Bobbito Garcia – Where’d You Get Those?: New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-19

Where’d You Get Those?: New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987

Lavishly illustrated and remarkably comprehensive,this is an insider’s account that traces trainersback to their early days as tennis shoes andthrough the sneaker culture of New York.

Showing how a small and dedicated group of consumersproved instrumental in establishing currentcorporate giants like Nike and Adidas, Garcia’scommentary perfectly complements the rich arrayof photographs, focusing on the golden years of1970-1987.

With everything you wanted to know fromthe production, distribution and consumption ofsneakers, this is a fun, fabulous book.