Rod Laver Vintage Sneaker

So… you’ve decided to reorder your favorite shoe. The one you’ve been wearing since gas was a dollar and nobody had heard of a website. And when you go to check out, you notice the colors are the same, the photo is the same, and you think… great. Nothing has changed. But when the box arrives, you notice the shoe is… heavier. And you start to wonder if maybe… you’ve just gotten weaker. So you put it on. And the sole, which used to feel like a marshmallow that went to tennis camp, now feels like the floor of a DMV. You take a step, and you can hear it. Every step. Like you’re wearing two clipboards. And you realize… they didn’t bring back your shoe. They brought back a photo of your shoe, and glued it to a paving stone. Anyway… if you’re wondering how to walk in these, the answer is you don’t. You stand in them, at a fixed point, and remember polyurethane. Please bring the old sole back. One star… for now.