Bring back the OG rap in solid colors. Shecks is whatever.
The Rap is coming in a solid suede green color soon. I'm sure more solid colors are coming.
Maybe Soletech would be more popular if they made shoes that don’t look out of place on adults outside of a skatepark. Last Resort was able to accomplish this, so I don’t think it’s a matter of core vs. corpo. It’s simply a matter of making classic looking shoes that appeal to a wide audience.
Honestly, I'm fine with skate shoes looking like skate shoes. LRAB has been around for four years and riding the wave of Polar's popularity, who knows where they'll be in the next ten years. They could be dead for all we know. The Marana, Joslin, are fine enough shoes. I'm sure Aurelien's shoe is good too. For the limited funds that they have, soletech does fine. the cheap crappy stuff keeps the good quality product going. It's just a matter of brand image that makes soletech seem like they're in the doldrums. Same thing happened with DC back before they started reissuing, and then after working tirelessly on that I think they've earned themselves a lot of well-deserved cred for making the best reissues on the market.