Ronnie Fieg on the State of the Sneaker Industry

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Kith founder Ronnie Fieg is back, returning to the podcast to celebrate the launch of his X-Men-themed Asics Gel Lyte 3 collaboration with Marvel, but also to survey the state of the industry. Fieg talks about the Y2K trend in sneakers, how preordering might become more common in the future, and the recent dominance of the Adidas Samba. He responds to the critique about the “Kith Filter” look to his rollouts and gives his take on the ascension of Teddy Santis and Aime Leon Dore. At the top, cohosts Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty talk about Nike’s lack of good collaborators and why a Spiridon retro is needed. This historic episode marks the 100th video episode of the show and also a slight shift in the naming: the Complex Sneakers Podcast will be henceforth known as the Complex Sneakers Show.

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody?
0:02.6	It's Joel who told me you were listening.
0:04.0	You were watching the Complex Sneakers show.
0:07.4	New name?
0:08.5	Not the Complex Sneakers podcast anymore?
0:10.3	No, a little bit of a rebrand.
0:11.9	It's not Twitter turning into X, but it's a little bit of a rebrand.
0:15.0	Thank God.
0:16.0	The Complex Sneakers show, we will be known
0:18.0	as the Complex Sneakers show going forward.
0:19.8	It's a show with my two friends, my two co-hosts,
0:22.4	first off to my right, Mr. Matt Walty.
0:24.2	I feel like it's gonna be like a variety show
0:25.8	where you just have all these like bits and acts
0:27.9	in the middle of it.
0:28.8	So, maybe one live unboxing.
0:30.4	Exactly.
0:31.1	Deadlifts to my left.
0:34.0	Mr. Brendan Dunn, the Complex Sneakers show is here.
0:37.0	Yes.
0:37.8	So, you can still call it the podcast if you want.
0:40.1	Whatever you want to call it.
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