Slog - Comments on 36 Hour Shoe Line http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line When I first saw the line of people bundled up and waiting on 6th Ave downtown between Pike and Pine, I thought: parade? soup kitchen? No, they've set up the folding chairs and grabbed the blankets for the release of a new Air Jordan shoe by Niketown Friday at midnight. There's only about 15 people who've set up camp so far, but the guys at the front of the line are adamant that by tomorrow night, the line will stretch around the corner. "People'll form a second line and try to cut us," said one young guy, "They'll try..." The... Copyright 2007 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:05:54 -0800 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:13:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by I heart shoes
Did you just say shoes where not fun??? How could you?

Case in point:

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/18124101/c/1141.html

Wee!

]]> I heart shoes http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470693 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:15:18 -0800 Comment by more shoes
Air Jordans are a huge status symbols among a section of the population. They want to be the first on their block to get them. They're so trendy that they will be "out" in less than a year so they have to get them fast.

Doesn't seem that unusual.

]]> more shoes http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470697 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470697 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:19:15 -0800 Comment by snacky those are some ugly ass shoes. sorry.

]]> snacky http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470703 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:29:45 -0800 Comment by snacky the air jordans i mean - not the jeffery campbell ones. those are fierce.

]]> snacky http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470705 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:31:11 -0800 Comment by bill Might this be the first time in recorded human history that a woman has mocked someone--anyone, of any gender--for loving shoes?

]]> bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470706 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:31:22 -0800 Comment by Dominic So wait - let me get this straight. If you're a cultureless suburbanite with a pocket full of dough, you can plant your ass for two days on a downtown sidewalk. But if you're a homeless person down on your luck and try to take a load off you can get hauled to jail. Jeesh.

And where do these losers pee at night - by the gutter, on the Starbucks, in the alley? I'm sure that's cool, too. We can just think of it as Nike anointing our lucky Emerald City with more sprinkles of gold.

]]> Dominic http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470709 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:32:26 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Are those still stitched by 3-year-old Indonesian girls? Love their handywork!

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470737 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:01:43 -0800 Comment by erostratus shoes=fun. fun, fun, fun. that being said, i don't think there's anything worth taking vacation time to wait for. maybe the birth of a child? maybe.

]]> erostratus http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470764 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:40:24 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Someone should tattoo Nike Slave on the unshod feet of all those people in line.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470769 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470769 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:50:51 -0800 Comment by donte i love shoes perhaps more than the next guy, but there's no way in hell you'd catch me giving up days of my life for a pair. that's just silly...unless they're some really limited edition cortezes, in which case i might be convinced. but jordans? meh.

]]> donte http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470783 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:11:45 -0800 Comment by And On And On And On And On Imagine a girl saying she doesn't comprehend the appreciation of a great pair of shoes.

When it comes to something as simple to understand as a pop culture trend you are a willfully obtuse cunt.

]]> And On And On And On And On http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470787 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470787 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:15:05 -0800 Comment by Kimberly I love shopping for shoes! The best part of watching Sex in the City was the great shoes.


While I don't wear Nikes, I can understand waiting in line for the shoe you love. This thread is a great advertisement for Nike! Does Nike advertise in The Stranger?

]]> Kimberly http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470792 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470792 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:20:26 -0800 Comment by geez
Good god, do you guys ever take a break?

]]> geez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470863 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:31:26 -0800 Comment by Mark Mitchell "Plus, movies are entertaining. Shoes are shoes, which aren’t fun."

My gold metallic leather loafers vs. any movie starring Jim Carrey. The shoes by a mile.

My black and white checkerboard creepers vs. any movie starring Tom Hanks. Again, the shoes.

I'll stop there.

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470875 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:13:55 -0800 Comment by Kimberly Mark, sounds like you love shoes as much as I do! My last pair of Manolo Blahnik's were a steal at $450. Even better the first time I wore them out I got asked out on a date with a super guy.


Shoes, shopping and Television are my life that's why I love The Stranger.

]]> Kimberly http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470881 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:28:04 -0800 Comment by Gomez This seems out of another reality. Air Jordans are so 15 years ago.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470905 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:24:17 -0800 Comment by Becky Which is why they're soooo hott!!!

]]> Becky http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470936 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470936 Life Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:50:04 -0800 Comment by NatNotNate This is a clear case of abusive manipulation by the media.

Sarah Mirk is clearly trying to use ridicule to discourage us from standing in line for Air Jordans so that she can swoop in and get the "grapes" for herself.

]]> NatNotNate http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c470997 Life Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:12:58 -0800 Comment by Jedd! "a few blocks away I noticed a street grafitti tag by cosmetics company Urban Decay"

this is a whole other can of worms and, a huge "problem" in cities like london, sf and nyc. especially when companies start appropriating the art and style of actually street artists.. :(

]]> Jedd! http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c471327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/36_hour_shoe_line#c471327 Life Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:13:44 -0800