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Which version of the Stan Smith is higher quality? US or UK? The US version has a padded tongue and synthetic leather lining and the UK version has an all leather tongue and all leather lining.

>> No.9605573
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Pic of UK version

>> No.9605591

Anybody have any experience with either? They are the same price.

>> No.9605616
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what do you guys think of the joe fresh grocery store brand stansmith/commonprojects knockoff for spring?

50 seems like 20bucks too much for em for me

>> No.9605621

>>9605616
shit
absolutely terrible quality
if you really want them, just go into any joe fresh when it's a sale and get them for like 15$

>> No.9605626

>>9605616
Just spend the extra money for the Stan Smith's. It's worth it

>> No.9605628

>>9605621
>>9605626
>>9605621
kk will wait for sale : )
(there were gonna be my beaters right)

>> No.9605629

>>9605591
i have the UK versions and i think they're so much better than the chunky stan smiths i had as a kid.

>> No.9605631

>>9605629
They are slimmer? That's much better then.

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>>9605631
yes.
also picking up these tomorrow

>> No.9605648

>>9605638
Those are so clean. I'm in Canada though so they'd be not worth it to get.

>> No.9605663

>>9605568
>>9605573
your description and the images should be all you need to make that decision. the UK ones are nicer. i own a US pair that i bought right when they first "re-released" the stans in 2014. i bought them before it was well-established that there were different versions, and i helped figure that out. if you have a choice, get the UK version. i still wear my US stans plenty as beaters, and the soles yellowed in one season, but there's no reason to choose them over the UK version

>>9605629
>>9605631
>>9605638
there is no proof that the US/UK stans have a different silhouette because they don't. the differences are in the materials, coloration, and tongue. the silhouette difference is internet echo chamber crap. furthermore, that anon would have no idea, as there is no reason why his childhood stans have anything to do with the US 2014+ release, since they are all different releases.

>> No.9605760

>>9605663
>there is no reason why his childhood stans have anything to do with the US 2014+ release
maybe thats because i never mentioned the us2014 release in anything i said dumbfuck.
op asked for input from people who own one of them and i gave it.

>> No.9605788

Is there anything you would definitely not wear with these? spoonfeed me pls

>> No.9605995

>>9605788
all black

>> No.9606015

>>9605568
stan smiths suck

>> No.9606239

>>9605995
Works

>> No.9606301

>>9606239
what works?

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>> No.9606374
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Stan Smith Made in Germany are the best tho.

>> No.9606420

>>9605568

lmao were adidas afraid that americans would try to eat the tongue and lining?

>> No.9606423

no stan smiths are the best tho, they suck ass

>> No.9606427

Best stans are the made in germany ones, that include the primeknit pair too.

>> No.9606432

>>9606423
No you!

>> No.9606447

>>9606423
agreed. i don't know why fa is obsessed with such a shitty shoe

>> No.9606451

>>9606015
they literally have holes in the side reminding you how shit they are

>> No.9606463

>>9606423
>>9606447
>>9606451
what makes them shitty & suck ass?

>> No.9606484

>>9606463

Being popular, lol

>> No.9606485

>>9606447
post an example of a good shoe please to enlighten us

>> No.9606492

>>9606484
and they look awful/cheap

>> No.9606497

>>9606352
He's not actually wearing all black in this photo though.

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>> No.9606502

>>9606374
Yeah they're awesome but kinda overpriced. I would probably get them sometimes later but that wouldn't be possible because they are a limited release....

>> No.9606519

>>9606500
Thats the best you can come up with?

>> No.9606544

>>9606519
no you said good, not best

>> No.9606553

uk stans are made of nicer leather
quality control is the same though, mine has loose stitching at one spot, fucking adidas

>> No.9606561

I might be real fuckin late to this but are the stan smith OGs the same shape as the slimmer models

>> No.9606566

got hands on with both in the adidas store today. uk version is nicer build quality and colour too imo. on feet feel exactly the same though

>> No.9606581

>>9605568
there's not really a difference in quality. still a made in china shoe.

yurotrash like to brag how it's a higher quality leather, but I highly doubt that they've actually compared the two side by side. I travel back and forth between new york and london often, and I've handled both pairs. In fact I've owned both models. They're a little different of course, but not by much. The leather quality really isn't any different. It's just two different shoes made for two different markets. But no difference in quality. They're still adidas shoes. Take that how you may.

The only difference in preferring one over the other is in the slight differences in style. The "stilehote" isn't that much different. The yuropoor models tend to be made for a little warmer weather than the american ones are, which makes sense.

Tbh I prefer some of the stan smith collabs over the orignal ones (no i'm not talking about the raf stan smiths, there's plenty of other collabs out there too)

t. patrician

>> No.9606594

>>9605663
>your description and the images should be all you need to make that decision. the UK ones are nicer. i own a US pair that i bought right when they first "re-released" the stans in 2014. i bought them before it was well-established that there were different versions, and i helped figure that out. if you have a choice, get the UK version. i still wear my US stans plenty as beaters, and the soles yellowed in one season, but there's no reason to choose them over the UK version
you're a fucking idiot? what makes them so much better?

ppl look at those images and say "oh how thick the leather is on the toe"

it's bonded leather shit
you really think a cheap ass chinese shoe would have nice leather? you're delusional. that's a bonded leather tongue full of plenty of filler crap
not really any difference than the american version which just as a synthetic mesh underlining (tbh i prefer)

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>>9606423
>>9606500
These are the people who say things like 'meme shoe' and 'dressed by the internet,' yet they quite literally would like you to get rid of clothing you have decided to buy on your own and buy what they tell you to

The reason behind the backlash is obvious--popularity. These people have to be special snowflakes because they have nothing else going for them, they delude themselves into thinking they greatly dislike such an average shoe of such average quality in order to feel just a little more patrician, all the while wearing shoes based on the original Stan Smith design. >>9606500

>> No.9606698

>>9606594
at no point did he mention anything specific about the leather. nothing to do with its thickness or quality. the differences are in 'the materials, colouration, and tongue' suggests different leather, but not necessarily objectively better leather
he has handled both and come to the conclusion that the uk version is nicer, he hasn't just looked at imagess. and if you aren't a fucking idiot then you'd realise that 'nicer than' does not actually mean 'nice,' though he didnt actually mention the leather anyway so that isnt as relevant

>> No.9606722

>>9606492
not really, and why would that be a problem unless they looked like they were straight out of the clearance bin at a walmart (which they dont)

>> No.9606759

>>9606642
so many people on /fa/ and /mu/ will hate on anything popular because they're elitists for no reason whatsoever

>> No.9606937

>>9606642
you're so wrong. I was literally posting a picture of a white low top so you could see the difference.

I said they look bad because of the holes in the side, which is one of the many reasons they look like shit. I didn't say because they're popular

Fuck off

>> No.9606948

>>9606759
Do you not know the difference between a designer shoe and a branded shoe?

Shoes that have been designed look better than some garbage that "stan smith" and adidas threw together. I don't think anyone wears designer clothes because they cost more and want to look "elite"

Clearly someone with designer clothes is going to look better than branded adidas trash.

Pleb

>> No.9607252

>>9606581
>yuropoor models tend to be made for a little warmer weather than the american ones are, which makes sense.
its cold and wet as fuck in the UK so the models should have been switched really