On the other hand, most feared what would inevitably become the exploitation of skaters for mainstream consumption. Some were looking forward to the increased participation and reduced condemnation from police and business owners. >I think this basic style is pretty integrated in several cultures which include skating, hardcore punk, and Street art.The impact of what this means for skateboarding has been debated by die-hard skaters since the first consideration of this decision in 2015. This is the true problem, people who wear shit just because it becomes mainstream. This would be the opposite extreme, no, you can't just wear what you want, if i dress like a skin head people will think i'm dangerous, but at the same time the common wrong opinion should control the connotation. If this this consensus then i agree, but vans are skateboarding shoes?

>it becomes a problem when you throw a thrasher shirt on top of it or try to base the rest of your outfit around skate style, vans and cuffed pants aren't 'skater only' clothes However skateboard brands like vans or volcom, aren't- >11480724 I see it as how nike shoes are made for jogging but everyone wears the or how camping backpacks are worn by non-campers, there are obscure early morning jogging and obscure tramp/camping cultures that don't clain authenticity over their sports brands.Ĭlearly if someone wore a shirt that said ' i just skateboard' and they didn't then that would be dumb. Everybody likes different aspects of brands/pieces/styles so ultimately all this fashion stuff is nonsense, but it sure is fun. Now, you may disagree with what I associated with Palace, but that is what makes the 'projecting your personality through fashion' not work most of the time. like ironic shit (a lot of palace marketing is sarcastic) like a certain type of skating (london style) When you see someone with a sense of fashion that you like, you think that they might prescribe to your other tastes as well.įor example, in buying a palace shirt you can imply that you: Dressing in certain clothes let's you communicate things about yourself instantly. I'll venture a guess at my previous question: Fashion, like most of life, is a way to be accepted by others. If you really want to find an answer to OP's question, you have to ask yourself, as a skater, why you want that skate-branded tee over a plain or thrifted one that is much cheaper? I would think the issue is, at its core, the same as why non-skaters wear these brands. This issue is funny to me because the friends i skate with wear more random thrift and no-name stuff than skate brands.

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