/fa/ - Fashion

>>6379674

Is the idea really that idiotic to you?

People love Converse but there's tons of problems with them:

1. The obnoxious logo
2. The stupid spaghetti laces
3. How uncomfortable they are
4. How they fall apart in a year
5. How the overall design is great but there's no individuality to them

Converse rip-offs are one of the biggest justifications for designer fashion existing. It's taking a classic style that everyone loves and actually improving on it several times over. In fact I don't see why anyone would buy the originals anymore because designer brands have so heavily improved over the classic design.

These Visvim Kiefers are made of oiled Elk leather, have high quality vulcanized rubber soles, chunky pima cotton laces, malleable insoles that mold to your feet, and maintain everything that makes the original design great while adding a touch of individuality with the stitching motif.

http://jamesrmcnally.com/2010/12/visvim-kiefer-elk/

Look at those pictures and tell me you don't want a pair. They also cost an arm and a leg because sneakers are stupidly expensive to make. To put it in perspective almost every designer brand has their shoes outsourced by the same couple factories in Italy. Lanvin, Raf Simons, and Common Projects are all made by the same people and all use the same outsoles. If Lanvin, a high end Parisian brand whos menswear line has come to be DEFINED by their sneakers can't afford to make their own that is seriously saying something.

So go ahead, try making your own sneakers and you'll quickly realize it's one of the hardest apparel arenas to succeed in. You're going to need outsole molds made for every shoe size which can cost $10,000~ each and the minimum order per outsole size is about 5000~ pairs at $25~ each. Hope you already have 40,000~ customers ready and waiting along with your $1 mil~ start up cash. That's just for the outsoles too, 1/3rd of what actually makes up the shoe you can put in a store and sell to idiots.