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Twitter proves Adidas Superstars still dominate fashionable footwear

What are thooooose?

Christine Wang

on January 23, 2017

Twitter became mildly obsessed with shoes over the weekend. One shoe in particular.

Meredith Faust started the discussion about a particular Adidas shoe when she posted this photo on Twitter. Apparently, she happened upon a place where six people standing next to each other were wearing the same shoe. Six.

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If you're asking yourself "what are thoooose?", those are Adidas Superstars. If you're asking yourself why this picture even matters, it's because Adidas seemed to already had had its moment in the crazy trend spotlight. People, and teens in particular, were obsessed with Adidas Superstars in the late 90s and early 2000s. They were the only shoe to wear. Trust us.

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But it looks like Adidas never did truly go away. At least, not from these responses to Meredith's tweet.

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But Twitter also reminded us that when there is a trend, there are also those who buck the trend.

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There is nothing like a little flashback nostalgia.

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Christine Wang

Christine is a Web Culture Intern at Mashable. She has previously written for FanSided and Saturday Down South. She has a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and an M.S. from Hunter College. Before she started writing, she worked in education as a teacher and school leader for four years. Her special talents include being able to quote The Office on command, playing non-stop Overwatch for hours, and composing only the wittiest of Tweets (her own opinion).