Originally published at: Something to buy if you have too much money: ratty designer sneakers from Balenciaga | Boing Boing
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Who would buy these utterly destroyed, filthy, ripped, torn, dirty shoes? I have no idea!
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Luxury brands are just thievery these days.
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Can’t I just buy an NFT of the shoes?
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I threw a bag of old shoes away last year because I assumed they were too worn to be of use to good will.
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The weirdest thing is that Balenciaga was known for intricately patterned garments.
ah well, at least the current designer may not be a nazi sympathizer
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“Factories in the Philippines
Are cutting holes in brand-new jeans
For cutting-edge consumers
Rich kids in the West, you see,
They have no sense of irony
And I’m losing my sense of humour …”
– “Here comes the flood”, Oysterband
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