$600 designer sneakers feature dirt, tears and duct tape

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$600 designer sneakers feature dirt, tears and duct tape

In case you don't have the patience to wear in sneakers for yourself, you can now blow your latest paycheck on a pair of pre-dirtied, pre-ripped and pre-duct taped kicks.

Fancy brand Golden Goose is selling the Distressed Superstar Sneakers at Barneys for approximately $600 a pair – but you can't really put a price on the creating the illusion of being a chill person who wears comfy sneaks so often that they're nearly destroyed.

Not only are the shoes covered in what looks like dirt, but the pink pair features very frayed laces and appears to be held together by duct tape

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Why not pick up some shoes at goodwill?

[Quantess]

3. You mean, why not dig some old shoes out of the trash?

Thrift stores wouldn't sell anything that looks that beaten up.

OTOH, that duct-tape looking substance might actually be sterling silver.

[herding cats]

4. Because Goodwill wouldn't sell them at that state of disrepair

However, I currently have 3 pairs that are sporting duct tape and broken laces (don't get excited everyone!), and even worse in my closet. I'll let them go for the bargain price of $200 a piece.

See mom, my old Skater shoes weren't that bad after all!

[greyl]

2. Looks like video game design.

They do have a pretty cool pair of men's sneaks at Amazon for only $250 though:

Golden Goose Men's "Superstar" Suede Fashion Sneakers Shoes, at Amazon

[Warren DeMontague]

5. I will sell you a pair of authentically destroyed Chuck Taylors for half that.

PM me for details.

[whistler162]

6. Does Mr. Taylor know you have his shies

and that you want to sell them? And who is Chuck Taylor that anyone would want his old usedshoes?

[Warren DeMontague]

8. never go out of style

I don't care what anyone says.

Ankle support is for shit, though.

[JonathanRackham]

7. I wear $25k hiking boots.

Authentic Appalachian bear poop smell.

[Saphire]

9. My son is a skater, he's had hundreds

of pairs just like this, haha.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

10. 😒

[Ford_Prefect]

11. When are Prada and Jimmy Choo bringing out their distressed lines?

[Javaman]

12. my yard sneakers must be worth a fortune. nt

[jmg257]

13. Hey - worked for guitars...

Can't account for peoples tastes - or lack of patience to get the authentic.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Patience, Schmatience

If any of my guitars looked like that, i'd get them repainted. That looks terrible.

[jmg257]

15. I too, do not get the attraction. But you get to pay more for it! eom

[Blue_Tires]

20. +1

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

16. Looks like this is from Mugatu's Derelicte line n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

17. There's something wrong with anybody that would pay $600 for those.

[jmowreader]

18. Barneys is the store that had a young man arrested for Overspending While Black

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/barneys-accused-stealing-black-teen-article-1.1493101

Trayon Christian, 19 and an engineering student at the time, bought a $349 belt from Barneys. The store called the cops on him for using a "fake debit card" - they didn't believe a young African-American male could possibly have that kind of money legitimately.

Come on guys, in New York City it's super easy and a lot less than $600 to get a pair of shoes that look like they came off the feet of a homeless guy: simply walk around for a few hours until you find an Actual Homeless Guy who has feet about the same size as yours, and buy him a new pair of shoes.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Bravo, well done, brilliant

I'm only jealous I didn't think of this idea to fleece wealthy hipsters of their cash...

[B2G]

21. They're being accused of 'poverty apppropriation'.

I kid you not.

http://footwearnews.com/2016/fashion/offbeat/golden-goose-pre-distressed-sneaker-backlash-252201/