Originally posted on Housakicks
Most of the skechers shoes I’ve come across tend to have a really thick midsole; the brand pride itself in engineering some of the best walking shoes in the market. Yesterday I stumbled upon some yeezy inspired skechers sneakers and just thought to myself: What the heck are they thinking? Well , anytime there is a paradigm shit in the market, companies try to adjust to the new trends , and sometimes it works out perfect for them, but most the time, they make a fool out of themselves. If you look closely at the major sneaker brands, most of them have adopted the trending Knit materials on their sneakers: Adidas with the primeknit, Nike with the Flyknit, Puma with the Evoknit, Reebok with The ultraknit, Asics with the Knit etc…
I have also seen the rise of sneakers from different brands with the Adidas Yeezy 350 silhouette, latest being these Yeezy Inspired Skechers sneakers. As much as I commend the brand for trying to keep up with the trend, I think it’s better if they stay in their lane. A couple of months ago, I went to a foot clinic and I was amazed at the amount of skechers shoes the doctor recommended. The most dominant brand in the retail section of the clinic was skechers. But sometimes, brands tend to be a bit too greedy and want to expand even more but to their own demise. Anyway I might be wrong but I don’t think these Yeezy skechers will reasonate with the brand’s already established audience. Check out the pictures below and let me know what your thoughts are on the shoes.
Women don’t know or care about the Kanye shoe. No one will really know that this shoe is copying the Yeezy line. The rest of the world doesn’t care about Yeezy like that. Women will see a cute Skechers shoe with memory foam for 75 bucks and it will sell keeping Skechers as a top 5 shoe company.
maybe, who knows, i still think it’s a weak move . we beat down on replica factories for copying other brands and you have a major brand like skechers doing the same
Now that’s a good point!!!