586],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Community Collections: Raymond Wong | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Community Collections: Raymond Wong shoes. 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