Social Status: Got Kicks?

There's a new kid on the South 600 block of Elm Street: Social Status. The store's main product is high end sneakers.  Those backlit lucite boxes on the wall house beautiful, name-brand tennis shoes, sneakers, or as the younger generation calls them, kicks. The store, on the same block with Elsewhere, Artmongerz, and Thrill of the Hunt and across the street from Mellow Mushroom, is configured like an upscale mall boutique. If you are in the market for hard-to-find kicks, this is your dream store. Social Status attracts yet another demographic to South Elm Street and a diverse city is a healthy city.

A Greensboro, middle-school music teacher told us a story once that she told her students they couldn't wear tennis shoes to perform at a concert. Students were shocked when they came wearing their best "kicks" and she explained they were out of dress code. In their mind, their fancy kicks were in a league above the basic white tennis shoes that their grandmothers wore; they were the most valuable article of clothing they owned. In the end, with this honest mistake, the teacher allowed them to perform. As we recall, she provided a photo demonstration to resolve the compliance issues before the next concert. If you need something to talk about with someone under 30, ask about their kicks. When making online purchases, they actually customize them.

Comments

[Stefan Jansson]

I'm sure the sneakers are made by kids in the thirld world.

[Lowell]

I get a kick out of you!

Never heard of Kicks. And I don't think I'm missing anything. Youthful persons are notorious for fads which fade quickly.

Yup, it's me. Where've you been? :-))

Happy 2013

[Janis of So Cal]

I know a couple of "Sneaker-Heads" who collect and wear Kicks!
They will stand in line for hours (or bribe someone else to do so) for a coveted new release. Converse makes some crazy footwear online.
The original canvas VAN's were once made near here, back in the 1970s you could bring them any kind of canvas and they would make it into a shoe for you!
Check out Adidas "wings" in silver if they have those, perfect for a superhero to wear to a Con!