The sneaker fanatics at NYC’s SneakerCon reveal their shoe addictions.
1. Gerry
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What shoes are you wearing? Yeezy One Blinks
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Four hours.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? Just everything. The culture.
2. Iliana and Gabrielle
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Gabrielle:What shoes are you wearing? Yeezy Foams.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? 24 hours.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I’ve been collecting since I was little.
3. Joshua, 25
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What shoes are you wearing? Adidas slides.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Just an hour and a half, because I’m always there early.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? It didn’t start with me, it started with my dad.
4. Christian, 23
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What shoes are you wearing? Fling 9s.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Five hours, but I usually don’t deal with that.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? It keeps me occupied.
(And yes, that is a banana iPhone case.)
5. Waffle, 22
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What shoes are you wearing? Air Jordan Midnight Ones.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Four hours.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? Sneakers give you a profound hope of greatness. I had low self-esteem when I was younger, and these are so beautiful. They really changed my life.
6. Joshua, 19
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What shoes are you wearing? Carolina Foamposites.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I’m not waiting in line!
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I love sneakers.
7. Doni, 24
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What shoes are you wearing? Nike Flyknit Lunars.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I’ve never waited in line, though I wish I waited for the APC Nike Blazers.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I love that you can wear a sneaker with just about everything and it can dress something up or dress it down.
8. Rome The Prophet, 20
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What shoes are you wearing? Yeezy Red Octobers.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I don’t wait in line.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? It’s all about the love.
9. Kiante, 20
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What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Two hours.
10. Jordan, 27
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What shoes are you wearing? Nike Inera Wovens in Wolf Gray.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I’ve never waited — I’ll pay over retail not to wait.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I love how it’s both so individual but also so repetitive. You can see the same thing over and over again. It’s cool that everyone has their favorite.
11. Andrew, 25
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What shoes are you wearing? Nike Flyknit Racers.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I’ve never waited.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I love the hustle. I love the fetishization of shoes. It seems like it’s a not very manly thing, you know — not that I believe in gender norms. It’s just very interesting that guys are obsessed with sneakers.
12. Lisa, 20, and Anthony, 20
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ED NOTE: When Anthony revealed that he’d spent $400 on a pair of shoes, Lisa got mad at him, and that was the end of the interview.
13. Ray, 12
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What shoes are you wearing? Jordan 5 Metallics. They came out in 2006 [ED NOTE: When Ray was 4!].
How long have you been collecting? A year and a half.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I love how passionate people are about it, and how it’s not really a common thing.
14. Soni, 23
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What shoes are you wearing? Doernbecher 4s.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Four or five hours.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? Everything.
15. Tito, 19
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What shoes are you wearing? Ninja Turtle Custom Roshe Run.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Two full days.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I’ve been in the game for a long time. I love the way they put it together — the architecture and design of the sneaker.
16. Paul and Zaiden
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What shoes are you wearing? Paul: Battleground Posits. Zaiden: Air Jordan IIs.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? The variety.
17. Niilo, 19
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What shoes are you wearing? Nike Lunar Flashes.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Six hours.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I like style and fashion. And I’m really into how I look.
18. Nancy, 20
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What shoes are you wearing? Air Jordan Ones
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I’ve never waited.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? I love how it can express who you are just by wearing something. It’s fashion.
19. Matisse, 19
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What shoes are you wearing? Sport Red Roshe Runs.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? I don’t bother. I always order mine online.
What is it that you love about sneaker culture? There’s just something great about it.
20. Mikal, 18
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What shoes are you wearing? Orange Leopard Roshe Runs.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line for a shoe? Overnight.
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