I ain't even gon lie vic I only skimmed thru that essay full of wannabe anti-hipster bullshit but its obvious you still just don't get it. You makin broad ass generalizations about the people who buy these kicks but you don't know what really makes them popular. you don't know what jordans the sole is inspired by, or how useful that handle actually is, lil details like that. Its all opinion but if you think that people buy skytops just to be "trendy" you're not getting the full story.any sneakerhead will surely tell you that there's more to it than that. I like simple shit too so ain't knockin that. I fuck wit all the shoes you listed but at the same time the sneakerhead in me (I collect more than just skate shoes) tells me that the skytops pretty much got the most style...they don't look like every other shoe out there.