The first time I noticed a real glut in the industry was around 2014 or 2015…which started with the Adidas ZX Flux. For years Adidas had been chasing Nike’s market share and they finally created a hit with the ‘ZX Flux Prism’. People were paying resale - around $200 or so, which doesn’t sound like much now but was a lot back then. The Prism was such a hit that they continued producing it (to meet perceived demand) and they produced so many goddam pairs of it that they began ending up sitting at Adidas outlets for $19.99. It got to the point that people who wanted this shoe no longer wanted to even see it. At all. (All of this has been corroborated by a MUCH more detailed look
I admit I'm an old grump, but are you getting a hangover on sneakers that became pleasing based on paparazzi pics of people podiatrically peddling Powerphases?
As you mentioned in part 1/?, the pertinent thing regarding glut is *production numbers*; number of colorways or styles is indirectly related or subservient to the actual production numbers for each model and colorway. But I do recognize that the brands hold that data very close to the vest, so all we have is number of colorways and the behavior of resale prices -- which are so easily manipulated. Oh well.
I liked the Multicolor Prism ZX's, but they reminded me of a much more interesting design that I liked tons better: the Nike Air Woven (but never purchased... priorities, sigh). And then Nike hit it out of the park with the rainbow Inneva Vapormax. Such yummy specks of woven color (which still have not been purchased due to finite resources and priorities).
I admit I'm an old grump, but are you getting a hangover on sneakers that became pleasing based on paparazzi pics of people podiatrically peddling Powerphases?
As you mentioned in part 1/?, the pertinent thing regarding glut is *production numbers*; number of colorways or styles is indirectly related or subservient to the actual production numbers for each model and colorway. But I do recognize that the brands hold that data very close to the vest, so all we have is number of colorways and the behavior of resale prices -- which are so easily manipulated. Oh well.
I liked the Multicolor Prism ZX's, but they reminded me of a much more interesting design that I liked tons better: the Nike Air Woven (but never purchased... priorities, sigh). And then Nike hit it out of the park with the rainbow Inneva Vapormax. Such yummy specks of woven color (which still have not been purchased due to finite resources and priorities).