“When it comes to sneakers, the budget limit is when the credit card no longer goes through. There we have to stop,” smiled yesterday at Luxexpo The Box Samuel, 32, from Pont-à-Mousson, religiously taking out of his box a pair of A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan 4, just purchased at Sneakermess. “I came with lots of other models in mind and I haven’t finished shopping,” he explains.
Like Samuel, there was no shortage of seasoned buyers yesterday, some very young. Trévis and Alexandre, 15 years old, and Elliott, 16 years old, from Longwy, came to “buy pairs that are hard to find elsewhere, limited series, collaborations”. The three teenagers from the same family have already collected some loot from Nike where we find black Hot Step 2 Nocta or even SB Dunk Low The Powerpuff Girls.
They like “the rarity, the fact of having a unique pair on their feet”. Trevis, who is studying the sale, negotiated the prices for the group. They pay attention to the amount like Shayana, 17, from Colmar-Berg, happy to have found sneakers “cheaper than in stores”.
