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How Dad Shoes Became So Cool

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

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The Origins of New Balance

I remember being on episodes of sneaker shopping around 2017 2018 and asking about like the dad shoe phenomenon. There was a salmon colored pair that so good that was super limited it was just kind of like a not like a test run but just like not a special collaboration or anything in it It came out um sold out and I remember Macklemore wanted the shoesYeah we tried to get him in here I hit up the people that knew balance and I was like hey look Macklemore and this is before new balance really caught on. If I had the time it would have been a good big look for new balance for absolutely him to cosign it he was huge, full wear shout out to

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