ERIN ELSBERND ’ 11 C: So tell me about your shoes… E: Oh, I bought three pairs from this store in Qingdao (China), I had two pairs made at the store and bought one. C: What is on your shoes? E: These are cartoons and there are some Korean characters. Her shoes have “ 一双 鞋”, which means one pair of shoes, printed on the Velcro part. C: What was the store like? E: It was really sketchy. They had five girls hand painting the shoes in the back. And you could pick the cartoons and characters you wanted. The whole area was sketchy, there was a restaurant where they didn’ t make the food at the place, but the food was delivered to them and they passed it through a curtain. C: That’ s really weird. The shoes are cute though! I haven’ t seen anything like them. E: Thanks. I need to get new ones though, these are kind of embarrassing. These are like the only shoes I wear.
CHRIS WHEELER ‘12 C: So how many pairs of sneakers do you have? CW: 26. C: Wow. Do you know that for sure? CW: Yea. C: How many do you have on campus? CW: 17. C: What is your favorite pair? CW: The Nike Dunks in green. I also have them in yellow and black. I like the variety and the different colors. C: What kind of sneakers do you mostly wear? CW: Mainly Nikes. Out of 26, 20 of them are Nike. I also have Oasics and Adidas. C: Has anything weird ever happened with your shoes? CW: Yea, my first pair of basketball shoes were red and white. And one time the bottom of the shoes completely ripped off. C: Does this mean Nike’ s aren’ t very good quality? CW: No, they’ re amazing. C: How would you describe your personal style? CW: Comfortable, athletic, sexy and amazing.
JESS HACKET ‘12 C: When did you get these shoes? J: After freshman year, and I’ m a junior now. C: Where did you get them? J: I saw them in a catalog but they were kindof expensive, so I waited until the clearance catalog came and then I got them because they were a lot cheaper. C: What model are they? J: Umn, I know they are 6.0’ s. C: What do people say about your shoes? J: Nothing really, my friends always make fun of me because they think they look hipster. C: So tell me about your personal style. J: I lack any sort of style. I am so unfashionable. I just wear whatever is comfortable and whatever is on the sale rack. C: I disagree just because of these shoes! Do you have a loud personality to match the sneakers? J: Definitely.
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