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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cReselling has taken off since the online platforms such as GOAT, Alias and StockX, because it allows someone in one city in Middle America that may not have a lot of buyers to touch buyers in LA, Miami, New York.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe downside of that is it allows bad actors who are selling these reps to do the exact same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStockX\u2019s authentication facilities, they\u2019re a little bit short on bodies. They\u2019re trying to push as many shoes as you can in a day, and of course things are going to get through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the fact that replica sneakers have increased in quality, Cardnuto, who has been collecting sneakers for 30 years, is still very much against them and wouldn\u2019t own any personally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s disrespectful to the artist. That sneaker that someone put together, that\u2019s a piece of art that somebody put a lot of thought, a lot of work, a lot of effort, a lot of blood, sweat and tears, to be frank, and to just knock it off like that, I think it\u2019s just disrespectful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not something I would want to partake in, I wouldn\u2019t want a fake Mona Lisa hanging in my house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite his views, Cardnuto admits that the stigma around reps has worn off in recent years, but claims it\u2019s mainly due to the younger generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think it is a generational thing, to tell you the truth. I think older folks like myself, a lot of them are against it, but I think that the younger generation are really starting to adapt to it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a lot cheaper, there\u2019s no doubt about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to the inescapable fact that replica sneakers are cheaper and more common than authentics, with minimal quality differences, it seems like reps are here to stay and will continue to be a major part of sneaker culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rep sneakers have increased in popularity over the past 5 years. Being cheaper, more common, and almost indistinguishable in quality. Does this run the risk of undermining the position of Authentic trainers as the heart of Sneaker culture, or is there enough space for bothin today\u2019s sneaker market? \u201cYour Jordans are fake!\u201d The reputation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story","category-trends"],"yoast_head":"\n