vintage sneakers
Throwback athletic shoes
Vintage sneakers are athletic shoes from earlier eras, typically at least twenty years old, valued for their design, rarity, or cultural significance.
The term covers both authentic older shoes and modern reproductions of classic styles: He paid three hundred dollars for vintage Jordans from 1985.
Sneaker collectors prize certain vintage models as investments or display pieces rather than footwear.
- retroEvoking recent past
- old schoolAdhering to earlier ways
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- kicksSlang for shoes
- classicOf lasting excellence
worn · faded · leather · suede · high-tops · laces · soles · Nike · Adidas · Converse · Jordan · Air Jordan · limited edition · collectible · rare · 80s · 90s · basketball
- Sneakerskicks, trainers, tennis shoes, gym shoes, athletic shoes
- Canvas SneakersConverse, Chuck Taylors, Vans, high tops, low tops
- dead stockunsold goods, surplus stock, excess inventory, overstock, clearance items