Saturday, May 2, 2009

Before Jordan

Who has the best selling athletic shoe line of all time - even long after they retired from playing basketball?
Need a hint?
The parent company of his brand's line is Nike?
Need more help?
Just about everyone has owned a pair of his shoes at one point in their lifetime.

Do you remember these?
Yup... Chucks (or Cons or All Stars).
These were the original cross trainers - not by choice, but usually out of necessity (we only had enough money to get one pair of shoes each. And Chucks were it.)
These shoes weren't comfortable.
They offered no support.
They were easily soiled.
But they were only ten bucks a pair during Back To School sales.
We wore Chucks because we were broke - today, kids wear Chucks as almost a joke.

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