Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
19-06-2012, 16:02
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Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
Adidas has cancelled plans to make a shoe with a shackle-like ankle cuff after critics said it resembled a symbol of slavery.
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The sportswear company tried to generate a buzz around the $350 (£223) trainers by posting a photo on its Facebook page.
"Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?" a caption read.
Named the JS Roundhouse Mid and made in collaboration with the fashion designer Jeremy Scott, the high-top shoe has an orange plastic cuff that goes around each ankle.
The photo has generated nearly 3,500 comments on the social networking site with many complaining that the design is offensive to descendants of slaves.
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19-06-2012, 18:11
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
I'm more offended that Adidas think i am gullible enough to pay £223 on a pair of trainers with a cheap tacky plastic ankle bracelet
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19-06-2012, 18:14
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
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I'm more offended that Adidas think i am gullible enough to pay £223 on a pair of trainers with a cheap tacky plastic ankle bracelet
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Exactly as l can go into a un-named big chain and get something just as good for £30.
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19-06-2012, 18:20
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
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Exactly as l can go into a un-named big chain and get something just as good for £30.
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£30 quid  i refuse to walk past a skip before i've had a good rumage 
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19-06-2012, 20:55
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20-06-2012, 10:01
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
If you really wanted to wear slave cuffs there's plenty of (dis)reputable outlets for such equipment. 
Good trainers do cost but £223 is just having a laugh. |
These don't even look good!
Anyway, why not just package the tag/cuff in the box with instructions on how to attach it to your shoe if you want them.
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20-06-2012, 10:04
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
We used to have a member here who made and sold bondage gear for a living...
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20-06-2012, 10:13
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
I wonder what he's reading now?
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20-06-2012, 10:57
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
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I wonder what he's reading now?
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Whatever the peep-holes in the gimp mask allow him to see.
That's a fact by the way. If you disagree then it's just your opinion 
Anyway £200+ for a pair of trainers is scandalous unless you were a professional sportsman and they were needed for the chosen sport. I do running and my Asics trainers cost £60, they're 'proper' running shoes. No need for anything more than that at my level.
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21-06-2012, 15:14
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
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We used to have a member here who made and sold bondage gear for a living...
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Thanks, Chris.
now how do I explain to my niece what bondage gear is and why I can't buy her some for her Birthday? 
I don't like the trainers. but it's fashion today I suppose.
have you seen them stupid trousers they wear now? the crotch part is somewhere right down where your knees are.
how do they run away from the police with them things on?
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24-06-2012, 16:55
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
Yeah, those trainers look like they were designed by the people that make supermarket shopping trolleys, a £1 slot wouldn't look out of place 
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have you seen them stupid trousers they wear now? the crotch part is somewhere right down where your knees are.
how do they run away from the police with them things on?
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24-06-2012, 17:08
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
Thanks for that. now I know their code I know where to go when I want some.
I expect they want me to call them biatch, too?
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24-06-2012, 19:48
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
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Not really.
http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp
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24-06-2012, 20:25
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Re: Adidas Ditches 'Slave Symbol Shoe' Plans
How do we know that Barbara Mikkelson isn't just covering up for her son?
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