A sneakerhead is a person who owns multiple pairs of shoes as a form of collection and fashion. It is often manifested by the use of shoes primarily made for sports, such as tennis or basketball, as normal everyday clothing. The birth of sneakerhead culture in the US came in the late 1980s and can be attributed to two major sources: basketball and hip hop music, whilst in Europe sneakerheads draw their inspirations from soccer, fashion, and a wider range of music styles.In the US, the boom of signature basketball shoes in the late 1980s provided the sheer variety necessary for a collecting subculture, while the Hip-Hop movement gave the sneakers their street value as status symbols.Often, sneakerheads started by buying shoes that are general releases, or just buying a pair of shoes that they thought were interesting. Some started by seeing a pair of shoes they wanted when they were a kid. If their interests increase over time, they have a potentially highly expensive hobby on their hands with sneakers ranging in price from around a hundred dollars to thousands of dollars for a single pair. Some begin to look for examples of everything. Others just look to collect all of the shoes of a particular set. Popular collections include Jordans, Dunks, Reebok Pumps, Nike Air Max, among others.
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