@Threxx - If I get Converses or Vans, I get them in bulk (3 different colour pairs) as they are so affordable and I have a wardrobe that revolves around many colours, they last long for me, I've had pairs for at least a year With Supras and Nikes, I get a new pair every 3 months, just so there is a variety and it helps freshen up my wardrobe.. I would never try to make a pair of sneakers last 10 years until I'm older and style doesn't matter as much...
@VG8 - I like the black ones a lot! They would go perfect w/my school uniform lol.. Lucky you get deals, that is how I get my clothes and stuff too... A friend of mine works at Zumiez and I get a discount on stuff, and when I go shopping in soho (whether it would be stussy, urban outfitters, etc..) I buy multiple pieces of clothing/hats at the same time, so I get a discount, AND they don't charge tax either and oohhh that's really cool! When I was 11, I was really ambitious to wear nice clothes, walked by all the teen stores (not the mainstream ones indeed) and dreamed of buying/wearing their clothes and now I do Its cool that you have your own style and aren't mainstream at all..
Speaking of mainstream, thats another reason why I don't wear Jordans b/c everybody wears them -.- I don't wanna get a pair of sneakers and then see 20 ppl with the same pair...
Same about clothes, I stopped wearing Hollister b/c everybody else starting wearing it and it has died down.. A lot of "ghetto" kids wear it now, its so annoying.. i see it all over, whether in queens center mall, my school, Manhattan or Springfield Gardens.. Stuff like Abercrombie, Hollister, its not real style... Its better to be unique and wear a variety of different things IMO, but not stuff that you are going to see a lot of other ppl wear...