by popcorn » Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:51 am
Depends on your idea of new, but I'd be willing to say that statement is invalidated easily for just about any meaning of it. I don't know anything about anything, but I'm a fuckboy enough to know some trends.
We've had shoes like the Qasa and the Roshe explode for reworking sole height.
The Raf Simons x Adidas Risingstar experiments with the sole width from the aerial view, and the Rick Owens x Adidas racers work similarly with the aerial view, as well as removing a strip of the wedge outsole.
High sneakerboots like the new solid Raf x Adidas and the Nike x Givenchy af1 'boot' completely change the low/mid/high-top characteristic of sneakers.
I would argue some of these changes don't even make sense from a fundamental standpoint. Sneakers come from athletics and designers and sports footwear goliaths alike are completely altering appearance with no regard to the original purpose. But you can still see innovation in sportswear - Nike has huge success coming from the unique silhouettes of LeBrons and KDs.
I think somebody was just making a subjective claim that's possible to defend, you can easily just call all these new designs disgusting clown shoes like I've seen people do with the Rick x Adidas racers, what's the point in progress anyway?