Shoes for Days by demani butler
Good shoes will take you to great places Keeping up with the new shoe trends can be hectic, but shoe influences such as your peers, celebrities, mentors, or family members can make it easier to keep up. As you look around in your school, in a store or just outside, you’re likely to see someone with a pair of shoes that you have too. In a recent poll out of 200 people, 74% say that on a daily basis, they spot someone with the same shoes as them or the same shoes as people around them.
Shoes vs the music industry
Shoes vs School
The main reason for this is because everyone shares influences whether they realize it or not. “Celebrities have influences on shoes because you see a lot of them wear certain shoes creating a trend effect that causes people to want to wear them,” sophomore Carson Herron said. When you look at your favorite singer, rapper, or musician you get inspired by them, you notice everything they do. “It’s hard to be different when everyone looks up to similar people. I like to be different and not like others to influence them to take interest in the shoes that I wear,” freshman Jaden Smith said.
You are likely to hear someone say “that’s so basic” or “everyone wears those” on an average school day. That’s because almost everyone bases their style on one another. “My shoe style comes from college and the people I hung around,” teacher Abigail Phillips said. Your peers really do play a part in who you are. “I look around and look at what shoes people are wearing based on their outfits. In schools like ours people dress the same and act the same, which says everyone has a taste in shoes based on who they are around or consider an influence,” senior Mandy Brainer said.
Shoes vs Sports
Positive influence of shoes Your peers really do play a part in who you are. “I look around and look at what shoes people are wearing based on their outfits. In schools like ours people dress the same and act the same, which says everyone has a taste in shoes based on who they are around or consider an influence,” senior Mandy Brainer said. Shoes are everywhere, influences are everywhere, students, teachers, celebrities, sport players, and many more. Look around and count how many similar shoes you see and try and guess what the influence of the shoe is.
Within sports, you see great players doing big things and you notice their style. Lebron James wins a championship wearing his own brand of shoes influences middle school, high school, and college basketball players to buy them and play basketball in them. “Seeing someone I consider my influence, such as Tyler the Creator, wearing a specific shoe is important to tell whether I will take interest in a shoe,” sophomore Jackson Silliman said. “My favorite shoes out right now are air max 95’s because I saw celebrity Jack Harlow wear them making me want to purchase them,” Silliman said. Music videos and commercials of people you know, force you to look at them and what they’re style looks like at that moment. “Shoes become basic when friends get influenced by each other. They take interest in one’s style and buy them, producing a shoe effect,” sophomore Asher Sadler said.
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