It wasn’t unusual for a sneakerhead to travel long distances to find a shoe or sneaker that would just sit in the box in the closet. They would buy more than one pair, so they had them as a backup when the others wore out. The sneakerheads of the ’90s began shopping shoe shops for unique styles. With so many customers wanting their shoes to stand out and catch the eye of the crowd, Air Jordans became less important. By the beginning of 1990, estimates were that 1 in every 12 Americans owned a pair of Air Jordan shoes. Nike continued to produce a new style of Jordan shoes every year, which increased its popularity. B-boys and B-girls no longer had to color in stripes on a pair of Adidas, and they could wear a pair of Nike shoes and stand out in the crowd as someone. They were epic and sought after as a status symbol. The Sneaker Craze Goes Wildīy 1985, the sneaker craze went wild when Nike and Michael Jordan introduced Air Jordans. It wasn’t unheard of for a b-boy who found a shoe he liked to buy more than one pair of them, so he could have them if the original one wore out. He coined the name of the dancers as break-boys or break-girls (B-boys, B-girls). Coordinating laces to an outfit or coloring in a pair of Adidas stripes achieved the style and statement needed to say ‘unique’.īreakdancing – The beginning of the sneaker crazeīreakdancing was alive and well, and the B-boy or B-girl term originated with the influence of DJ Herc, who noticed that dancers would react differently to a drum break in the music. Followers of the movement were called B-boys and B-girls. Unique clothing and sneakers could be easily customized, so anyone wearing these items would stand out in a crowd. The hip-hop movement, culture, and African Americans created art movement, Latino Americans, and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City all had an influence on sneakerheads. The Influence of the Hip-Hop Movement on Sneakerheads Like most collectors, sneakerheads are misunderstood by people who don’t collect shoes. Sneakerheads will make an appointment with a reminder, so they don’t miss new releases. If you look in a sneakerhead’s closet, there will be boxes of name-brand shoes taking up most of the space. They will travel to the ends of the earth, reaching deep into their cash reserves to score a one-of-a-kind exclusive brand. These folks are willing to stand in long lines you know, the ones that wrap around buildings to buy an exclusive sneaker like a Jordan or LeBron. A ‘sneakerhead’ is a person who collects shoes or sneakers, and their focus is typically on more trendy shoes.
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