Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Camo Sneakers influenced by the Military?







Who ever knew that cammo sneakers originated from the military. Although I always knew that the military or the army wore clothing and suits that had camo on them, I had no idea that they impacted even the fashion society. After coming across this article http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/Sneaker-Wars-cammo/, I discovered the truth.



"Sometimes I think we all forget that cammo is designed with a purpose, namely so soldiers and equipment could hide in the jungle, snow, desert or urban terrain and not get popped so easy." This is very true and cammo finally became popular after "underground movement for a really long time." I remember looking at certain people, not sure if they were a soldier, in the army or whatever but the idea of them wearing cammo clothing and the style didn't really appeal to me at all in anyways. Honestly, I never thought about cammo like that, that it was used to help soldiers cammoflouge in the forests, snow, etc. I just thought of it as plain old army clothing. Anyways, eventually cammo style fashion makes a hit. I myself even bought some but only because they were able to make it in a appealing fashion. We know this brand as A bathing ape or Bape. After a while, this brand was able to grab mine along with thousands and thousands of other people who are involved in the fashion society. They used the cammo style in everything you can name of from sneakers to shirts to bottles to boxers and socks. Note that this brand not only originated from Japan, but it is very expensive. You can pay up to like 12 dollars for a roll of toilet tissue.I bought sneakers from them for up to 250$ a pair, hoodies at 300$+ a piece and t-shirts 80$+. However, this is not the only brand that uses the cammo style but it is one of the most expensive. Like I said and I'm saying it again, who knew cammo style fashion that started of from the military could've made such a big hit in the fashion world in our society today. It took quite a while to finally achieve some sort of success but it certainly made a strong impact. And come to mention it, I am wearing a pair of Armani Xchange white cammo shorts at the very moment. Funny how life and the fashion economy works. Also, at the very bottom of the article, it really did surprised me that some of the sneaker companies we buy our sneakers from also make boots / more advanced footwear or clothing for the military and other tactical forces like the SWAT team, U.S army and the Germany Anti-Terrorist groups.



So, the military which is also part of the government actually made a impact on the fashion culture which in chain events, led to us, youth and the targets of consumerism to purchasing products of the sort!



These are actually one of my favorites and a pair of batman bapestas that I have.



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http://www.loudreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nigo-mercedes-300sl-camo-3jpg.jpeg

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