ICONIC SHOES: SNEAKERS
Have you ever wondered what shoes people representing specific seasons of the year would wear? In my opinion, winter would wear emus and the colorful Lady Spring would, of course, come in colorful sneakers! Thanks to her magical shoes, every piece of land she set foot on would bloom! Do you agree with me?
Sneakers have a history, longer than you might think.
Have you ever wondered what shoes people representing specific seasons of the year would wear? In my opinion, winter would wear emus and the colorful Lady Spring would, of course, come in colorful sneakers! Thanks to her magical shoes, every piece of land she set foot on would bloom! Do you agree with me?
Sneakers have a history, longer than you might think.
Rubber soles, the essence of sneakers, were patented in 1832 by Wait Webster, but their production began only in 1980 in Great Britain. The first sneakers were produced in 1908 in the USA Marquis M. Converse. They were called All Star and the product itself was intended for basketball players. The shoes consisted of an immortal rubber sole and a black canvas upper. Sneakers gained popularity in the early 1920s, when Charles "Chuck" Taylor, a basketball star and godfather of another iconic model of sneakers, became the ambassador of the Converse brand. In the 1940s, the US Army ordered sneakers and made them training shoes. Soldiers appreciated the comfort and after leaving the army, they bought sneakers and wore them in their free time. In the following decade, sneakers rapidly gained popularity. They were worn by all representatives of alternative views, musicians and athletes. Wearing sneakers has become an expression of freedom, opposition and revolutionary thought. Since the '70s, sneakers have lost their importance as sports shoes, but they are still gaining strength as a synonym for rebellion and comfort. And then, on April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain died in sneakers, and the role of sneakers as an expression of alternative thought strengthened and took root.
And now it's time for a Polish accent! Did you know that in the 1930s, sneakers were also produced in Poland? Yes! In Grudziądz in the "PePeGe" company, where the popular Polish name for sneakers - pepegi - comes from.
Currently, sneakers remain a mandatory hallmark of representatives of the counterculture as well as modern people living in large cities. Sneakers can be worn with jeans, a summer dress or even a suit! Everyone wears them from birth! They can be white, colorful, wedge, ankle-high or without laces. Which would you choose?
Iconic white sneakers? They match any style, and if they get dirty, be sure to wash them with whitening toothpaste! They will be as good as new!
Or maybe you prefer sweets like candy?
Or classic denim?
