What your sneakers say about you

What your sneakers say about you Ed Reeve/ Design Museum Boxfresh or battle-scuffed; on the court, the catwalk, or at the club or corner store – sneakers seem to enlace every form, function and fantasy – across sport, fashion, art, movies and music. In 1986, New York hip hop legends Run DMC created a ground-breaking anthem with their hit track My Adidas – and globally, sneaker statements and serenades have continued hard and fast since then, whether it's Dr Dre displaying his pristine stash of Nike Air Force 1s, or Lil Nas X's recent controversial/collectible "Satan Shoes". It also long predated the anti-cool artistry of Edmond Looi's customised Adidas IKEA Ultraboost shoes or the 2021 Tik Tok trend for simply-customisable "$15 Walmart sneakers", as viewed on various viral dance clips. A brilliant promo poster for Aliens declared: "REEBOK preview a shoe that you won't see for 150 years", with Sigourney Weaver's sci-fi heroine wearing laceless "Alien Stomper" sneakers, designed by Tuan Lee ; fans would actually only need to wait 30 years for special-edition Alien Stompers – though the initial 2016 release bizarrely omitted women's sizes. Getty Images Sneaker culture has appeared on-screen over the decades, including Sigourney Weaver's sci-fi, laceless 'Alien Stomper' trainers An intense level of detail makes certain sneaker designs seem like intricate delicacies; Chris Hill, Reebok's senior manager of pop culture and streetwear collaborations, describes the "Classic Leather" series of Ghostbusters sneakers on the brand's blog : "People dress up in the suits all the time, so this is sort of the shoe version of that… On the outsole, one of them has a glow-in-the-dark green spot like you stepped in slime.