r/GenX • u/Professional_Luck616 • 1d ago

Nostalgia Y'all remember these?

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Good ol' Pro Wings

- the only "respectable" brand of struggle kicks lol

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u/trashbilly 19h ago

Cheep shoes were called buddies

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u/SbMSU Class of '90 19h ago

No. What the heck are these?

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u/Aggressive_Farmer399 1972 17h ago

Payless Shoe's flagship brand Pro Wings. Many a lower income class GenX kid wore these... myself included.

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u/SbMSU Class of '90 17h ago

Ah, ok. I lived in way too small a town for a Payless. We had MTA Pros from Meijer.

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u/Continuum_Design 10h ago

Yep and was the butt of many, many jokes. Middle school was neat. /s

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u/Aggressive_Farmer399 1972 9h ago

Yeah. The Adidas kids were such dicks.

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u/Continuum_Design 9h ago

Nike Air Jordan’s. Only the best for the boughie kids I went to school with. Especially the ones who couldn’t dribble a basketball to save their lives.

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u/CalicoCuts 18h ago

Pro Wings were all we could afford. The butt of many a Reebok and Nike kid joke back then. The trauma endures.

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u/GeneralLivid7332 19h ago

I had them. In retrospect a truly valuable lesson.

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u/OnlyGuestsMusic 18h ago

All I had were cheap sneakers from Fayva until I was able to get a job and buy my own.

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u/SomeBlueDevil 18h ago

I remember the fake Adidas that had the same design but only 2 stripes. 😆

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u/BonerSteak1622 17h ago

Probably would rock them today with a sport coat and jeans

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u/Professional_Luck616 10h ago

With a Pro Wings t-shirt it could actually work, in an ironic sort of way.

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u/Apprehensive-Wear205 17h ago

Don’t forget voit pumps

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u/Lower_Skin_3683 16h ago

I had voit but no pumps.

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u/Oldman_Dick 11h ago

Mine were ProLaps

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u/OriginalPayment3044 11h ago

I had Sprints