Vintage sneaker logos + 1, Volume 1. Shout out to thepassionhifi for the free soundcloud beats. We missed a whole lotta brands but were trying to keep this under a minute. Stay tuned for Volume II.
BEST OF THE WORST SNEAKER BOOTLEGS: DY BRAND 70s 80s FAKE VINTAGE NIKE
OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE: We had a tip come in on Instagram about these sneakers and they said that these are DY brand, not DJ brand so I am updating this blog post title. The 登云 characters on the label translate to deng-yun and apparently Dengyun brand is the number one leather shoe factory in Shanghai.
The last time we did a 'Best of the Bootlegs' post we were looking at the strange case of 'abibas' brand sneakers. Today we've got a great pair of bootleg 1970s or early 80s fake vintage Nike sneakers by a Chinese brand called DJ. These one of a kind old school gems with swoosh and stripe are over at @suitezero.archive who let us know about them over on Instagram.
All image credits above to @suitezero.archive on Instagram.
Kinney NBA Nike Le Village vintage sneakers
One of the things we dig about running the blog is hearing about the random vintage finds from all corners of the world. We recently heard from @cmmayse in Ohio about some new old stock vintage Kinney NBA Nike Le Village bootlegs that feature the original box, tissue paper and the upside down swoosh logo. The last I heard these sneakers had been sold but you can check them out below.
Stripe game strong 💪
We posted some 4 stripe Bob Wolf Super Pro sneakers the other day and were trying to figure out how many stripes are too many stripes so we did an art project to find out. This post is for some friends over at the ‘gram. It turns out that you can only fit 9 stripes on the side of a sneaker with adidas spacing.
Adidas let us know when you’re ready to bring out the Deffest 'Super stripe sport ultra max pro 9 stripe' edition, we’re ready to answer the 📞
The factory error upside down swoosh Air Jordans
I was searching around on the upside down swoosh AAU sneakers the other day and came across a Sneakers by Vice video on Andrea Canziani’s Nike factory error upside down swoosh Air Jordans. Those sneakers are now valued at around $143,000 which is nearly enough to buy a Maserati GranTurismo. 🤑
Introducing TheDeffest.com vintage sneaker blog
We done changed! The blog has re-branded and switched over to TheDeffest.com. It’s going to take a while for us to update all of the old posts and content but we hope y’all will make the move with us.
Best of the Worst sneaker bootlegs: Abibas brand sneakers
I bet you've heard of Adidas... but have you heard of Abibas? Abi Bassler's namesake brand 🤣 According to some knowledgeable heads over at reddit these are available at the Hong Kong street market and also (supposedly) sold at the Hong Kong airport too.
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Shout out and credit to the crappyoffbrands reddit page for this image