Comments on: I’m Over It: Creative Recreation

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:55:47 +0000

I somewhat agree.I've been rockin Rec's for a couple years now and I love em,I own about 12 pair.I'm really into the Dicoco style but I have a few other styles as well.I'm from Detroit (well the “suburbs” of Detroit now).I RARELY see ANYONE rockin Rec's in Michigan.I'm a 30 year old white male and my style is more urban than anything.I'm rarely in dress clothes unless I'm at a wedding or church.And I own my own restaurant so I'm cooking all the time so my job doesn't require me to get dressy.But anyway I get compliments on them all the time when I go out,the chics love em and most dudes I know can't pull them off.But I agree with you,they should chill on the production and focus more on quality than quantity.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:55:47 +0000

By: jason

jason — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:32:38 +0000

I think you have a case of the “now that my indie band is getting play time on the radio and spots on mtv, i'm no longer a fan.” they continue to evolve, with new patterns, new style, plus they're not afraid to experiment with different textures and different colorways. not all of them are supposed to be appealing to everyone. i love my recs, granted they could make them more comfortable. but, in no way are they going mainstream, they go the way they feel like. you can see it in the way that gucci and prada have been immitating their high tops.

By: jason

jason — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:32:38 +0000

By: AB

AB — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:50:22 +0000

“They are just too tacky, and the fact that I see more and more ghetto kids wearing them doesn’t help either.”

Can you say unbelievably racist, classist or both? What's wrong with ghetto kids? It's not their fault they weren't born with parents who lived in suburbs..

By: Brooklyn_Brezzi

Brooklyn_Brezzi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:48:46 +0000

How About All Yall Shut The F.ck Up…ANd MOve On With Life Who Gives A Shytt About ThIs IGNORANT ASS Post….Whoever Wrote This Shytt Clearly Dont Know 2 Shytts About What They're Talking About. Seems To Me That They Are Hating On C. Rec's. Thats Their Style Of Shoes Obviously Madd People Seem To Like It & Cause Its Different From Anything Else Out There. So Theyre Are Going To Keep Making They Crazy Patterns & Colors & Make Their Money Whether You Like The Shoe Or Not…HELLO &: WHO ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION Anyway, YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT WEAR IT AND STOP BEING A ASSHOLE. I Like The Shoe, & Happen To Rock That B.cth WELL. Thank YOu

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:53:40 +0000

Stop hating, they are one of the few companies in the footwear game that produce different styles as well colorways for every season unlike some companies that still pump out the same stuff all year round.

By: J.C.

J.C. — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:25:54 +0000

What racist stupid ass crackeer wrote this SHIT!!! What the fuck you trying to say, “ghetto” people aren’t good enough to wear Creative Rec’s. I spent $180 on my C.R.’s and yeah bitch, I’m ghetto. I”m not from Harlem either, I’m from St. Louis. So your uppedy ass betta get used to black people stealin’ all yo trends. (If this ain’t too ghetto for you to read.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:31:24 +0000

You are so pathetic. You know nothing about fashion or color combinations so you should stop saying that the Creative Recreation color combinatoins are ugly. You’re a blogger with high hopes of becoming the next Perez Hilton and i’m sorry to be rude, but thats probably never going to happen.Everyone knows that the majority of the people who live in Harlem are either latino or black so when you were talking about the “ghetto kids” you were talking about them. Stop embarrasing yourself by writing shitty posts and go back to your countdown of Paris Hiltons next album.

By: Daniel Saynt

Daniel Saynt — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:56:11 +0000

I’m a Puerto Rican from the Bronx. I’m not defensive, just tired about this subject. It’s not the first time someone has confused “Ghetto” with “Black” and I think it’s inappropriate.

Wake up people and stop trying to defend Ghetto!

By: gia

gia — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:25:57 +0000

wow, Daniel i didn’t know you would get so defensive about you racism and prejudice. Way to believe in something. Go back to your little dream world in Cali.

By: Daniel Saynt

Daniel Saynt — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:48:47 +0000

You can’t deny the fact that a shit load of ghetto folks call Harlem home.

It’s the same with the Bronx and Brooklyn. Yes, there are areas in Harlem that are getting developed, but you can still catch a dime on nearly every street corner and gun shots ring just as often as car alarms. It’s an unsafe area which is just starting to get gentrified and until it does, it will remain, in the mind of one of our writers, as ghetto. Keep in mind though that Ghetto does not instantly signify BLACK or HISPANIC.

Ghetto refers to a lower class individual who identifies with gansta rappers and feels the only way a “nigga” (note the lack of an “er” at the end) can make it in the streets is to occasionally vandalize, bust a cap, and/or sell dope. It is a person who insists on wearing their pants to the ground showcasing their underwear to passing by women and children. It’s a person who feels the only real education they need is from the school of hard knocks. It’s someone who would choose jail time over family time. A person who insists on living off of welfare rather than getting a job.

This is not every person on the streets of Harlem, but it is allot of them.

Sorry if you are one of the few in Harlem who isn’t ghetto. We weren’t talking about you, just your gun happy neighbors. Also, quit defending ghetto people or you might be mistaken for one, in which case we’re glad your not reading our site anymore, cause we aren’t talking to you…

On a side note, enjoy this recent news about three people who were shot in, you guessed it, Harlem…

http://gothamist.com/2008/11/06/three_shot_in_harlem_last_night.php

By: ex-Harlem reader

ex-Harlem reader — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:46:16 +0000

“Ghetto Ain’t a Race”…

By the way this is written – unnecessary use of capital letters and improper conjugation of the verb ‘to be’ – it sounds like you’ve taken a lesson or two from these supposed “ghetto kids” in “Harlem”, Daniel.

By: ex-Harlem reader

ex-Harlem reader — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:33:33 +0000

What is the “average population of ghetto folks” per town?

Corey – you’re still being ignorant…

By: Daniel Saynt

Daniel Saynt — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:20:15 +0000

FACT – Lysol disinfects 99.9% of all germs in your kitchen sink.

Also, Ghetto Ain’t a Race. If You Claim It As One, You’re A Racist, Yo.

By: Mustache

Mustache — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:08:53 +0000

Big shouts to the whole Harlem!
Cam, I see you!
140th & Lenox, I see you!
All my dudes downin’ Sizzurp… yeah, I see you!
Skull Gang, I see you!
FashionIndie, I see you!
Creative Recs, I don’t see you!
All my ignorant dudes, I see you!

HARLEM STAND THE FUCK UP!

By: Corey Moran

Corey Moran — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:29:56 +0000

Fact- Harlem harbors an above average population of ghetto folks. Don’t be ignorant yourself

By: Corey Moran

Corey Moran — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:27:43 +0000

I didn’t mention any race in this post. Saying ghetto people live in Harlem isn’t racist. Ghetto isn’t a race. Nice try though

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:34:17 +0000

FACT-bloggers on fashion indie are ignorant

By: Vans Fan

Vans Fan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:24:36 +0000

racist much?

By: ex-Harlem reader

ex-Harlem reader — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:23:36 +0000

“I see more and more ghetto kids wearing them…move all your sales to Harlem.”

Equating “ghetto kids” with “Harlem” is just unnecessarily ignorant. Harlem has an amazing cultural disposition, both past and present, that extends far beyond whatever your conceived notion of a “ghetto” is.

You could have gotten your point across without being distasteful and ignorant.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:48:14 +0000

What’s with the implication that something “ghetto kids” wear can’t be fashionable? Also: “ghetto kids,” “move all your sales to Harlem”? This sort of casual prejudice is likely to get this site moved off my RSS feed.