/fa/ - Fashion

>>7702497
the way they look?
hows this hard to get

>>7702500
What do they look like to you?

imo, it's one of the best high tops you can get

You either like them or you don't. There's nothing to explain.

They are a unique design as some of the most bulky high top sneakers which blend perfectly with the rest of rick owens clothing that exaggerates proportions. Wear with or without laces - zipped or unzipped. Jeans/sweats/shorts all work with them.

Basically Rick made it so that if you were his clothes you are going to most likely need some Rick footwear to support the outfits. Obviously this isn't always true and other footwear works but Rick with Rick is the easiest for newcomers.

I really like them, never regret copping them few years ago.

As far as I can understand -

The geobasket is an appropriation of a recognizable shoe in which the features are exagerated to an almost cartoonish effect, resulting in a unique silhouette not found in normal sneakers. Rick fucks with the semiotics of a basketball sneaker, by producing something that is flamboyant and almost kistchy. Also, the materials used are high quality and the sneaker only looks better with age/wear.

>>7702525
Whats the difference between them and simple converses?

i prefer and wear dunks but can obviously see why people like geobaskets

>>7702505
like fucking shoes

holy shit
if you like the way they look then you like them
if you dont like the way they look then you dont like them

its that simple

>>7702538
the way they FUCKING LOOK

and also build and all that

>>7702538
I could understand comparing ramones to converse

but fucking geobaskets?

>>7702497
The whole shape is very rick. If you don't like rick's chunky toes of course you won't like geos. It's streamlined. Few shoes are that simple but thoughtful too.

>>7702539
Do you mean nike dunks or rick "dunks" which are earlier geobaskets?

>>7702579
rick dunks you fucking mong

>>7703745
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>>7702536
>unnecessarily throwing in the word 'semiotics'
look i just read my first humanities book :)

Rick isn't playing around with a basket ball shoe, he's playing around with a boxer's shoe...

im crawling old sufu waywt and this fit is nice

>>7704043
Then why are they called "Dunks" and Geo"basket"s?

>>7704098
idk about why theyre called geobaskets but the ones that resemble nikes were never officially called dunks iirc

>>7704068

>>7704120
give that back

>>7704068

>>7704105
>>7704098

Yeah, they're Rick's take on a basketball shoe. Rick's never really hidden what the pieces are takes on, especially given the style names. The "Fetish Waders" coming for fall are obviously takes on wader boots, the "Ramones" are patterned after Converse (as famously worn by the Ramones), and so on. It extends into the garment styles, too: "Tornado", "Kite", "Athena". Hell even the one-sized jersey tanks and dresses are literally called "Rick's Tank" and "Rick's Dress".

>>7702526
>Rick Owens 007

RICK OWENS CONFIRMED FOR JAMES BOND
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

>>7704154
I thought it was: dunks=nike dunks, geobasket=sk8 hi, plinth=timberlands, ramones=converse

>>7704149
w2c shoes?

>>7704259
>geobasket=sk8 hi
please go die

>>7704259

The flagship mainline sneaker has always had "Geobasket" as its style name; it's just that the style itself changed over time.

>>7704271
if you can't see the similarities you must be fucking idiot. It even plays with/abstracts the long "V" branding

>>7704288

The change in the swoosh was because (it was rumored that) Nike was getting uncomfortable with the similarity. It's really just a modified version of the "swoosh" that was on the original dunks. It's not like Vans has a storied history of basketball shoes or anything.

>>7704681

See >>7704277.

is there a difference between dunks and geobaskets or are they both the same thing?

>>7704682
hmm i was wondering because i've seen people making comparisons between the two.is there any particular way to tell these styles apart? or is it just things like colorway being changed?

>>7704714

They're entirely different shoes.

>>7704722

Speaking of his plinth boots, anyone even have a pair? I honestly like the look of them, but want to see what they look like on feet irl before I decide to jump the gun and cop em.

>>7704744

They look exactly as you expect them to look based on the runway and product photos that you've seen all over the internet. What's throwing you off?

>>7704770

Well, they are tall, so that's a factor.

>>7704760
These with a normal fit, which I have yet to see. I mean basic bitch wise, these look like you can wear em with a plain shit and jeans unlike geos.

>>7704772
If anything I'd get the low top one, just have yet to see anyone at all on this board post these yet is all. It's weird since just about every other rick product is circle jerked into oblivion yet this one has yet to be seen.

>>7704728
>>7704722
they definitely don't look as different as you imply they are.

>>7704827
One is an expensive Nike shoe and the other is an expensive Vans shoe. The End

>>7704827
how much the differences mean really depends on how much emphasis you place on the differences between the shoes. If you consider the overall build and coloring to be the only important facets, then yes, the shoes are very similar and you shouldn't think too hard about picking one over the other. But if you placed emphasis on the how the color is actually used, then there are substantial differences. They're completely different in that sense. And more obviously, the base of the soles aren't even comparable

So yeah, there's almost no difference between the shoes compared to those and roshes. But compare the difference between those two and the difference between either to dreamboxes, and its far more substantial

>>7704910
ok and dreamboxes are the same thing as geos right?

>>7702497
if u like them like them
if u dont then dont

why do u want some internet stranger explaining what they personally find appealing about them

>>7704943
the difference between geos and dreamboxes is negligible compared to the difference between geos and roshes
so from that perspective, yes, they are effectively the same.