Why New Balance 550’s Are SO Popular.
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Oh, OKAY! The New Balance 550's. The Teddy Santis special. The Aime Leon Dore starter pack. On feet. Best summer shoe. Sneaker? Alternatives to Nike Dunks, Reebok Club C's. Etc. etc. etc. I just had to type all those things out so my video pops up more. Isn't it weird how that works? If I'm talking about the best white shoes for summer I need to type it out like that and people will click on it.
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Thank you!
Fashion based content with Wes Anderson theme edits
"If they've gotten to me, they're outdated and no one is wearing them anymore" lol that was classic.
Regardless of how hype the 550 has become, if you can get them at retail or close to retail I think they’re definitely worth it! I’ve got two pairs and I’m not even a “sneaker guy”! Great vid buddy
Ty!!
Reverso looks killer with the casual outfit 🤙
TY!
I was starting to get worried we werent going to get a speed test on these bad boys LOL 😂 great vid as always and like how youve been mixing in guests/friends!
we ALWAYS need to speed test
This is my favorite channel now
Btw this video looks like a movie it looks fantastic!
Welcome to the Iron Snail family friend
TY!
a masterpiece as always mr snail man
TY!
I like my black/grey/white 574s for casual milling about. Cheap at $80 comfortable and look good imo esp with slim selvedge. Great vid as usual.
Yup those are FRESH!
Brendan is a ray of sunshine 🌞
AGREED!
Very insightful video, thank you:)
550 before the hype was like an Omega Planet Ocean lol... Glad to see a theo and harris guy talking sneakers!
Brendan is a fine addition!
He sounds a bit like Napolian Dynamite!🤣🤣🤣🤣
HA
Great video!
I do have to say, to give you hope, Stridewise did a video on chrome tan leather, and the process has become a lot better. According to him, the factories making chrome tanned leather is much better than it used to be.
This is great to hear!
I have seen milk darker than those legs !
HA
New Balance is the only sneaker company that’s committed to manufacturing within the USA. They can take all my money!
Love them!
I’m here for the unsolicited Reverso shots 👌
Me too!
Michael, I think a pair of adidas sambas would suit your style better
Ive never had a pair!
@@TheIronSnail try it out!
New subscriber here Michael, I've watched several of your videos. Very funny and good content.
Thank you!
I had the ALD Evergreens but personally I didn’t find them very comfortable. I wear my Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjound 990v4 Navy all the time. Those are hella comfortable. Either way, love New Balance (and screw SNKRS).
I love jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjound
I personally like the 650s
I wear all sorts of new balances, but found the 550s to be so narrow for my wide foot. sad. maybe I have to get past the break in process but not trending in a good direction :(
Merino Wool socks from Darn Tough of Vermont would be an excellent upgrade and review.
i bought darn tough a while back (they were actually really expensive, because of import duties when shipping to EU) for a hike in northern sweden. two pairs had holes in them only after 100 kms... not really a fan
Im in the market for new socks!
Also check out Japanese-made CHUP socks and their Cordura line.
These are cheap leather with a polyurethane coat to make them so tanky, definitely not pigskin. Better leather quality on the ALD 550s and the made in USA ones coming next year.
Actually, Weston at Rose Anvil cut them in half and the leather isn't that great. It's heavily coated split leather with no grain. But yes most gym shoes have crummy chrome tanned leather
There should be more of a focus on that JLC my dude.
The ending 😂🤣
What is that chairs name at the 1:08 mark its beautiful.
I wear a size 8 in most shoes and went down to a 7.5 in these too as they're very mong in the toe box.
I could actually go down a full size to a 7 which would be perfect length wise, but it would then be too narrow.
Fast shoes for a fast guy that was great form
THANKS SHANE!
A sneaker review? Well played.
TY!
Woah those are fast shoes!
AGREED
What website were you browsing for your 550s?
It’s called “GOAT”!
Your friend and his (unknown) rationale for scoffing at $260 is going to keep me up at night.
Me too actually
I like how the toecap, if you look down on it, looks like the haircut of Austin Powers
Never noticed this!
Footlocker has them
Those would look great with some American Trench retro stripe socks
Maybe ill be buying some RIGHT NOW
i can see you in some 990v1s
SAME
"Hello everyone....this is your daily dose of internet"
Are you actually him? Coz u sound like him
If you were going to talk about Teddy Santis and Aime Leon Dore why have you not picked up the ALD 550? I heard the leather quality is even better on those
I was being a thrifty consumer!
Not gonna lie, starting to feel like a real mug for subscribing to Michael Kristy 😂
I made a video for the channel and deleted it! First video jitters are real!
@@TheIronSnail aww man! We believe in you! This stuff is still dope though!
@@TheIronSnail we want the video! we are subscribed! deliver! (also, thank you, and great content as always)
Look like Velcro shoes
i do like Velcro
That actually was my phone, which was uncanny.
…..we briefly were connected
@@TheIronSnail Moreso than usual, you mean.
"Misstep" by a shoe company. Classic.
that was a sad story
i know
Hey boysssssss
Goddamn stay on message
New balance 550: pigskin, chromium salts, FAST SHOES
QUICK SNEAKS!
*those would probably be feet*
FACTS
Wicked video. hm,
So, the question; "Why are these so popular?" You 100% provided one answer that answers that question - but in a very inside baseball way. The product knowledge you just schooled us on - no one freakin' knows and I'm sure not many care to know.
I'm a huge NB customer and the 550 is by far my least favorite shoe.
As sad as it is, the endorsement and collaboration marketing gimmick is as old as time and really easy to execute, replicate, and generate superficial momentum. That is what happened here. A subpar shoe and profile, made by a great company, that a designer picked up and took the path to least resistance in pumping up his own profile while NB feeds from it.
It sucks and it's sad. Unless it's an original design and profile - I think hype collabs deteriorate the brand and only service the collaborator. Time will tell.
I'm not sure what's so sad and sucky about it. It's literally a shoe that was forgotten about and would have never again reached the light of day unless it was re-marketed. I admire what Teddy did, even if it's "played out" or whatever now, I think it's remarkable that he was able to take an almost irrelevant and defunct reference fro decades ago and make it the most popular silhouette of 2021. And I disagree about it being subpar, I think it's incredibly versatile and a beautifully proportioned shoe, that's not something that just "hype" creates, if everyone in the world is wearing them.
@@Sturnburn772 remarkable is a fairly strong word. I'm a designer as well and "remarkable" is a rare word in this industry. It's okay for things to be forgotten as that's evolution. The qualities and attributes Michael speaks to should be why these are popular again, unpinned by that, but unfortunately, it's entirely centered around the collab. I don't agree that it's versatile - I find them to be heavy, slow, and not as comfortable as others. I own a pair of 550's so these critiques are not unfounded. What's more; I think that it has stolen unwarranted attention due to it being basketball and nostalgic skewed.
I like the shoes quite a bit! That being said I really don’t want to scuff them up because I think they are gorgeous. I will say though, out of all the adjacent styled shoes I’ve had to these these are the most retro feeling!
Wypipo AF1
That’s metal…in your lungs.
What is? Chromium?
@@TheIronSnail nah. Some anti vaping ad that I see before most videos here. It’s hilariously stupid.
Ugliest shoes I ever seen 🙈
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@@TheIronSnail you better than that guy! 😄 I see those on old guys in nursing homes
Bahahahahaha
😅
They’re mid
Mid to amazing
If you don't wear sunglasses they might see the light coming through the seams of your human costume.
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chromium, whatever. not worse then plastic. there's plastic in the air, in the water, and in peoples blood.
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sometimes when a place runs out of a thing they just replace it with a different thing. the driver just picks up the order and hands it off, better to keep them out of the loop.
This comment has so much depth to it i love it bahahahaha
This shoes are shouting to be a pretentious 80s/90s retro style! Very ugly shoe imo
thats the exact era they are from!!
it's like i just watched a whole oscar winning we anderson movie