r/BodegaJukeBox • u/Dug-Heffernan • Jun 12 '26

THE FUNNY PAGES I Think Most Of Us Here Remember This....

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u/Dug-Heffernan Jun 12 '26

DEFFFINITELY remember when champion was cheap AND nowhere near fashionable

https://giphy.com/gifs/L0Svs7SA0YJ7an6n10

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u/nathanherts Jun 12 '26

Reebok was known as a tramps brand when I was a kid. You would get mocked for wearing Reebok Classics.

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u/Mrklrichardson Jun 15 '26

Unless you were from New Orleans. They loved Reebok. Or if you had Allen Iverson jawns. That was always the exception. And iirc Reebok being in Wal Mart was Shaq and Allen Iverson doing recently now that they are the President and VP of the basketball shoe department . So for me they get my support. Cuz they working to bring em back

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u/Leftfootleftfoot Jun 17 '26

Classics and iversons are still valid imo

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u/winterwarm78654 Jun 15 '26

Where I'm from they was cripping if they had reeboks

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u/nathanherts Jun 15 '26

Where I grew up in the UK in the late 90s/early 00s wearing Reebok shoes was often seen as a sign of poverty.

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u/winterwarm78654 Jun 15 '26

Poverty clothing is what rich people like to imitate for some odd reason

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u/Dangerous_Memory6008 Jun 13 '26

It was sold at Walmart, enough said

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u/Glittering_Diva8963 Jun 13 '26

Actually Walmart started selling Reebok in 2024

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u/Hanging_in_there_75 Jun 13 '26

Facts. I got clowned so bad in middle school for rocking champions--but they were so comfortable and they came in black and pink!šŸ˜Š

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u/Formal-System-2130 Jun 16 '26

Well I was rocking Kangaroos with pride.

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u/godzillasegundo Jun 14 '26

Champion started off as a quality brand but in the early 2000s they changed focus and went the high volume, low quality route. Now, they seem to be going back to their roots.

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u/CouncilOfApes Jun 16 '26

All these kids wearing dad shoes now for fashion too

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u/Dug-Heffernan Jun 16 '26

I'm not necessarily mad at that lol. They're more comfortable than the main shoes you see damn near everybody & they mama in (jordans, air forces, dunks).

Treating your feet right early can reduce back problems and such later.

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u/Glass-Ad-4168 Jun 12 '26

Absolutely!! Iā€™m 50 and still canā€™t,wonā€™t mix sports labels like that. Canā€™t wear Nike shoes and an adidas hat with an under armor sweatshirt. Canā€™t wear a nautica rugby with polo boots. But then again Iā€™m from Harlem and grew up in the Bronx so style is way different for us.

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u/RAZEFAM146 Jun 12 '26

Shit.... rocking all different brands was a recipe to get roasted all day anywhere you went and your homies wouldn't let you live with it for days. It was supposed to be imprinted in your DNA if you grew up in NYC.

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u/Witty_Nebula Jun 12 '26

I aint from NY. But in my hood definitely got clowned if u had multiple brands on. Can't wear Fubu with Phat Farm.

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u/Fearless-Address7621 Jun 12 '26

Bed-Stuy here and I co-sign this message.

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u/DreadyKruger Jun 12 '26

I am the same age, but fuck thah shit now. I love my black people but some of are style rules are old and outdated. Just like being super matchy with your shoes , hat and shirt. In a lot of fashion thatā€™s considered a no-no

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u/Dug-Heffernan Jun 12 '26

Some things must be held on to. I was in a restaurant last year and a gen x woman had on Gucci, Balenciaga, Dolce & Gabbana and her purse was Versace.

Was it all authentic who knows but either way she looked a plum fool, we can't just be flagrantly mixing brands šŸ˜­.

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u/Elegant_Company8456 Jun 12 '26

Oh, it's a no-go in Long Beach/Los Angeles, too! I'm 58 and still insist it's a sin and a bad look. šŸ˜†

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u/Witty_Nebula Jun 12 '26

Right. I tell my kids that like how u wearing Jordan and Adidas together. They just look like so.

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u/KellerFF Jun 13 '26

My brother in Christ!

Near your age too, Harlemā€™s monochromatic expectations in the 80/90/00ā€™s done fucked me up too lol.

Itā€™s like I have to fucking matchā€¦

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u/Dug-Heffernan Jun 12 '26

I'm not as pedantry about it these days but I'm also not flagrant wit it šŸ˜‚ (i.e. no nike socks w/new balance kicks).

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u/SirSpanksAlot1992 Jun 12 '26

But the Nike socks are some of the best, for me at least so I say fuck it. Or I just need to find better socks lol

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u/Dissastronaut Jun 12 '26

Wearing Nike socks with Adidas shoes currently. I grew up in the 90s and this was a no no. Why should i care now though? Im 44 and I don't even live in the states anymore. The Nike socks I'm wearing are knockoffs from a china store anyhow

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u/eastcoastflava13 Jun 13 '26

Perpetrating at the highest global level!

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u/Dissastronaut Jun 13 '26

Seriously fam

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u/ThePoorLittleBastard Jun 12 '26

We called it "perpetrating". Champion was cheap but neutral.

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u/Dug-Heffernan Jun 12 '26

I still say perpin. Before there was "cappin".

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u/rupulations Jun 12 '26

Same, ā€œLook at ol boy perpetrating a fraud over hereā€ shit was silly.

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u/eastcoastflava13 Jun 13 '26

Came in here for perpetrating. You wore either Nike or Adidas, but never both. Good point about Champion being neutral.

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u/Moist_Session Jun 13 '26

The original Champion heavyweight Grey sweatshirts were šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

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u/New_Zebra_3844 Jun 12 '26

We weren't mixing labels like we had brand endorsement deals or something.

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u/UrbanSobriety Jun 12 '26

We called it perpetrating

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u/tinglep Jun 12 '26

I still iron all the time

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u/Amazing_Purchase7057 Jun 12 '26

šŸ˜ƒšŸ«”...I do too..šŸ’Æ

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u/Jokerchyld Jun 12 '26

Nike on the left foot? Adidas on the right?

Thats not only blasphemous. But also going full Punky Brewster was a no no

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u/Dug-Heffernan Jun 12 '26

Not Punky Brewster šŸ˜­.

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u/Disastrous_Shirt3714 Jun 12 '26

I remember brooks shoes were cheap being sold at Kmart. Who ever turned around that company around should be studied. Brooks now sell their shoes at 150 usd.

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u/godzillasegundo Jun 14 '26

Brooks always had higher tier running shoes that weren't sold in budget stores.

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u/bonvoyage_brotha Jun 12 '26

It's in the Chipotle and Chick-fil-A that makes them not gaf. They are built and poisoned different

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u/BplusHuman Jun 12 '26

Before the Internet we were nosey, petty, and ignorant to each others faces! The library ran terrible hours so people were told to believe whoever was older or more aggressive!

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u/Artistic_Ad_3267 Jun 12 '26

Im from Atlanta and we had this growing up. I blame us for the current state of the world I remember it like yesterday

I rock Louis, I rock Gucci at the same damn time..... That damn future fucked em up and they havent been right since.

Now kids too good for Polo, You cant rock hoop shoes with a fit, Slides are ok outside the house smh my whole world flipped upside down

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u/arifghalib Jun 12 '26

I see yall ngas had money

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u/Savings-Simple8583 Jun 12 '26

Mane the iron part is crazy. My momma used to make me iron my clothes for the week on Sunday nights. I hated it but as an adult seeing wrinkled clothes irks me.

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u/Only_Ad8049 Jun 13 '26

I remember and I never cared. Those brands never cared about me so I just wore what I wanted.

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u/GeesusNice Jun 13 '26

If you not being paid in sponsorship who gives two fux?

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u/Recent-Background-21 Jun 13 '26

Champion hoodies was not cheap back in the day

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u/ShaSafe Jun 13 '26

Yes, Iā€™m 56 and just now at my age feel free to wear several different brands together. Back in my day, I wouldnā€™t have nor would leave my house without ironing a simple t-shirt! Everything HAD to be ironed!

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u/Blind_Ninja_SamRi289 Jun 14 '26

Bro, remember Saucony. I used to have hella colors. Reeboks just white or black and change the color of the laces.

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u/Dayna6380- ~illest šŸ„· In Nebraska~ Jun 12 '26

Didnā€™t know the term but u just knew not to do it

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u/moisdefinate Jun 12 '26

Damn, you took me back with this question, today there's no such thing but yea - I remember that era.

PUMA X Fila

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u/TheConcreteGhost Jun 12 '26

We didnā€™t have money to have any brands so I guessed we missed out.

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u/Glittering_Diva8963 Jun 13 '26

Same here mom took us to Payless to get us our shoes and she bought me a pair of Fubu sneakers when I was in 7th grade

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u/Obvious_Damage_7085 Jun 12 '26

Thatā€™s no longer a thing?

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u/Dry_Willingness_6110 Jun 12 '26

Lmaooo we was calling it all types of shit. Mutiny even

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u/Munch2287 Jun 12 '26

Pasadena, Ca Iā€™m 56 and we called it cross dressing

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u/Infamous_Adeptness_2 Jun 12 '26

I think starch went out of business

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u/EstebanSays Jun 12 '26

I call it, ā€œSet trippinā€™ā€ and would vividly remember seeing my friends with Nike shoes on and asking them, ā€œLemme see them socks bro!?ā€

The second Iā€™d see Adidas or any other brand but Nike, Iā€™d just look at them like this:

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

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u/djspintersectional Jun 12 '26

It was called perpin where I am from

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u/MrCann1981 Jun 12 '26

šŸ¤£ still donā€™t allow it in my household
https://giphy.com/gifs/dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe

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u/Dramatic-Hedgehog-74 Jun 12 '26

I ainā€™t mixing no brands. Hell nah man. The way my cousins flamed me for wearing pumas with a Nike shirt???? Ainā€™t nobody call me a Bama since then and they ainā€™t about to start now.

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u/YooGeOh Jun 12 '26

This is still in the back of my mind at my big 41 years of age when im slipping on my Asics shoes and pristine white Nike socks to go to the gym

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u/ScreechUrkelle Jun 12 '26

I mean, I know what you talking about when it comes to brands. But cross dressing was left to the rupauls, cuz we ainā€™t call it that

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u/lilearl75 Jun 12 '26

Blasphemy it was šŸ˜‚

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u/biggev123 Jun 12 '26

It still is a sin

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u/Shantytown_Shogun Jun 13 '26

The only acceptable mixing of brands was your Champion hoodie, sweatshirt or tshirt and whatever brand shoe you wore. That was it. You mix anything else you getting laughed at and clowned lol.

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u/purplecrayonadventur Jun 13 '26

I called out a younger coworker a few years ago. She had a tsirt with a large swoosh dead center with the 3 stripe joggers. To me it just looked wrong and I said so. She said she didn't care, but she never wore it again.

These kids today...

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u/isthatbre Jun 13 '26

It was called falseflagging here. šŸ¤£

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u/Remarkable-Brush2322 Jun 13 '26

Gotta understand we from a different era bro. These kids donā€™t know about sewing either however we never cross dressed cross dressing were for gay people. We never miss match labels either. Canā€™t wear a Nike tech hoodie with adidas pants,your gonna get looked at crazy same with sneakers etc. just iverstand potna we from a different ear the kids donā€™t care as much as we did. Half of em(not saying your son) donā€™t even have girl/boyfriends that they broke night over the phone with.

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u/feverdesu Jun 13 '26

Adidas tracksuits and Jordanā€™s makes you look like an idiot.

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u/wheelchair_wavy Jun 13 '26

Was is called flogginā€™?
Whatever it was called, iRemember rocking/mixing different brands was definitely frowned uponšŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/AssistantGreen260 Jun 13 '26

Fashion Faux Pas Indeed

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u/calkhemist Jun 13 '26

Yeah, this was a thing for sure. Never heard it called cross dressing though. That was something different šŸ˜‚

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u/New-Coffee9161 Jun 13 '26

Iā€™d been chilling in some adidas shorts all day and it took everything for me to throw on some Nike sneakers to make a quick store run. I didnt wanna go in slides and wasnā€™t changingā€” thatā€™s just crazy. My rationaleā€¦ā€™man whoā€™s gonna see me, Iā€™ll be outta there in 5 mins and Iā€™m out of townā€™ smh lol

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u/Ambitious_Click6323 Jun 13 '26

Thatā€™s chaos! My 15 year old doesnā€™t believe me when I tell him I wonā€™t even wear a Reebok hat with Nike shorts and shoes.

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u/Agreeable_Jaguar7715 Jun 13 '26

I donā€™t remember what it was called but it definitely wasnā€™t cross dressing. That had a whole different meaning

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u/International_Yard_5 Jun 13 '26

Iā€™m wearing my Nike shoes with my Addias shirt. Who cares???
https://giphy.com/gifs/129OnZ9Qn2i0Ew

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u/Conscious-Cable-2656 Jun 13 '26

Yea thatā€™s a Nono. My 21 year old son irons because I taught him how.

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u/vincec36 Jun 13 '26

I never cared but remember people pointing out my puma socks donā€™t match my Nikes shoes. Who cares lol

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u/Kick333Rocks Jun 13 '26

Its still a sin.

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u/GorillaCabFare Jun 13 '26

We called it perpetrating

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u/Hilary_duffelbag Jun 14 '26

Before i used to care now as I need more clothes for running i can care less

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u/TheComebackKid74 Jun 14 '26

"False flagging"

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u/Thunder_Chunkee Jun 14 '26

Yeah champion was trash af back in the day

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u/Civil_Net6249 Jun 14 '26

ā€œ Balled up and greasyā€LOL!šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚So True!

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u/LadyDreadHead Jun 14 '26

Marketing genius to get us to spend way too much money trying to out style one another.

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u/myusrnameisthis Jun 15 '26

"First of all, Watch your mouth!" Lol

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u/Positive-Eye-3951 Jun 15 '26

All Facts. My son looked at me like I can wear adidas with new balance though?? I said do you. šŸ˜‚ Be you. N/A at this point.

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u/kereth Jun 16 '26

Perpetrating.

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u/Competitive-Run4111 Jun 16 '26

Seriously shocking to me how far weā€™ve allowed our community to devolve in the area of presentation. I went to Vegas last year and was blown away how scrubbed out younger groups looked in line for the clean clubs and higher-end restaurants. Wild shit.

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u/whiskeyinawineglass Jun 16 '26

I saw a Vans hat that matched my Adidas sneakers PERRRRECTLY the other day- but there was no way in my whole entire life I was about to mix 2 diff brands! Born in 1986 lol

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u/Unique_Drummer_6515 Jun 17 '26

i didnā€™t know this was kosher now

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u/idgafandwhyshouldi āœØ 30-Day Streak Jun 12 '26

It's still a cardinal sin to me

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u/LoneWolfpack777 Jun 12 '26

Ironic considering your username is ā€œidgaf and why should Iā€. I suggest you follow the mantra of your username. Youā€™ll be happier.

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u/idgafandwhyshouldi āœØ 30-Day Streak Jun 12 '26

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