Y’all ever look at your collection and just want to not? You ever think: ’man…I need a whole new style. I'm over it.’? The other day I found these @satorisan.brand shoes at my local and was imm

Y’all ever look at your collection and just want to not?

You ever think: ’man…I need a whole new style. I'm over it.’?

The other day I found these @satorisan.brand shoes at my local and was immediately drawn to it. Not necessarily because of the aesthetics or the colors or whatever, but moreso because I was just so interested in seeing something NEW. Obviously, the color is…nothing special. Materials are good. And the silhouette looks a bit like a Tom Sachs Mars Yard shoe. And there’s ‘Off-White’ vibes with these little nubs on the soles. But, really...I'm drawn to it because it’s something new. And…I dunno…fresh…TO ME. Namely: IT’S NOT SOMETHING I’VE SEEN ON SEVEN MILLION INSTAGRAM POSTS.

So a couple of days later, the family and I are gearing up for a day trip to the ‘big city’. And instead of going for one of my trusty favorites (anything Nike)…I opted for these Sartorisans. And as I’m wearing them I’m wondering if this is the end of my Nike era. Because…how dare I go out to be seen in anything OTHER than the shoes I’ve used to define myself?

We get to the big city, and we’re doing what we’re there to do…and I noticed one dude wearing Olive Travis Lows. In my head - immediately - I think - 'cornball. Sh*t’s probably fake.’ And then I see this other dude wearing some Union 1’s. And again - instinctively - it's ‘cornball. Why is this dude dropping $1.3k on a pair of 1’s?’

And as I’m typing this out, I’m wondering…if these dudes noticed me (which I’m sure they didn’t), they’d probably see me in my fancy European shoes and think ‘look at this wanker he probably doesn’t know how much I spent on these shoes’.

So then I’m thinking…I know that confidence at almost any age can get your classified as ‘fashionable’…so why are we all relying on what the internet tells us is fashionable? Have we all be so thoroughly brainwashed to think that the only fashionable shoes are the ones we spend a G on? And then I think of how to tell y’all about this. And how to hook it. And I think: What does ‘Post-Nike Sneaker Syndrome' sound like?

Have ya’ll ever felt like this? Y'all every wonder if you can be a 'sneakerhead' by choosing an independent brand?