- What's up, gentlemen, I'm Ollie, it's Make Me That Guy
and today we are gonna be discussing men's high tops
and especially high end high tops.
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Okay guys, so recently in the last two years,
maybe a bit longer, but especially in the last year or so,
2017 and beyond into 2018,
there's been a massive trend
for these kind of high end, high top sneakers,
plimsolls, whatever you wanna call them, right,
so we're gonna look through a few
of the favorite brands out there
we're gonna give you our view on what the coolest are,
how we kind of generally feel about the shoe actually,
right, if they're getting too done, too rinsed out,
is everyone wearing them,
are they too expensive, etc., etc.,
so it's gonna be our thoughts
on men's high end, high top sneakers.
Okay, so the first one we're gonna mention is
Louboutin, alright,
Louboutin is from the classic,
extremely expensive shoe brand, right,
I think that chick with the weird face
out of Sex and the City
used to always bang on about Louboutins,
when I was about eight years old, you know,
the one who looks a bit like a foot, you know her?
Sarah Jessica Parker, that's you!
Just been told by my producer, you look like a foot,
I've heard that joke before and I agree with it,
sorry babes, but you do, you've got money,
you know, sort your face out.
Anyway, moving on, moving on,
she used to bang on about them in Sex and the City
and I'm gonna bang on about them now.
These kind of started the whole trend
for these super expensive, men's high top sneakers
and also low top plimsolls as well,
we're gonna flash up a pair now,
these are one of the classic pairs
with the kind of little, silvery
spike things all over them, okay
and of course, the trademark of these is the red sole,
have a look at that, the red soles.
Okay, how do we feel about these?
One, they're way too expensive, let's be real,
however, that's one of the allures of this shoe
is they're so expensive, you're showing,
"Look at me, man, I've got Louboutins,
"I've got loads of money, red tops, red soles,
"alright, all the chicks love me,"
and it's true, a certain type of woman
is massively attracted to guys,
who wear the highest end
of the shoes we're gonna go through,
but here, we like some fashion input as well,
we're not just trying to look like a gangster
or chuck money at everything
and really, I think the guys who wear these
are just chucking money at it,
it's massive amongst hip hop fans, bad boys,
you know, it's very high end,
so if you're gonna wear these,
wear them with some decorum and some class, okay.
Alright, that was Louboutins,
so really, if you've got loads of money
and you wanna go round acting like a footballer or a rapper,
then these are the shoes to wear in the club,
they're gonna get loads of attention, I cannot deny that,
alright, however, they're lacking a bit of decorum really,
I have friends who are just blatantly
drug dealers in denial, alright, who wear these
or footballers, both very immoral people,
alright, so be careful with the Louboutins.
Alright, number two, we're gonna look at,
has to be the classic Balmain,
alright, it's not Balmain, alright,
for all of you lot from like Essex and East London and that,
"Yeah, man, I've got my Balmains on,"
no, it's not Balmain, it's Balmain, it's French,
alright, I was born in Paris, so don't get twisted,
I know these things, okay.
These are again a very expensive,
very high end, classic brand,
Balmain has been around for,
oh God, I don't even know how long,
alright, we're gonna flash up now,
but I bet it's like 100 years or something,
I like these more than Louboutins, they're more low key,
they're also far too expensive,
let's have a look at them right now,
I love the triangular kind of shape you can see here
and I love the laces, the way they're very flat
and don't cross over on the lace fastenings.
We've been talking about high top sneakers
and remember guys, these are the ultimately clubwear,
they're casual, you can dance in them, they look cool,
they go really well with skinny jeans,
all of the shoes we're going through today
and they've got that perfect, sort of urban street style,
transferred to a high end scenario, alright,
because they're bloody expensive,
if someone's not gonna let you in with these,
then just don't go in that club,
because they don't know what's going on out here,
you have 500 pounds on your shoes,
but they'll let you in with a pair of 20 quid,
leather shoes from Topman, what's that all about?
Anyway, you will get into places with these,
because they are high end looking,
despite them being a sneaker in their rawest form.
Okay anyway, back to our third high top
and that is the Giuseppe Zanotti,
Giuseppe Zanotti, okay, it's Italian,
again, it's not "Giuseppe Zanottis, right,
"oh, I'm wearing Zanottis,"
no, you're not, you're wearing Giuseppe Zanotti,
okay, mamma mia, alright,
all you heathens out there, all you philistines,
know about the 500 pound shoes you're wearing, okay.
Anyway, don't wear these, they're fucking disgusting,
I hate these shoes, look at the state of them,
we're gonna flash up some now, alright,
ugh, ugh, what's all that shiny crap?
What's all that gold?
It looks tacky as fuck, seriously,
I could find stuff in River Island, which looks like this,
you know why?
'Cause it was made for like a fiver,
it's cheap and it's horrible, but people think,
"Oh, it's 500 quid and it's got an Italian name,
"I've gotta rock these,"
man, these are like my least favorite
of the three, super swagged ones.
Okay, so we're gonna stay in that kind of realm
of these expensive, high end shoes,
but we're trying to get away
from these really in-your-face, like, "Yeah, look at me,"
Louboutin, red soles
and Zanottis, you know, they're just so in your face,
like, let's have some decorum.
So why not try probably my favorite
high end sneaker has gotta be the Saint Laurent, right,
I don't know what happened to the Yves,
is it still Yves Saint Laurent?
I don't know, and why did I say Saint Laurent?
I'm sounding again like a philistine out here,
it's Yves Saint Laurent, alright,
check out the accent, alright, oh yeah.
Okay, anyway, back to the shoes, alright,
Yves Saint Laurent or Saint Laurent
or Saint Laurent, as the English call it, alright,
these are super high end
and also you're displaying your high endness
to the people who care,
'cause remember the only people,
who know these shoes are high end
are people who care about high end things
and care about money.
Okay, we've got a tiny little brand name
just in gold or silver on the side
of the plimsoll, of the high top,
so people are still gonna know
that you spent far too much money on these,
you're still gonna get the point across
that you're the ball in,
without being as tacky as with the Zanottis
or the Louboutins or to an extent,
the Balmain as well,
okay, so we really like YSL,
it's not YSL, it's Saint Laurent,
I can't get this out of my head,
I'm still a '90's kid, where it was Yves Saint Laurent,
somebody tell me, have they totally dropped the Yves?
What's going on, what happened to Yves?
Why do we not?
Anyway, so we've got a couple of slightly less known brands,
right, which are still really cool,
high end and fairly expensive, right,
first, we're gonna look at Axel Arigato,
okay, Japanese, the name is, at least,
don't have a clue where he is from,
Axel, Axl Rose,
maybe it's Axl Rose's Japanese love child, I don't know.
We're then gonna say one more, alright
of these high end numbers,
we are gonna go for Common Project,
or Common Projects, can't remember, one or the other,
really nice, more low key than the others,
again, high price range,
they're actually on sale at the moment,
some of these are on sale, if you get 'em quick,
you can get some of these really high end shoes,
which are gonna shoot back up
to the kind of 350 to 600 pound region
in about a month.
Alright, we're gonna chuck in one shoe for you,
which we kind of like,
if you want to look a bit show-offy,
like you're out in the club and you're like, "Woo, yeah,"
you're partying and you're the kind of guy,
who pops bottles of Champagne
and who drives an expensive car and has a nice watch,
when you've got none of those things
and you live with your mum and you have no table in the club
and you probably sit there sipping the same Champagne
for six hours, just so you can hold the bottle,
if you're that kind of guy like me,
no, not really, I've been that guy, I've been that guy,
I'm the kind of guy, the Louboutins,
no, no, I'm nothing, I'm none of these guys, alright,
anyway, if you are the kind of person,
who likes to have that high end vibe,
but you don't really have 500 pounds to spend on shoes,
then we quite like this pair
of very glitzy, Kurt Geiger high tops as well,
so we've chucked in a high street version.
Okay, last time, I think my favorites are the Saint Laurent,
Saint Laurent, Saint, I keep getting it wrong,
Saint Laurent, Saint Laurent, Saint Laurent, okay,
alright, Saint Laurent, okay it's French, alright,
they're my favorites of the day,
Kurt Geigers, cheap, bargain too, got the flossing look,
the Zanottis, ugh,
use it to be sick in, right
and then Louboutin, if you love Louboutins,
you love 'em, you either love or you hate 'em,
I'm in the middle of those two worlds
and the Balmain, super cool, but have been done a lot,
let's be real, right.
So, there we have it, gentlemen,
that was high top, high end sneakers
by a load of foreign names I can't pronounce, alright,
(speaks French), it's Make Me That Guy,
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